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Table 17
Maintenance enforcement cases enrolled, by arrears
history and status, at March 31, 2008
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| Cases enrolled | Status at entry | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No arrears at entry | Entered with arrears | Unknown | ||||||
| No current arrears | Arrears have increased | Arrears have been paid off | Arrears have decreased | Arrears remained constant | Arrears have increased | |||
| number | ||||||||
| Prince Edward Island 1 , 2 | 2,538 | 282 | 393 | 402 | 237 | 27 | 705 | 492 |
| Nova Scotia 2 | 16,962 | 3,489 | 4,074 | 2,790 | 2,160 | 219 | 4,155 | 75 |
| Quebec 3 | 131,748 | 38,862 | 6,990 | 44,331 | 17,655 | 435 | 20,862 | 2,613 |
| Saskatchewan | 7,608 | 1,368 | 1,275 | 1,524 | 1,320 | 54 | 2,067 | 0 |
| Alberta 2 | 44,169 | 8,655 | 13,929 | 6,354 | 4,842 | 111 | 10,278 | 0 |
| British Columbia | 37,533 | 5,481 | 4,359 | 7,611 | 5,487 | 468 | 14,127 | 0 |
| percent | ||||||||
| Prince Edward Island 1 , 2 | 100 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 28 | 19 |
| Nova Scotia 2 | 100 | 21 | 24 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 24 | 0 |
| Quebec 3 | 100 | 29 | 5 | 34 | 13 | 0 | 16 | 2 |
| Saskatchewan | 100 | 18 | 17 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 27 | 0 |
| Alberta 2 | 100 | 20 | 32 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| British Columbia | 100 | 15 | 12 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 38 | 0 |
Prince Edward Island has a high number of unknowns
because of a change in its information system.
Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and Alberta
report detailed microdata through the Survey of Maintenance Enforcement Programs.
The other jurisdictions in the table report aggregate data through the Maintenance
Enforcement Survey.
On November 1, 1996, the Ministère
du Revenu implemented the information system of the maintenance enforcement
program. When that happened, Quebec knew the amount of arrears due at the
time, but could not establish the arrears status at entry for the cases registered
before that date. These "unknown" cases account for approximately 2%
of Quebec's caseload.
Note(s):
Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding. As a result of
the random rounding methodology, some small differences can be expected in
the corresponding values between tables. Interjurisdictional support order-out
cases are excluded. At entry into a maintenance enforcement program, arrears
status may be unknown until an accurate balance is produced. Therefore, some
payors can actually be in arrears but be recorded as having no arrears.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Maintenance
Enforcement Survey and Survey of Maintenance Enforcement Programs.
