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Table 1
Maintenance enforcement cases enrolled, by interjurisdictional support order status, by fiscal year

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Maintenance enforcement cases enrolled, by interjurisdictional support order status, by fiscal year
  Cases enrolled Non-interjurisdictional support order Interjurisdictional support order-in Interjurisdictional support order-out
  number percent
Prince Edward Island 1 , 2  
2003/2004 2,571 100 85 11 4
2004/2005 2,568 100 85 11 4
2005/2006 2,676 100 85 11 4
2006/2007 2,730 100 84 11 5
2007/2008 4,014 100 81 12 7
Nova Scotia 1  
2003/2004 .. .. .. .. ..
2004/2005 20,526 100 83 6 11
2005/2006 20,580 100 82 6 12
2006/2007 19,968 100 82 6 12
2007/2008 19,482 100 81 6 13
New Brunswick 1  
2003/2004 .. .. .. .. ..
2004/2005 .. .. .. .. ..
2005/2006 .. .. .. .. ..
2006/2007 .. .. .. .. ..
2007/2008 14,028 100 84 6 10
Quebec 3  
2003/2004 121,464 100 98 1 1
2004/2005 125,652 100 98 1 1
2005/2006 129,390 100 98 1 1
2006/2007 132,177 100 98 1 1
2007/2008 133,251 100 98 1 1
Saskatchewan  
2003/2004 9,663 100 68 13 19
2004/2005 9,675 100 67 13 19
2005/2006 9,366 100 69 13 19
2006/2007 9,156 100 70 13 18
2007/2008 9,159 100 69 14 17
Alberta 1  
2003/2004 .. .. .. .. ..
2004/2005 .. .. .. .. ..
2005/2006 50,271 100 75 16 9
2006/2007 48,897 100 75 17 9
2007/2008 48,558 100 74 17 9
British Columbia  
2003/2004 46,191 100 77 9 14
2004/2005 45,132 100 77 9 14
2005/2006 44,544 100 77 9 14
2006/2007 43,578 100 77 9 14
2007/2008 43,416 100 78 9 14
Yukon 1  
2003/2004 591 100 39 32 29
2004/2005 603 100 40 32 28
2005/2006 582 100 44 28 28
2006/2007 555 100 43 29 28
2007/2008 552 100 44 29 27
Northwest Territories 1  
2003/2004 .. .. .. .. ..
2004/2005 855 100 47 29 24
2005/2006 816 100 50 27 23
2006/2007 858 100 51 26 23
2007/2008 870 100 54 25 21
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.
In March 2008, Prince Edward Island began reporting data through the Survey of Maintenance Enforcement Programs. The Survey of Maintenance Enforcement Program includes data not only on active cases in the Prince Edward Island system, but also on a substantial number of inactive cases. Prince Edward Island has a practice of making cases inactive rather than closing them, thus their inactive caseload is much higher than other jurisdictions. In most other tables in this report, with the exception of table 3, only active cases are reported on.
In Quebec, cases enrolled in the annual tables include direct payment cases. Direct payments are defined as payments made by the payor to the recipient which do not involve the maintenance enforcement program. Other annual tables are tables 3, 4, and 16.
Note(s):
Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding. The provinces and territories have enacted legislation to ensure that orders/agreements can be enforced beyond their borders. Non-interjurisdictional support order cases are typically cases where both parties live in the same province/territory. Interjurisdictional support order-in cases are cases that the province/territory has been asked by another jurisdiction to enforce because the payor lives and/or has assets inside their borders. Interjurisdictional support order-out cases are cases that the province/territory has sent to another jurisdiction for enforcement because the payor lives and/or has assets outside their borders.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Maintenance Enforcement Survey and Survey of Maintenance Enforcement Programs.