Article Continued BelowUnlike past reports by the organization, which looked at child poverty by ward, the latest edition uses newly released 2016 data to examine the problem by census tract. The data shows child poverty exists in all 25 of Toronto’s new city wards. “There is a tendency to assume poverty and child poverty are concerns only in certain areas of the city,” Clutterbuck said. Ten city wards — almost half in the new 25-ward system — have child poverty rates between 30 per cent and 45.2 per cent. The report shows children in Indigenous, racialized and newcomer families are struggling the most, with child poverty rates of 84 per cent, 33 per cent and 40 per cent respectively.

Source: thestar October 01, 2018 09:00 UTC