Table 4-1
Social assistance rates in year t+1 by family characteristic and refugee claim cohort — Part 1
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Refugee claim cohort | Weighted average 2005 to 2010 | ||||||||||||
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1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | ||
percent | |||||||||||||
Family type | |||||||||||||
Single male | 77.8 | 78.2 | 78.9 | 73.7 | 67.9 | 71.6 | 72.5 | 75.5 | 76.3 | 76.9 | 75.4 | 72.0 | 75.4 |
Single female | 79.5 | 77.5 | 80.1 | 76.1 | 68.9 | 74.9 | 76.2 | 81.3 | 81.6 | 81.5 | 80.7 | 79.1 | 80.9 |
Lone father | 86.0 | 90.6 | 85.8 | 77.0 | 66.9 | 81.6 | 80.8 | 83.7 | 89.4 | 87.7 | 88.4 | 73.4 | 85.8 |
Lone mother | 89.2 | 90.2 | 89.4 | 84.7 | 82.6 | 86.1 | 84.7 | 85.5 | 92.9 | 91.4 | 89.5 | 88.5 | 90.1 |
Couple, no child | 84.0 | 79.4 | 81.3 | 72.6 | 70.1 | 79.9 | 74.3 | 76.6 | 80.9 | 82.8 | 82.7 | 77.2 | 80.6 |
Couple, one child | 82.8 | 84.7 | 81.8 | 78.1 | 72.5 | 82.2 | 80.5 | 81.0 | 89.2 | 85.4 | 87.8 | 83.9 | 85.9 |
Couple, two children | 83.5 | 82.6 | 85.3 | 81.8 | 77.0 | 84.4 | 82.8 | 80.6 | 88.7 | 88.9 | 88.1 | 83.4 | 86.8 |
Couple, more than two children | 92.7 | 92.5 | 90.9 | 88.6 | 81.8 | 88.3 | 92.0 | 86.2 | 89.9 | 90.2 | 92.0 | 89.7 | 90.1 |
Other family type | 76.1 | 76.6 | 77.6 | 67.8 | 66.5 | 70.1 | 75.3 | 73.1 | 78.5 | 76.8 | 79.6 | 70.1 | 76.5 |
Age of oldest family member | |||||||||||||
0 to 18 years old | 84.3 | 77.9 | 80.7 | 69.2 | 71.1 | 74.5 | 74.3 | 70.9 | 78.9 | 80.0 | 78.6 | 72.9 | 76.4 |
19 to 24 years old | 80.7 | 81.0 | 82.9 | 75.9 | 70.3 | 73.9 | 74.9 | 78.6 | 80.8 | 82.3 | 82.7 | 79.4 | 81.0 |
25 to 34 years old | 79.6 | 80.6 | 81.2 | 75.1 | 69.9 | 75.5 | 76.5 | 79.3 | 82.3 | 83.6 | 81.9 | 76.2 | 81.1 |
35 to 44 years old | 83.0 | 82.2 | 82.7 | 77.6 | 73.2 | 80.1 | 79.6 | 79.6 | 85.9 | 83.9 | 82.4 | 80.5 | 82.9 |
45 to 54 years old | 80.6 | 79.9 | 80.2 | 78.7 | 74.4 | 78.6 | 75.4 | 79.7 | 83.2 | 83.3 | 83.8 | 78.0 | 82.1 |
55 to 64 years old | 90.2 | 86.5 | 86.3 | 83.5 | 73.7 | 84.4 | 81.8 | 82.9 | 86.7 | 82.8 | 87.1 | 84.8 | 84.9 |
65 years old or above | 97.2 | 96.4 | 96.0 | 90.5 | 89.1 | 93.4 | 93.9 | 87.6 | 93.7 | 92.1 | 95.0 | 93.2 | 92.4 |
Work permit held by family member | |||||||||||||
Yes | 79.9 | 79.7 | 80.7 | 75.6 | 71.8 | 78.0 | 77.6 | 79.7 | 84.0 | 83.7 | 82.9 | 79.0 | 82.2 |
No | 91.6 | 90.7 | 90.1 | 87.1 | 79.9 | 76.5 | 79.1 | 81.1 | 84.3 | 83.8 | 85.6 | 84.3 | 83.7 |
Province or territory of residence | |||||||||||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 86.1 | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | 86.7 | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | 35.5 |
Prince Edward Island | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | |
Nova Scotia | 79.4 | 63.5 | 76.8 | 73.9 | 59.1 | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | 64.5 | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | 53.3 | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | 69.7 | 58.5 |
New Brunswick | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | 67.9 |
Quebec | 89.7 | 90.1 | 91.4 | 90.7 | 88.9 | 88.8 | 87.6 | 88.8 | 89.0 | 87.9 | 84.6 | 79.5 | 86.8 |
Ontario | 79.2 | 80.2 | 80.1 | 72.8 | 68.5 | 76.9 | 76.5 | 79.7 | 85.3 | 85.3 | 86.5 | 83.9 | 84.4 |
Manitoba | 70.0 | 70.3 | 71.2 | 66.2 | 63.4 | 59.6 | 59.4 | 48.9 | 43.6 | 61.5 | 75.0 | 63.6 | 61.3 |
Saskatchewan | 94.1 | 64.4 | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | 40.6 | 68.5 | 61.7 | 68.4 | 61.8 |
Alberta | 48.9 | 46.3 | 56.3 | 56.0 | 50.7 | 55.0 | 61.3 | 51.5 | 66.9 | 58.5 | 51.6 | 48.0 | 56.5 |
British Columbia | 77.0 | 75.8 | 77.4 | 69.4 | 64.9 | 55.8 | 61.8 | 54.2 | 56.2 | 70.2 | 67.6 | 57.1 | 62.9 |
Yukon | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | 94.6 |
Northwest Territories | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act |
Unknown | 30.0 | 11.8 | 25.4 | 23.5 | 19.7 | 23.5 | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | 7.1 | 25.0 | 10.0 | 15.8 | 20.0 | 15.3 |
Country of citizenship | |||||||||||||
Afghanistan | 91.0 | 90.9 | 95.3 | 91.8 | 94.5 | 83.5 | 91.2 | 88.9 | 90.3 | 89.5 | 89.8 | 91.3 | 90.0 |
Bangladesh | 81.5 | 84.5 | 81.6 | 76.7 | 74.7 | 81.6 | 66.0 | 69.1 | 59.7 | 77.0 | 65.2 | 67.0 | 67.8 |
People's Republic of China | 78.5 | 81.9 | 85.8 | 84.8 | 81.0 | 75.2 | 84.5 | 89.2 | 87.7 | 88.7 | 87.9 | 90.1 | 88.7 |
Colombia | 75.3 | 80.5 | 88.2 | 87.8 | 87.7 | 91.5 | 88.4 | 86.8 | 92.0 | 90.2 | 92.8 | 89.2 | 90.6 |
Democratic Republic of Congo | 93.8 | 93.5 | 92.6 | 91.8 | 89.5 | 89.3 | 80.7 | 87.8 | 83.2 | 87.7 | 89.9 | 82.5 | 86.4 |
x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note: t+1: one year since start of refugee claim. Source: Statistics Canada, Refugee Claimant Database. |
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