Table 14
Payors of child and spousal support, by metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas, Alberta, 2009/2010

Table 14
Payors of child and spousal support, by metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas, Alberta, 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 53,885 20,365 296 67 53 24,515 85 3,993
Calgary 54,000 9,100 288 66 51 11,020 85 3,900
Edmonton 53,722 11,265 300 69 54 13,495 85 4,078
Census agglomerations8 58,459 5,895 300 68 54 7,155 85 4,200
Lethbridge 46,228 1,045 250 67 54 1,215 82 3,360
Red Deer 55,023 1,095 300 63 49 1,310 85 3,746
Grande Prairie 64,250 1,020 347 67 53 1,285 83 4,795
Medicine Hat 51,984 820 300 71 57 965 85 4,140
Wood Buffalo 100,541 795 441 71 58 995 91 6,277
Brooks 48,788 295 302 67 51 360 81 3,501
Okotoks 66,084 135 329 72 57 170 90 5,288
Lloydminster9 68,400 145 300 67 56 175 82 4,002
Camrose 50,250 185 300 67 45 220 81 3,916
Canmore 48,760 75 288 78 63 95 90 4,200
Cold Lake 61,358 115 325 79 62 150 100 5,160
Wetaskiwin 43,474 170 250 67 50 215 81 3,043
Economic regions, non-metropolitan parts10 48,816 8,970 300 64 50 10,485 83 3,842
Athabasca–Grande Prairi–Peace River 49,504 2,595 300 60 47 3,045 80 3,682
Camrose–Drumheller 45,632 1,570 300 69 57 1,850 85 4,079
Red Deer 52,231 1,200 306 67 52 1,410 82 3,994
Banff–Jasper–Rocky Mountain House 68,400 930 310 64 51 1,105 83 4,154
Lethbridge–Medicine Hat 40,120 740 251 61 50 845 81 3,431
Calgary 53,237 655 300 71 56 775 95 4,084
Wood Buffalo–Cold Lake 46,516 865 273 56 44 975 83 3,480
Edmonton 54,553 415 335 64 48 480 83 3,960
Total 53,436 35,230 300 66 52 42,155 85 3,984
1. Median income figures are from the 2006 Census of Population, and refer to 2005 calendar year.
2. Includes cases whose only beneficiary is one 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. Alberta part only.
10. 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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