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Table 13
Maintenance enforcement cases enrolled, by regular monthly payment due and proportion in compliance, at March 31

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Maintenance enforcement cases enrolled, by regular monthly payment due and proportion in compliance, at March 31
  Cases in compliance Regular monthly payment due
$1 to $200 $201 to $400  $401 to $600 $601 to $800 $801 to $1,000 $1,001 to $2,000 Over $2,000
  percent
Prince Edward Island 1  
2004 55 43 50 55 58 50 36 50
2005 55 44 49 53 61 55 47 50
2006 58 44 51 57 61 50 47
2007 58 42 51 56 67 41 48 33
2008 59 45 48 52 66 69 50 50
Nova Scotia 1 , 2  
2004 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
2005 55 45 54 55 58 55 49 53
2006 56 44 54 57 58 53 53 51
2007 56 44 54 57 58 53 58 51
2008 57 44 53 56 56 54 56 50
New Brunswick 1  
2004 61 48 56 62 60 61 66 44
2005 60 49 55 56 54 57 47 40
2006 62 52 58 59 62 58 55 27
2007 65 54 63 64 65 60 64 61
2008 62 53 58 58 60 57 56 54
Quebec 3  
2004 79 68 74 82 85 87 86 84
2005 78 67 73 81 84 86 85 85
2006 78 68 74 81 84 87 86 83
2007 77 68 72 80 84 85 86 84
2008 77 69 72 80 84 86 86 86
Ontario 4  
2004 63 42 54 60 62 65 61 51
2005 64 43 54 59 62 63 60 51
2006 66 47 56 62 64 66 63 54
2007 64 45 54 60 63 65 62 53
2008 62 42 50 56 59 62 60 51
Saskatchewan  
2004 67 59 64 67 62 62 68 83
2005 68 60 65 64 61 67 61 50
2006 69 60 67 67 62 64 64 56
2007 69 59 66 66 63 66 62 60
2008 66 55 62 64 58 71 59 43
Alberta 1  
2004 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
2005 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
2006 70 59 66 61 63 66 62 59
2007 64 49 55 59 59 61 61 58
2008 65 49 55 58 60 59 60 55
British Columbia 2  
2004 63 53 60 62 60 58 55 55
2005 65 55 61 63 61 60 56 56
2006 65 55 61 62 61 61 55 55
2007 64 54 60 62 60 61 57 53
2008 65 57 60 60 59 57 60 54
Yukon 1 , 2  
2004 62 50 54 67 43 83 50 100
2005 65 53 62 62 50 50 100 100
2006 60 48 55 60 50 67 75
2007 62 49 49 68 70 100 67
2008 63 58 52 71 56 50 100
Northwest Territories 1  
2004 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
2005 57 39 53 45 50 42 75
2006 61 54 54 56 47 40 73
2007 56 36 48 50 52 60 55 50
2008 55 48 42 48 52 31 50 100
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.
Nova Scotia, British Columbia and Yukon maintain a policy of allowing direct payments to be made and received by their clientele throughout the case duration, and since most of these direct payments are not reported until after the survey data are collected, some payors are reported as not having paid, even though they actually have. In Nova Scotia and Yukon, about 1% of cases each month report a payment, or payments, being made in a previous month.
In certain cases, if the program is certain to recover the sum from the payor, Quebec legislation allows for the Maintenance Enforcement Program to provide an advance to the recipient to help ensure regularity of payments. Advances are considered to be support payments and must be repaid by the payor.
Ontario may have some cases that paid beyond month end that are included as having made a payment in the month.
Note(s):
Interjurisdictional support order-out cases are excluded. Regular payments are the ongoing amount ordered or agreed to. Compliance in this instance indicates that the regular amount expected in the month was received. The figure for compliance on total cases includes cases where no monthly payment is due. As cases with no payment in a month are coded as 100% compliant, the compliance for total cases may be higher than it would be if based solely on the numbers for the different payment categories shown in this table.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Maintenance Enforcement Survey and Survey of Maintenance Enforcement Programs.