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Table 18
Maintenance enforcement cases with arrears, by amount
owing, at March 31
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| Cases enrolled | Cases with arrears | Arrears due | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | percent | millions of dollars | ||
| Prince Edward Island 1 | ||||
| 2004 | 2,469 | 1,755 | 71 | 12.5 |
| 2005 | 2,463 | 1,716 | 70 | 11.6 |
| 2006 | 2,571 | 1,767 | 69 | 13.4 |
| 2007 | 2,598 | 1,785 | 69 | 13.9 |
| 2008 | 2,538 | 1,707 | 67 | 15.1 |
| Nova Scotia 1 , 2 | ||||
| 2004 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 2005 | 18,183 | 12,009 | 66 | 82.3 |
| 2006 | 18,171 | 11,661 | 64 | 85.1 |
| 2007 | 17,577 | 11,148 | 63 | 82.2 |
| 2008 | 16,965 | 10,608 | 63 | 80.2 |
| New Brunswick 1 | ||||
| 2004 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 2005 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 2006 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 2007 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 2008 | 12,690 | 8,115 | 64 | 39.9 |
| Quebec | ||||
| 2004 | 102,336 | 48,723 | 48 | 283.7 |
| 2005 | 104,388 | 45,387 | 43 | 285.3 |
| 2006 | 106,227 | 47,682 | 45 | 297.2 |
| 2007 | 107,070 | 47,280 | 44 | 307.5 |
| 2008 | 106,512 | 46,017 | 43 | 285.1 |
| Ontario | ||||
| 2004 | 176,727 | 132,654 | 75 | 1,192.0 |
| 2005 | 178,251 | 136,623 | 77 | 1,198.8 |
| 2006 | 175,005 | 126,486 | 72 | 1,190.6 |
| 2007 | 170,826 | 130,956 | 77 | 1,233.3 |
| 2008 | 175,062 | 134,031 | 77 | 1,299.8 |
| Saskatchewan | ||||
| 2004 | 7,836 | 4,674 | 60 | 34.4 |
| 2005 | 7,785 | 4,674 | 60 | 37.3 |
| 2006 | 7,635 | 4,512 | 59 | 38.5 |
| 2007 | 7,548 | 4,587 | 61 | 39.8 |
| 2008 | 7,614 | 4,722 | 62 | 42.3 |
| Alberta 1 | ||||
| 2004 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 2005 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 2006 | 45,963 | 32,016 | 70 | 387.3 |
| 2007 | 44,619 | 29,778 | 67 | 384.3 |
| 2008 | 44,175 | 29,163 | 66 | 395.7 |
| British Columbia 2 , 3 | ||||
| 2004 | 39,774 | 26,421 | 66 | 269.9 |
| 2005 | 38,808 | 25,410 | 65 | 277.5 |
| 2006 | 38,343 | 25,077 | 65 | 284.4 |
| 2007 | 37,572 | 24,609 | 65 | 288.3 |
| 2008 | 37,536 | 24,438 | 65 | 300.8 |
| Yukon 1 , 2 | ||||
| 2004 | 423 | 288 | 68 | 3.9 |
| 2005 | 441 | 282 | 64 | 4.0 |
| 2006 | 414 | 258 | 62 | 3.6 |
| 2007 | 402 | 246 | 61 | 3.4 |
| 2008 | 414 | 222 | 54 | 3.4 |
| Northwest Territories 1 | ||||
| 2004 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 2005 | 654 | 522 | 80 | 6.5 |
| 2006 | 636 | 495 | 78 | 6.6 |
| 2007 | 654 | 522 | 80 | 6.9 |
| 2008 | 684 | 522 | 76 | 7.4 |
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 British Columbia, dollars due and received
for interest have not been included.
Note(s):
Interjurisdictional support order-out cases are excluded. As a result
of the random rounding methodology, some small differences can be expected
in the corresponding values between tables. Readers are cautioned against
calculating an average per case amount of arrears. Some cases have tens or
hundred of thousands of dollars of arrears, while others have a very small
amount. The average will be influenced by these cases at either end of the
range.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Maintenance
Enforcement Survey and Survey of Maintenance Enforcement Programs.
