Table 4
Payors of child and spousal support, by metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas, Newfoundland and Labrador, 2009/2010

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Table 4
Payors of child and spousal support, by metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas, Newfoundland and Labrador, 2009/2010
Metropolitan/non-metropolitan areas Median total income for males aged 35 to 541 Cases enrolled, March 31 Median regular payment due, one child cases, in March2 Cases with full payment collected in March3 Cases with no arrears or arrears less than 2 times monthly amount due, March 314 Cases adminstered during fiscal year Collection rate Median annual amount collected
dollar number dollar percent
Census metropolitan area5 42,002 1,580 225 79 80 . . .
St. John's 42,002 1,580 225 79 80 . . .
Census agglomerations5 35,306 670 200 78 78 . . .
Corner Brook 36,010 370 197 78 78 . . .
Grand Falls–Windsor 39,422 185 210 82 81 . . .
Bay Roberts 31,689 115 235 75 75 . . .
Economic regions, non-metropolitan parts6 29,814 2,890 201 81 80 . . .
Notre Dame–Central Bonavista Bay 28,259 920 207 79 80 . . .
West Coast–Northern Peninsula–Labrador 32,672 1,140 200 80 80 . . .
Avalon Peninsula 29,049 435 208 81 78 . . .
South Coast–Burin Peninsula 28,630 395 200 85 82 . . .
Total 33,627 5,140 208 80 80 . . .
. not available for any reference period
1. Median income figures are from the 2006 Census of Population, and refer to 2005 calendar year.
2. Includes cases whose only beneficiary is one child and excludes cases with no monthly payments due.
3. Percentage based on cases with a regular payment due in March.
4. Percentage based on cases with a regular payment due in March. A case can have arrears from a missed payment either in March or in a earlier month that has not been made up. Many cases also enrol with existing arrears accumulated before enrolment in the maintenance enforcement program.
5. An area consisting of one or more neighbouring municipalities situated around a major urban core. A census metropolitan area must have a total population of at least 100,000 of which 50,000 or more live in the urban core. A census agglomeration must have an urban core population of at least 10,000.
6. An economic region (ER) is a grouping of complete census divisions created as a standard geographical unit for analysis of regional economic activity. For the purpose of this article, all ERs cover only areas outside of census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations.
Note: Excludes Non-ISO and ISO-out cases where the location of the recipient is unknown or the recipient resides outside of the province/territory.
ISO: Interjurisdictional Support Orders.
Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Maintenance Enforcement Programs, 2009/2010.
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