Table 12
Payors of child and spousal support, by metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas, Saskatchewan, 2009/2010

Table 12
Payors of child and spousal support enrolled in MEP, by metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas, Saskatchewan, 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 metropolitan area8 47,579 2,695 254 69 56 3,325 93 3,467
Saskatoon 46,619 1,315 258 69 56 1,650 94 3,600
Regina 48,600 1,380 250 68 57 1,675 92 3,324
Census agglomerations8 44,826 1,115 244 67 53 1,390 91 3,080
Prince Albert 43,200 355 202 67 53 415 97 2,938
Moose Jaw 44,469 270 250 69 60 350 90 2,967
North Battleford 37,563 125 225 64 42 165 85 2,870
Yorkton 37,162 95 225 63 49 130 89 2,540
Swift Current 46,000 80 250 72 58 110 93 3,420
Estevan 67,037 85 284 72 58 95 88 4,407
Lloydminster9 54,000 105 337 65 46 125 85 4,044
Economic regions, non-metropolitan parts10 32,985 2,505 253 63 51 2,925 91 3,383
Prince Albert 32,919 765 253 64 48 890 94 3,276
Yorkton–Melville 32,651 345 232 62 49 400 87 3,000
Regina–Moose Mountain 36,837 420 300 67 57 500 92 3,910
Saskatoon–Biggar 35,456 310 278 67 56 350 94 3,900
Swift Current–Moose Jaw 31,137 185 248 69 54 220 97 3,600
Northern 23,681 480 250 56 45 565 89 3,007
Total 41,491 6,315 250 66 54 7,640 92 3,361
MEP: Maintenance enforcement program.
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. Saskatchewan part only.
10. 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.
Date modified: