A new report finds the riding of Windsor West has one of the highest child poverty rates in all of Canada.
The report, released today by the anti-poverty advocacy group Campaign 2000, tracks child poverty rates in all 338 federal ridings.
It finds 32.1% of children under the age of 17 in Windsor West are living in poverty, making it one of the top 15 worst ridings in the country.
The rate is 22.7% in Windsor-Tecumseh while the riding of Essex posted a rate of 7.7%.
The Trudeau Liberals have promised to create a poverty reduction strategy before next year's federal election, and Campaign 2000 says it hopes its report will help prod the government to keep that promise.
The latest census found that 17% of children 17 and under were living in low income, or about 1.2 million children overall.
Campaign 2000 is urging Ottawa to cut that number in half over the next five years.
Their report says the ridings with the highest child poverty rates are home to large numbers visible minorities and recent immigrants, lone parent families and Indigenous Peoples.
Topping the list is the northern Manitoba riding of Churchill-Keewatinook Aski where 64.2% of the children reportedly live in poverty.
Quebec, meanwhile, had nine of the 10 ridings with the lowest levels of child poverty, ranging from 4.1% to 6.3%.