We call on the government of Alberta to launch a comprehensive poverty reduction strategy.
 
 
 

Poverty reduction strategy report

Alberta is one of three provinces without a poverty reduction strategy.

This report explains why we need a strategy and analyzes how effective government has been so far.



Poverty in Numbers
82k
Number of children under the age of 18 living in low-income households in Alberta (2008)
82k
Number of Albertans who received emergency food assistance from a Food Bank in Alberta (2010)
43%
Percentage of children of the 60K who received emergency food assistance from a Food Bank (2010)
$12 or less
Hourly earnings for 234,200 Albertans (2011).