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Census: Children make up one quarter of 4.8 million Canadians living in poverty
Nikkie Edwards and her boyfriend make about $31,000 a year, a sum that leaves them below the poverty line as defined by Statistics Canada — and in the company of another 4.8 million people, according to the latest census numbers released Wednesday. Of those, 1.2 million Canadians are children under 18 — including their 10-month-old daughter, Isabelle.
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