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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: Governments Turn Their Backs on the Poor

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• 2003 Report ; please contact us to ORDER a copy.
• Executive Summary
• Fact Sheets
• • Welfare Incomes over Time as % of Poverty Line, Single Employable People in Atlantic Canada July 2004
  • Welfare Incomes over Time as % of Poverty Line, Single Employable People in the Three Largest Provinces July 2004
  • Welfare Incomes over Time as % of Poverty Line, Single Employable People in the Prairie ProvincesJuly 2004
  • Welfare Incomes, Poverty Lines and Average Incomes for a Couple with Two Children, 2003 July 2004
  • Estimated Number of People on Welfare by Province and Territory
  • Welfare Incomes, Poverty Lines and Average Incomes for a Couple with Two Children, 2003 July 2004
  • Welfare Incomes, Poverty Lines and Average Incomes for a Single Person, 2003 July 2004
  • Welfare Incomes, Poverty Lines and Average Incomes for a Single Parent with One Child, 2003 July 2004
  • 2002 Welfare Incomes and the Estimated Poverty Line by Province and Household Type, April 2003