Table 6
Payors of child and spousal support, by metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas, Prince Edward Island, 2009/2010

Table 6
Payors of child or spousal support, by metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas, Prince Edward Island, 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 administered during fiscal year5 Collection rate6 Median annual amount collected7
dollar number dollar percent number percent dollar
Census agglomerations8 36,474 1,075 206 55 46 1,175 80 2,481
Charlottetown 37,350 835 206 56 47 900 80 2,416
Summerside 32,538 240 205 54 43 275 80 2,580
Census divisions, non-metropolitan parts9 30,984 905 219 55 45 960 70 2,439
Prince 31,096 435 204 54 45 450 67 2,400
Kings 30,053 290 226 58 49 305 72 2,513
Queens 31,417 180 229 53 39 205 75 2,841
Total 33,286 1,980 212 55 46 2,135 76 2,472
1. Median income figures are from the 2006 Census of Population, and refer to 2005 calendar year.
2. Includes cases whose only beneficiary is a 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. Many cases also enrol with existing arrears accumulated before enrolment in the MEP.
5. Cases administered include all cases enrolled for all, or part of, 2009/2010. Location of payors based on the last community or region where the payor was known to reside.
6. Collection rate is the total amount received during the fiscal year (April 1, 2009 to March 31, 2010) divided by the total amount due. Some arrears payments received in the fiscal year pay down arrears that accrued before the fiscal year. Occasionally, these payments can be substantial, and because there is no corresponding payment due transaction, may result in a collection rate that is greater than 100 percent.
7. Includes only cases with a regular amount due every month in 2009/2010, with or without payment received in the fiscal year. In most jurisdictions, this is roughly 60% of cases administered.
8. 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.
9. A census division (CD) is a group of neighbouring municipalities joined together for the purposes of regional planning and managing common services (such as police or ambulance services). These groupings are established under laws in effect in certain provinces of Canada. For example, a census division might correspond to a county, les municipalités régionales de comté or a regional district. In other provinces and the territories where laws do not provide for such areas, Statistics Canada defines equivalent areas for statistical reporting purposes in cooperation with these provinces and territories.
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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