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  • 1. Child and spousal support payments during the pandemic
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2023030
    Description: The Survey of Maintenance Enforcement Programs (SMEP) collects information on child and spousal support payments and cases from provincial and territorial maintenance enforcement programs (MEPs). These programs exist in each province and territory to assist in the collection and enforcement of child and spousal support payments.

    The SMEP data provide information on the volume and type of cases enrolled, enforcement actions taken, support amounts due and compliance with support payments, among other measures. The data do not cover all support cases in Canada, as not all support orders are registered in MEPs.
    Release date: 2023-03-24
  • 2. Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on civil court cases in Canada
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2023027
    Description: The primary objective of the Civil Court Survey is to develop and maintain a national civil court database of statistical information on court events and cases. It is intended to collect comparable, national level baseline data on civil court activity in Canada.
    Release date: 2023-03-16
  • 3. Police-reported crime in rural and urban areas in the Canadian provinces, 2021
    Articles and reports: 85-002-X202300100002
    Description:

    This Juristat article presents information on the nature and extent of crime in the rural areas of the Canadian provinces. This includes analysis of recent trends in crime rates and severity in rural and urban areas, both at the national and provincial levels. The report also examines the specific nature and extent of crime in rural areas of the provincial North. Analysis uses police-reported data from the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey and the Homicide Survey, as well as self-reported data from General Social Survey on Canadians' Safety (Victimization).

    Release date: 2023-02-20
  • 4. Profile of family law cases in Canada, 2019/2020
    Articles and reports: 85-002-X202100100011
    Description:

    This Juristat article examines family law cases active in the Canadian civil courts in 2019/2020 and profiles various case types where spouses or couples have experienced a family breakdown, which require the assistance of a court to resolve. The case types profiled in this report include divorce applications, custody/access cases, support only cases, child protection applications and family cases seeking a civil protection order. Additional analysis is provided on the contentious nature of the case, the sex of the applicant and respondent, whether the parties were represented or self-represented, types of court activity that took place throughout the fiscal year and the average number of days it took to reach a first disposition. Each profile establishes a baseline of family law court data which will enable future analysis of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on family law cases in the Canadian civil courts. Further, this report may also support further analysis of the effect of the March 1, 2021 Divorce Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. 3 (2nd Supp.) amendments.

    Release date: 2021-06-28
  • 5. Maintenance Enforcement Survey: Child and spousal support 2013/2014 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X2015055382
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2015-02-24
  • 6. Cases of child and spousal support by age group of the child beneficiaries Archived
    Articles and reports: 85-002-X201400114031
    Description:

    This Juristat article profiles cases enrolled with a Maintenance Enforcement Program (MEP) and examines the characteristics of the cases with regard to the age group of the child beneficiaries. Using data from the Survey of Maintenance Enforcement Programs, it focuses on differences between child support cases involving younger children and those involving older children, the support amounts due and received and the proportion of cases sent out of province. The article also analyzes a cohort of enrolled cases involving children aged 17 and 18 over a five-year period.

    Release date: 2014-06-23
  • 7. Family law cases in the civil courts 2012/2013 Archived
    Articles and reports: 85-002-X201400113005
    Geography: Province or territory
    Description:

    This Juristat article examines family law cases in the civil courts. It provides a focused look at the amount of court activity they involve, and how they progress over time. The report is based on data from the eight Canadian provinces and territories reporting to the Civil Court Survey.

    Release date: 2014-04-28
  • 8. Profile of child-related family law cases in civil court, 2011/2012 Archived
    Articles and reports: 85-002-X201300111781
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This Juristat article examines the characteristics of civil court family law cases related to child protection, custody, access and child support. It examines family and child cases in the overall context of the civil court systems. It then provides a more focused look at the different child issues, their complexity, the amount of court activity they involve, and how they tend to progress over time. The report is based on data from the eight provinces and territories included in the Civil Court Survey.

    Release date: 2013-04-29
  • 9. Maintenance Enforcement Survey 2011/2012 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X20131144813
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2013-04-24
  • 10. Payment patterns of child and spousal support Archived
    Articles and reports: 85-002-X201300111780
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This Juristat article profiles cases enrolled with a Maintenance Enforcement Program (MEP) and examines changes in the payment patterns of child and spousal support over time. It focuses on payors with ongoing monthly support obligations in order to examine changes in the proportion of payors making a monthly support payment during the first years of enrolment in a MEP, changes in enforcement activity, and changes in payors' patterns of payment regularity over time. The analysis draws on information from the Survey of Maintenance Enforcement Programs.

    Release date: 2013-04-24
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  • 1. Maintenance Enforcement Programs in Canada: Description of Operations Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 85-552-X
    Geography: Province or territory
    Description:

    This report presents a description of the organization and operation of provincial and territorial maintenance enforcement programs. It describes the relevant provincial legislation, highlights latest developments, provides a general description of each program, describes how each manages cases, intake/withdrawal procedures, tracing, monitoring, payment processing and enforcement practices. As such, the reader will be able to identify the variations and similarities between the various programs. All of the maintenance enforcement programs rely upon several federal acts to collect, trace and enforce support payments. Therefore, a review of the relevant federal legislation is presented first, followed by a description of each provincial and territorial maintenance enforcement program.

    Release date: 2002-08-01
  • 2. Survey of Maintenance Enforcement Programs
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3324
    Description: This survey collects statistical and descriptive information on child and spousal support payments from provincial and territorial maintenance enforcement programs.
  • 3. Civil Court Survey
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5052
    Description: The primary objective of the Civil Court Survey is to develop and maintain a national civil court database of statistical information on court events and cases. It is intended to collect comparable, national level baseline data on civil court activity in Canada.
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