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This report provides estimated total welfare income of four households in each province and territory: a single employable person, a single person with a disability, a lone parent with one child and a couple with two children. The report compares welfare incomes to the poverty line, average incomes and median incomes. It also provides data on welfare incomes as far back as 1986, and highlights the losses incurred by most households since welfare incomes peaked in the early 1990s.

Press Release: Staggering losses in welfare incomes
Press Release: Staggering losses in welfare incomes (HTML)

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• 2005 Report (Revised October 2006) ; please contact us to ORDER a copy.
• Errata (October 2006)

• Fact Sheets
• • Peak Years and 2005
  • Losses - Peak Year and 2005
  • Welfare Incomes Over Time
  • Estimated 2005 Annual Welfare Income by Type of Household
  • 2005 Welfare Incomes by Province and Territory
  • Adequacy of 2005 Welfare Incomes
  • The Clawback of the National Child Benefit Supplement
  • Changes in Welfare Incomes for Families with Children, 1997 to 2005
  • Number of People on Welfare
  • Methodology Used for Welfare Incomes