Public Interest Alberta has released a report showing that child poverty increased in Alberta 23.4 per cent from 2006 to 2016. In particular, new numbers show families with single mothers are most ...

The destruction of the family, he explained, was precipitated by the expansion of cash payments to single mothers in the ...

One face of family poverty concerns single mothers and their children. At the turn of the last century, single parenthood was rare. But recent Statistics Canada estimates show single-parent ...

Last year, the future was looking bright for single mothers and their families in B.C. Poverty rates for single moms with kids under 18 had dropped to historically low rates of 21.5 per cent ...

Also, 55.8% of single mothers earned an income below the poverty line, which ranks 17th-worst for that metric. Additionally, single mothers can expect to pay 31.2% of the income towards rent annually.

A 2008 University of Toronto study of Statistics Canada data found poverty levels among single mothers following a downward trend between 1980 and 2000, with average earnings rising by 39 per cent ...

A 2008 University of Toronto study of Statistics Canada data found poverty levels among single mothers following a downward trend between 1980 and 2000, with average earnings rising by 39 per cent ...

Rights + Justice These Policies Could Help End Single-Parent Poverty in BC Such poverty is largely a women’s issue, say advocates. But there are solutions. Katie Hyslop 24 Jan 2020 TheTyee.ca ...

Kids under six comprised more than one third of poor children in B.C. in 2011, and poverty in single-mother homes increased from 21.5 percent in 2010 to 49.8 percent in 2011.

According to a 2013 report by First Call: B.C. Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition, B.C. had the “worst poverty rate of any province for children living in single mother families” in 2011.

But in our experience, single mothers battling homelessness aren’t just numbers; they are resilient individuals navigating a labyrinth of hardships to love and care for their children.