Poverty In Canada

A child comes into the emergency room with a badly infected cut and you think “how could the child’s parents let it get this bad before coming in?” Lower income families likely delay a visit to a doctor as they might not have the money for gas, or they might not own a car and when they do go to the doctors it is often too late. Not only does poverty affect a child’s health but it also affects the child’s relationships, and cognitive development. Poverty is becoming more prevalent in Canada, and families living in poverty usually cannot get out of poverty while they have children living at home. This paper will discuss the effects of poverty on Canadian children by using a personal interview, research and using personal experiences.
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However, middle and lower class people are more likely to blame poverty on outside circumstances such as social inequality or circumstances out of the person’s control. Higher income families have access to better health care and educational facilities than lower income families. Moreover, families living in poverty are less likely to send their children to post-secondary school because the family cannot afford it. Since, the children are less likely to get a post-secondary degree, they are more likely to repeat the process of living in poverty in their own family because they cannot get a well-paying job. This continues the cycle of families living in poverty throughout generations. A child born into poverty is less likely to receive the precautions and preventions for a disease because the family cannot afford it. Therefore, resulting in a decrease in health that follows the child throughout their lives. Furthermore, prices continue to rise in Canada from food to housing which makes it extremely difficult for a family to get out of …show more content…
A news article written by Amber Hildebrandt explains that half of all first nations children live in poverty. The article explains that First Nations children are three times as likely to be living in poverty compared to non-indigenous children (Hildebrandt, 2013). It is even more prevalent in Manitoba and Saskatchewan close to 60 percent of First Nations children live in poverty (Hildebrandt, 2013). With poverty on the rise for First Nations there is becoming a greater need for strategies to reduce poverty. The article explains that there are currently three programs for helping First Nations children. These include, helping parents establish better relationships with infants, helping recover traditional languages that are being forgotten, and a peer program to help battle the high rate of suicide among First Nations children (Hildebrandt, 2013). This article explains how many First Nations children are in poverty and gives examples on how to empower these children so they can reach their full

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