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Table 15
Maintenance enforcement cases enrolled, by compliance on regular monthly payments due, at month end

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Maintenance enforcement cases enrolled, by compliance on regular monthly payments due, at month end
  April May June July August September October November December January February March Average 1
  percent of cases in compliance
Newfoundland and Labrador 2  
2005/2006 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
2006/2007 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
2007/2008 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
2008/2009 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
2009/2010 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 78 ..
Prince Edward Island 2  
2005/2006 54 56 53 53 54 53 53 52 53 54 55 58 54
2006/2007 56 56 56 54 56 56 56 55 56 58 55 58 56
2007/2008 59 57 59 57 57 57 58 58 56 57 58 59 58
2008/2009 59 59 59 58 59 58 57 58 58 57 60 62 59
2009/2010 63 63 64 59 62 62 62 61 64 60 63 62 62
Nova Scotia 2 , 3  
2005/2006 54 56 55 53 54 53 53 55 52 54 53 56 54
2006/2007 54 56 55 54 55 52 56 56 53 56 54 56 55
2007/2008 55 58 57 56 56 56 59 57 54 58 57 57 57
2008/2009 62 59 60 60 58 61 60 60 62 60 61 64 61
2009/2010 64 65 64 63 63 65 63 65 66 62 65 69 64
New Brunswick 2 , 4  
2005/2006 58 63 58 59 61 59 60 56 58 62 59 62 60
2006/2007 61 61 60 61 59 57 62 57 57 62 56 65 60
2007/2008 63 64 61 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 62 …
2008/2009 64 62 61 63 60 63 60 59 64 59 60 68 62
2009/2010 63 63 64 63 61 63 63 63 65 60 64 69 64
Quebec 5  
2005/2006 78 79 80 80 80 80 78 80 79 75 77 78 79
2006/2007 78 79 81 79 80 79 79 80 79 76 78 77 79
2007/2008 77 80 80 79 80 78 79 80 79 76 78 77 79
2008/2009 79 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 76 78 78 79
2009/2010 78 80 81 80 80 80 80 80 80 78 79 79 80
Ontario 6  
2005/2006 65 65 66 64 65 65 65 66 65 65 64 66 65
2006/2007 64 65 65 62 62 63 63 62 61 63 61 64 63
2007/2008 63 64 63 63 64 62 64 63 61 62 .. 62 63
2008/2009 65 64 63 63 62 64 64 62 63 62 61 64 63
2009/2010 63 62 63 63 62 62 63 61 63 61 61 64 62
Saskatchewan 2  
2005/2006 68 67 68 61 67 66 66 67 66 63 65 69 66
2006/2007 66 69 66 65 67 66 68 66 68 66 65 69 67
2007/2008 69 70 67 66 68 64 69 67 66 67 65 66 67
2008/2009 69 68 64 69 64 66 69 65 68 64 66 70 67
2009/2010 68 65 67 63 67 65 64 63 67 62 63 68 65
Alberta 2  
2005/2006 58 59 59 57 58 58 58 61 59 61 61 70 60
2006/2007 61 63 62 61 63 61 63 62 60 63 62 64 62
2007/2008 64 65 63 64 64 62 66 64 62 65 64 65 64
2008/2009 67 65 65 66 64 64 67 63 66 63 62 67 65
2009/2010 65 63 64 64 62 65 64 63 64 63 62 67 64
British Columbia 3  
2005/2006 65 63 64 62 63 63 63 63 62 63 63 65 63
2006/2007 64 65 64 63 64 63 65 64 62 64 63 64 64
2007/2008 65 65 64 65 65 63 66 65 63 65 65 65 65
2008/2009 66 66 65 66 64 67 65 64 65 62 63 65 65
2009/2010 65 63 64 63 62 64 63 62 64 60 61 65 63
Yukon 2 , 3  
2005/2006 62 64 64 56 63 60 59 59 61 56 57 60 60
2006/2007 54 63 61 58 63 57 59 58 54 59 55 62 59
2007/2008 59 62 56 60 62 57 61 56 55 62 54 63 59
2008/2009 58 60 63 64 58 61 67 56 63 54 61 64 61
2009/2010 57 61 63 59 60 63 59 58 59 58 59 65 60
Northwest Territories 2  
2005/2006 56 60 47 51 56 57 52 56 49 57 54 61 55
2006/2007 51 66 55 47 55 53 51 58 45 57 48 56 54
2007/2008 47 61 54 56 54 51 57 55 43 57 45 55 53
2008/2009 58 60 54 56 51 54 54 50 51 52 47 59 54
2009/2010 55 53 53 54 49 53 54 52 47 56 47 55 52
Total  
2005/2006 67 67 68 66 67 67 67 68 67 66 66 69 67
2006/2007 67 68 68 66 67 66 67 67 66 66 65 67 67
2007/2008 67 68 67 67 68 66 68 68 66 67 79 66 68
2008/2009 69 68 68 68 67 68 68 67 68 65 66 68 67
2009/2010 67 67 68 67 67 68 68 67 68 65 66 69 67
1.
The average monthly compliance rate for the year is calculated by taking the sum of the monthly figures and dividing by 12.
2.
Newfoundland and Labrador, 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.
3.
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.
4.
New Brunswick converted to a new information system in February 2008 and a new interface to the Survey of Maintenance Enforcement Programs was built for the new system. Data collected the first few months of 2007/2008 was through the Maintenance Enforcement Survey. Data for March 2008 was collected through the Survey of Maintenance Enforcement Programs.
5.
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.
6.
Ontario may have some cases that paid beyond month end that are included as having made a payment for the month.
Note(s):
Interjurisdictional support order-out cases are excluded. Regular payments are the ongoing amount ordered or agreed to. Compliance indicates that the regular amount expected in a month was received in full by the end of the month.
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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