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Edmonton Social planning, November 2008

 * This document is a compilation from numerous Alberta and Edmonton groups containing findings and strategies for eliminating child and family poverty.

Measuring Child Poverty
Canada has no official measure of poverty. This report has chosen to use as its poverty yardstick the Low Income Cut-off (LICO) developed by Statistics Canada. Since LICO is the only low income measure that is updated annually, it has become Canada’s de facto poverty line. The terms ‘poverty rate’ and ‘low income rate’ will be used interchangeably in this report. More information on poverty measures and data sources is provided on page 16. ISBN: 978-0-921417-54-5