Childhood is a specific period where the overall development of a child takes place. Poverty is a universal problem that create deleterious effect on child development. The capacity of children to reach their full potential can be interrupted by poverty. Poverty is an indicator of scarcity of income opportunities and inadequate access to resources. Simple word we can say that poverty is a state of being poor. There is absolute and relative poverty that means inability to meet the basic needs refer to absolute poverty and lack of resources compared to others in the society is known as relative poverty. There is no particular measurements to poverty in Canada however poverty is measured by three ways. The Law Income Cut off (LICO), yearly statistics
