Cape Breton and Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia: About 32.6 per cent of children in Cape Breton live in poverty, compared with 22.2 per cent in Nova Scotia and 19 per cent across the country, according to The Chronicle Herald. The figures were released in two reports: the 2014 Report Card on Child and Family Poverty in Nova Scotia by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Nova Scotia and the 2014 Report Card on Child and Family Poverty in Canada by Campaign 2000 and Cape Breton has one of the highest child poverty rates in Canada, according to figures released Monday. Cape Breton child poverty rate is just below that of Nunavut, where 33.5 per cent of kids live in poverty. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.