StatsCanada information shows that in 2016, there were 557,000 people in British Columbia living in poverty, 99,000 of them children. TogetherBC is British Columbia's first poverty reduction strategy. It is a starting point for delivering on the targets introduced in 2018’s Poverty Reduction Strategy Act: a 25% reduction in B.C.’s overall poverty rate and a 50% reduction in the child poverty rate by 2024.

This strategy brings together solutions to poverty from across government and across society. This is a complex challenge requiring solutions from all levels of government, First Nations, businesses, community organizations and individuals.