Table 7
Profile of active child support (only) cases, by selected province and territory, 2011/2012
Type of case characteristic | N.S. | N.B. | Ont. | Alta. | B.C. | Y.T. | N.W.T. | Nvt. | Total |
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number | |||||||||
Number of child support (only) cases | 364 | 1,665 | 9,626 | 6,135 | 7,973 | 8 | 31 | 31 | 25,833 |
percent | |||||||||
Child support (only) cases as percentage of total family caseload | 3 | 28 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
Percentage of child support (only) cases with single issue (no other family issues reported) | 0 | 47 | 0 | 75 | 26 | 0 | 87 | 0 | 29 |
number | |||||||||
Activity in first year (new cases)Note 1 | |||||||||
Number of new child support (only) cases | 87 | 998 | 3,916 | 4,021 | 3,045 | 4 | 21 | 26 | 12,118 |
percent | |||||||||
Percentage with disposition in first yearNote 2 | 45 | 20 | 100 | 83 | 43 | 100 | 29 | 15 | 73 |
number | |||||||||
Average number of documents filed in first year | 14.3 | 1.8 | 9.0 | 2.2 | 6.7 | 9.3 | 7.2 | 5.2 | 5.6 |
Average number of dispositions in first year | 0.7 | 0.3 | 5.0 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 2.4 |
Average weeks to first disposition (in first year) | 15.9 | 12.6 | 6.2 | 7.8 | 14.1 | 6.8 | 13.7 | 7.7 | 8.2 |
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Civil Court Survey. |
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