Table 8
Payors of child and spousal support, by metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas, Nova Scotia, 2009/2010

Table 8
Payors of support payment enrolled in a MEP, by metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas, Nova Scotia, 2009/2010
Metropolitan/non-metropolitan areas Median total income for males aged 35 to 541 Cases enrolled, March 31 Median regular payment due, one child cases, in March2 Cases with full payment collected in March3 Cases with no arrears or arrears less than 2 times monthly amount due, March 314 Cases administered during fiscal year5 Collection rate6 Median annual amount collected7
dollar number dollar percent number percent dollar
Census metropolitan area8 45,972 4,650 239 68 62 5,685 87 3,331
Halifax 45,972 4,650 239 68 62 5,685 87 3,331
Census agglomerations8 34,358 3,825 200 65 60 4,810 86 2,704
Cape Breton 32,085 1,880 200 63 57 2,405 85 2,623
Truro 36,465 865 200 66 61 1,060 87 2,628
New Glasgow 37,983 675 199 68 63 855 85 3,004
Kentville 35,364 405 181 67 65 490 85 2,448
Economic regions, non-metropolitan parts9 35,531 4,745 200 67 62 5,895 87 2,880
Southern 34,549 1,850 200 67 62 2,245 88 2,809
Annapolis Valley 39,191 1,320 200 69 62 1,670 89 3,000
North Shore 34,247 1,175 200 64 64 1,475 85 2,700
Cape Breton 33,526 400 250 67 60 505 87 3,552
Total 39,200 13,220 205 67 62 16,390 87 2,996
1. Median income figures are from the 2006 Census of Population, and refer to 2005 calendar year.
2. Includes cases whose only beneficiary is a child and excludes cases with no monthly payments due.
3. Percentage based on cases with a regular payment due in March.
4. Percentage based on cases with a regular payment due in March. A case can have arrears from a missed payment either in March or in a earlier month. Many cases also enrol with existing arrears accumulated before enrolment in the MEP.
5. Cases administered include all cases enrolled for all, or part of, 2009/2010. Location of payors based on the last community or region where the payor was known to reside.
6. Collection rate is the total amount received during the fiscal year (April 1, 2009 to March 31, 2010) divided by the total amount due. Some arrears payments received in the fiscal year pay down arrears that accrued before the fiscal year. Occasionally, these payments can be substantial, and because there is no corresponding payment due transaction, may result in a collection rate that is greater than 100 percent.
7. Includes only cases with a regular amount due every month in 2009/2010, with or without payment received in the fiscal year. In most jurisdictions, this is roughly 60% of cases administered.
8. An area consisting of one or more neighbouring municipalities situated around a major urban core. A census metropolitan area must have a total population of at least 100,000 of which 50,000 or more live in the urban core. A census agglomeration must have an urban core population of at least 10,000.
9. An economic region (ER) is a grouping of complete census divisions created as a standard geographical unit for analysis of regional economic activity. For the purpose of this article, all ERs cover only areas outside of census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations.
Note: Excludes Non-ISO and ISO-out cases where the location of the recipient is unknown or the recipient resides outside of the province/territory.
ISO: Interjurisdictional Support Orders.
Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Maintenance Enforcement Programs, 2009/2010.
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