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Table 5
Maintenance enforcement cases enrolled, by authority of order/agreement and type of beneficiary, at March 31, 2010

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Maintenance enforcement cases enrolled, by authority of order/agreement and type of beneficiary, at March 31, 2010
Province and type of beneficiary Cases enrolled Authority of order/agreement
Divorce Act Provincial order Provincial agreement Unknown
  number percent number percent number percent number percent number percent
Newfoundland and Labrador 1 , 2 , 3  
Children only 4,911 100 1,071 22 3,465 71 96 2 279 6
Spouse only 195 100 90 46 90 46 6 3 9 5
Spouse with children 111 100 54 49 42 38 9 8 6 5
Unknown 672 100 54 8 57 8 0 0 561 83
Total 5,889 100 1,269 22 3,654 62 111 2 855 15
Nova Scotia 1 , 4  
Children only 13,533 100 3,405 25 . . . . 10,128 75
Spouse only 759 100 438 58 . . . . 321 42
Spouse with children 585 100 375 64 . . . . 210 36
Unknown 234 100 39 17 . . . . 195 83
Total 15,111 100 4,257 28 . . . . 10,854 72
New Brunswick 1  
Children only 11,199 100 2,163 19 7,245 65 222 2 1,569 14
Spouse only 498 100 288 58 162 33 3 1 45 9
Spouse with children 294 100 111 38 135 46 12 4 36 12
Unknown 510 100 57 11 147 29 3 1 303 59
Total 12,501 100 2,619 21 7,689 62 240 2 1,953 16
Saskatchewan 1  
Children only 6,843 100 1,938 28 2,805 41 417 6 1,683 25
Spouse only 168 100 111 66 15 9 12 7 30 18
Spouse with children 384 100 240 63 57 15 12 3 75 20
Unknown 96 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 96 100
Total 7,491 100 2,289 31 2,877 38 441 6 1,884 25
Alberta 1 , 3  
Children only 30,855 100 10,929 35 16,899 55 3,027 10 0 0
Spouse only 1,203 100 1,044 87 159 13 0 0 0 0
Spouse with children 867 100 654 75 207 24 6 1 0 0
Unknown 10,926 100 45 0 51 0 6 0 10,824 99
Total 43,851 100 12,672 29 17,316 39 3,039 7 10,824 25
British Columbia  
Children only 35,583 100 6,921 19 26,136 73 2,481 7 45 0
Spouse only 909 100 453 50 360 40 93 10 3 0
Spouse with children 1,875 100 732 39 975 52 168 9 0 0
Unknown 105 100 45 43 45 43 12 11 3 3
Total 38,472 100 8,151 21 27,516 72 2,754 7 51 0
Yukon 1  
Children only 267 100 63 24 186 70 18 7 0 0
Spouse only 15 100 9 60 6 40 0 0 0 0
Spouse with children … … … … … … … … … …
Unknown 96 100 12 13 15 16 3 3 66 69
Total 378 100 84 22 207 55 21 6 66 17
Total  
Children only 103,191 100 26,490 26 56,736 55 6,261 6 13,704 13
Spouse only 3,747 100 2,433 65 792 21 114 3 408 11
Spouse with children 4,116 100 2,166 53 1,416 34 207 5 327 8
Unknown 12,639 100 252 2 315 2 24 0 12,048 95
Total 123,693 100 31,341 25 59,259 48 6,606 5 26,487 21
1.
Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Saskatchewan, Alberta and Yukon report detailed microdata through the Survey of Maintenance Enforcement Programs. For these jurisdictions, the authority of the support order is unavailable for cases that do not have an active regular payment obligation. The other jurisdictions in the table report aggregate data through the Maintenance Enforcement Survey.
2.
In Newfoundland and Labrador, for cases enrolled before 2006, 'spouse with children' cases are categorized as 'children only'.
3.
In Newfoundland and Labrador and Alberta, the type of beneficiary is known only if there is an active regular payment obligation for the case.
4.
In Nova Scotia, separate figures for provincial orders and agreements are not available. The combined figure is included in unknown.
Note(s):
Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding. 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.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Maintenance Enforcement Survey and Survey of Maintenance Enforcement Programs.
Date Modified: 2010-09-17

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