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Maintenance enforcement cases, by amount of arrears owing, at March 31

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Maintenance enforcement cases, by amount of arrears owing, at March 31
	Total		Amount of arrears owing
	Total		No arrears		Greater than $0 to $5,000		Greater than $5,000 to $20,000		Greater than $20,000
	Cases	Arrears due	Cases	Arrears due	Cases	Arrears due	Cases	Arrears due	Cases	Arrears due
	number	amount (millions of dollars)	percent of total
Newfoundland and Labrador
2006	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
2007	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
2008	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
2009	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
2010	5,885	11.4	63	…	28	14	6	31	2	55
Prince Edward Island
2006	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
2007	2,585	13.8	32	…	42	12	20	37	7	51
2008	2,535	15.1	33	…	39	10	20	34	8	56
2009	2,470	13.2	33	…	41	11	19	36	6	52
2010	2,485	14.0	33	…	42	11	19	34	6	55
Nova Scotia ¹
2006	18,170	85.1	36	…	41	12	17	38	6	50
2007	17,565	82.2	37	…	40	12	17	37	6	51
2008	16,960	80.2	37	…	40	12	17	37	6	52
2009	15,655	69.4	40	…	38	12	16	36	6	52
2010	15,110	66.5	42	…	37	11	16	36	6	52
New Brunswick
2006	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
2007	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
2008	12,690	39.9	36	…	47	21	14	43	3	35
2009	12,685	41.7	37	…	45	20	15	43	3	37
2010	12,500	41.8	38	…	44	19	14	43	4	38
Saskatchewan
2006	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
2007	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
2008	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
2009	7,395	45.5	39	…	34	9	18	31	9	60
2010	7,490	47.7	37	…	35	9	19	32	9	59
Alberta ²
2006	45,975	387.3	30	…	34	6	23	29	13	65
2007	44,620	384.3	33	…	31	6	23	29	13	65
2008	44,170	395.7	34	…	30	6	22	27	14	67
2009	43,555	411.1	34	…	29	5	23	26	15	68
2010	43,850	426.9	33	…	29	5	23	26	15	69
Yukon ¹
2006	420	3.6	39	…	30	5	19	24	12	71
2007	400	3.4	40	…	30	6	15	20	15	74
2008	405	3.4	46	…	22	4	16	21	16	76
2009	395	3.4	46	…	24	4	16	20	14	76
2010	380	3.0	41	…	26	5	21	28	13	66
Northwest Territories
2006	630	6.6	21	…	36	7	25	27	17	66
2007	655	6.9	20	…	36	6	27	28	17	66
2008	690	7.4	24	…	30	5	28	29	17	65
2009	725	8.2	21	…	28	5	32	31	18	64
2010	745	9.4	21	…	27	4	30	27	21	68
Total
2006	65,195	482.6	32	…	36	7	21	31	11	62
2007	65,825	490.6	34	…	34	7	21	30	11	63
2008	77,450	541.7	35	…	35	8	20	30	10	62
2009	82,880	592.6	36	…	34	7	20	29	10	63
2010	88,445	620.7	38	…	33	7	19	29	10	64

Nova Scotia 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 Alberta, 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, Survey of Maintenance Enforcement Programs.

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