| 1 | A | B | C | D | E | F | G |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2 | percentage and number of persons in poverty, 2008-base and 2018-base, canada, provinces and selected demographic groups, 2018 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 3 |  | percentage of persons in poverty |  |  | number of persons in poverty |  |  |
| 4 |  | 2008-base | 2018-base | difference | 2008-base | 2018-base | difference |
| 5 |  | percent |  | percentage point | in thousands |  |  |
| 6 | geography |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 7 | canada | 8.7 | 11.0 | 2.3 | 3,173 | 3,983 | 810 |
| 8 | newfoundland and labrador | 9.7 | 11.2 | 1.5 | 50 | 58 | 8 |
| 9 | prince edward island | 9.1 | 11.9 | 2.8 | 14 | 18 | 4 |
| 10 | nova scotia | 10.3 | 13.3 | 3.0 | 96 | 124 | 28 |
| 11 | new brunswick | 7.9 | 10.0 | 2.1 | 58 | 74 | 16 |
| 12 | quebec | 7.9 | 9.7 | 1.8 | 655 | 812 | 157 |
| 13 | ontario | 9.5 | 11.6 | 2.1 | 1,351 | 1,658 | 307 |
| 14 | manitoba | 9.3 | 10.9 | 1.6 | 117 | 137 | 20 |
| 15 | saskatchewan | 8.8 | 11.2 | 2.4 | 96 | 122 | 26 |
| 16 | alberta | 7.3 | 9.4 | 2.1 | 316 | 403 | 87 |
| 17 | british columbia | 8.9 | 12.1 | 3.2 | 421 | 577 | 156 |
| 18 | age group |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 19 | persons under 18 years | 8.2 | 10.8 | 2.6 | 566 | 748 | 182 |
| 20 | persons 18 to 64 years | 10.3 | 12.5 | 2.2 | 2,392 | 2,883 | 491 |
| 21 | persons 65 years and over | 3.5 | 5.6 | 2.1 | 216 | 352 | 136 |
| 22 | family types |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 23 | persons in economic families | 5.8 | 7.6 | 1.8 | 1,759 | 2,313 | 554 |
| 24 | persons not in an economic family | 24.6 | 29.0 | 4.4 | 1,414 | 1,670 | 256 |
| 25 | persons in couple families with children | 5.4 | 7.5 | 2.1 | 691 | 953 | 262 |
| 26 | persons in lone-parent families | 21.7 | 26.3 | 4.6 | 345 | 417 | 72 |

Question: what is the 2008-base poverty rate at the canada level in 2018?
Answer: 8.7

Question: what is the 2018-base poverty rate at the canada level in 2018?
Answer: 11

Question: at the canada level, what is the difference between 2008-base poverty rate and 2018-base poverty rate in 2018?
Answer: 2.3