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Table 14
Maintenance enforcement cases in compliance with regular
payments due, by type of beneficiary, at March 31, 2009
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| Type of beneficiary | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children only | Spouse only | Spouse with children | |||||||
| Cases enrolled | Cases in compliance | Cases enrolled | Cases in compliance | Cases enrolled | Cases in compliance | ||||
| number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | ||||
| Prince Edward Island 1 | 2,217 | 1,356 | 61 | 63 | 51 | 81 | 72 | 45 | 63 |
| Nova Scotia 1 , 2 | 14,043 | 8,862 | 63 | 774 | 609 | 79 | 639 | 450 | 70 |
| New Brunswick 1 | 11,358 | 7,569 | 67 | 507 | 411 | 81 | 294 | 204 | 69 |
| Saskatchewan | 6,189 | 4,122 | 67 | 192 | 156 | 81 | 345 | 246 | 71 |
| Alberta 1 | 31,227 | 17,985 | 58 | 1,140 | 777 | 68 | 888 | 429 | 48 |
| British Columbia 2 | 35,127 | 23,019 | 66 | 861 | 606 | 70 | 1,812 | 1,047 | 58 |
| Yukon 1 , 2 | 279 | 159 | 57 | 15 | 12 | 80 | 0 | 0 | … |
| Northwest Territories 1 , 3 | 699 | 414 | 59 | 18 | 12 | 67 | … | … | … |
Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick,
Alberta, Yukon and the Northwest Territories report detailed microdata through
the Survey of Maintenance Enforcement Programs. The other jurisdictions in
the table report aggregate data through the Maintenance Enforcement Survey.
Nova Scotia, British Columbia and Yukon allow
direct payments in exceptional circumstances to be made and received by their
clientele, however, unauthorized direct payments are not encouraged. Since
most of these direct payments are not reported until after the survey data
are collected, some payors are reported as not having paid, even though they
actually have. In Nova Scotia and Yukon, about 1% of cases each month
report a payment, or payments, being made in a previous month.
The Northwest Territories cannot distinguish
between ‘children only’ cases and ‘spouse and children’
cases. Both types of cases are included in the ‘children only’
categories.
Note(s):
Interjurisdictional support order-out cases are excluded. As a result
of the random rounding methodology, some small differences can be expected
in the corresponding values between tables. Regular payments are the ongoing
amount ordered or agreed to. Compliance indicates that the regular amount
expected in a month was received in full by the end of the month. "Other"
and "unknown" type of recipient categories are excluded.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Maintenance
Enforcement Survey and Survey of Maintenance Enforcement Programs.
