No child deserves to go hungry or live in unsafe housing due to government neglect and cuts. Yet poverty for Albertan children is all too common in our province. With this critical report, it is our hope that Albertans, policymakers, and politicians will finally come together to eradicate child poverty. 

The Alberta Child Poverty Report is an annual report produced by Public Interest Alberta and the Edmonton Social Planning Council. It is designed to inform policy-makers, advocates, and decision-makers in their work to end child poverty and create an equitable Alberta for all.

In 2022, 18.2% of children In Alberta were living in poverty according to the CFLIM-AT, that is 189,940 children who face inequities in accessing the conditions they need in order to thrive mentally, physically, and socially (Statistics Canada, 2024a). Poverty rates vary considerably by family type; almost half  (49.9%) of Albertan children in lone-parent families lived in poverty In 2022, compared to one In ten (9.8%) chlldren In couple families (Statistics Canada, 2024a).

Please read the report and share it widely. The research, findings, and recommendations are a call to action and a wake up call.