Community Development

Resources

Regional Profile & Data

Region 8 (Charlotte County) Profile - ESIC: Basic data for Charlotte County in an infographic form. Created by the Human Development Council and the Economic Social Inclusion Network, based on 2016 census data.

My Community at a Glance - NB Health Council: The information provided in these profiles give a comprehensive view about the people who live, learn, work, take part in activities and in community life in this area. Created by the NB Health Council, the information included in this profile comes from a variety of provincial and federal sources, from either surveys or administrative databases. Originally published in June 2017, revised December 2019.

Snapshot of Poverty in NB - ESIC: A multi-page infographic highlighting poverty statistics across regions and urban centres in New Brunswick. Published by the Economic Social Inclusion Corporation, based on 2016 census data.

Charlotte County Stats

17.5% is the overall poverty rate in Charlotte County

1 in 4 children (age 0-14) live in poverty (28.8%)

18.3% of women and 16.7% of men live below the poverty line

1 in 9 seniors live below the poverty line (11.2%)

1 in 4 indigenous persons live below the poverty poverty line (26.9%) * (compare to 1 in 7 for non-indigenous persons)

More than 20% of recent immigrants, who immigrated between 2011-2016, live in poverty (23.2%)

*The data do not include on-reserve populations.

Source: Snapshot on Poverty, Statistics Canada, Census 2016. The 2016 Census collects 2015 income data. In 2018, Canada identified the Market Basket Measure (MBM) as Canada's official poverty line. The MBM measures poverty based on the cost of a specific basket of goods and services representing a modest standard of living

Housing
1 in 7 households spend over 30% of their income on shelter costs (15.4%)

Education​​​​​​​
1 in 5 youth are not in education, employment or training (19.4%)