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Estimates of the incomes of welfare recipients in each province and territory for four family types: a single employable person, a single person with a disability, a single parent with one child, and a two-parent family with two children. Also included are comparisons with the poverty lines and average incomes, and data on welfare incomes as far back as 1986.

Press Release: Clawbacks Keep Families on Welfare in Deep Poverty

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• 2002 Report in PDF ; please contact us to ORDER a copy.
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• Fact Sheets
• • Maximum National Child Benefit Payments 1998-2002, Spring 2003
  • Welfare Income, Poverty Line and Average Income for Couple with Two Children, 2002, Spring 2003
  • Welfare Income, Poverty Line and Average Income for Single People, 2002, Spring 2003
  • Welfare Income, Poverty Line and Average Income for a Single Parent with One Child, 2002, Spring 2003
  • 2002 Welfare Incomes and the Estimated Poverty Line by Province and Household Type, April 2003