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Canadian provinces and territories ranked by number of persons in poverty

All 13 provinces and territories with data in Poverty rate (Market Basket Measure) by province and territory, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2024.

Licence: Source: Statistics Canada, Table 11-10-0135-01. Reproduced and distributed on an "as is" basis with the permission of Statistics Canada. Contains information licensed under the Statistics Canada Open Licence (Open Government Licence – Canada).
Data last updated: 2026-10-27

National value: 4,477,500 (Canada).

Lowest: 4,300 to 12,100
Group 2: 12,100 to 83,200
Group 3: 83,200 to 136,200
Group 4: 136,200 to 626,700
Highest: 626,700 to 1,992,500

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.


1	Ontario	1,992,500
2	British Columbia	720,100
3	Quebec	626,700
4	Alberta	536,200
5	Manitoba	172,900
6	Saskatchewan	136,200
7	Nova Scotia	114,700
8	New Brunswick	83,200
9	Newfoundland and Labrador	55,600
10	Prince Edward Island	17,800
11	Nunavut	12,100
12	Yukon	5,200
13	Northwest Territories	4,300

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 11-10-0135-01: Low income statistics by age, gender and economic family type. Reference period: 2024.

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Canadian provinces and territories ranked by number of persons in poverty (2024). Data: Statistics Canada, Table 11-10-0135-01; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-27. https://quadranac.com/rankings/ca-provinces-by-number-of-persons-in-poverty/

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