Almost half of Status First Nations children live in poverty, study finds
“Child poverty rates by community in 2016
Canadian average: 18%
Status First Nations: 47% (53% on reserve; 41% off reserve)
Non-status First Nations: 32%
Inuit: 25%
Métis: 22%
Recent immigrant: 35%
Racialized: 22%
Non-racialized, non-Indigenous: 12%
Source: Towards Justice: Tackling Indigenous Child Poverty in Canada”