Excludes those cases that only have other types of payments due (scheduled arrears, event-driven payments, and fees, costs and penalties).

Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Saskatchewan, 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 allow direct payments in exceptional circumstances to be made and received by their clientele, however, unauthorized direct payments are not encouraged. 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, which understates compliance and overstates arrears. 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.