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by FFWD Staff· The number of Calgary children with unmet persistent hunger needs: 6,636
· The number of Calgary children with unmet intermittent hunger needs: 9,536
· The number of Calgary children with poor quality diet: 28,889
· The number of Calgary children living in homes below the Federal government’s Low-Income Cut-off Level: 45,061
· The child poverty rate in Canada in 1996: 21 per cent.
· The child poverty rate in Calgary in 1996: 23.7 per cent.
(Source: Feed the Children: A Report on Child Hunger in Calgary, by Feeding Calgary’s Children)
· Percentage of Calgary children living in low income households: 23.7
· Percentage of Calgary aboriginal children living in low income households: 61.1
· Percentage of Calgary visible minority children living in low income households: 37.5
· Percentage of Calgary immigrant children living in low income households: 36.4
(Source: Urban Poverty Project, Canadian Council of Social Development utilizing Statistics Canada 1996 Census of Canada)
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