Welfare Incomes 2006 - Web-only Data
The NCW plans to publish a 2006/2007 combined issue of Welfare Incomes at the end of 2008. In the meantime, all usual data will be available on our Web site. In addition, data on Market Basket Measures (MBM) as a comparison tool is also being made available for the first time. This is in light of the responses to the 2006 NCW Questionnaire on Poverty and Income Security regarding the importance of having a measure of poverty based on the real cost of living. Additional MBM information will be added to the Web site as new data are available to us.
As with previous reports, the NCW is grateful to the officials of the provincial, territorial and federal governments who took the time to review the factual material.
Please refer to Welfare Incomes 2005, especially Chapter 1 - What is Welfare? if you require information about welfare definitions, eligibility, assumptions made in calculating the levels of assistance, or the NCW's perspectives and recommendations concerning social assistance in Canada.
Welfare Incomes 2005 Report
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Welfare Incomes 2006 Fact Sheets
FACT SHEET 1 -
Patterns and Trends
FACT SHEET 2 -
Liquid Asset Exemption Levels as of January 2006
FACT SHEET 3 -
Estimated 2006 Annual Welfare Income by Type of Household
FACT SHEET 4 -
Monthly Earnings Exemption Levels as of January 2006
Adequacy of Welfare Incomes
- FACT SHEET 5 -2006 Before-tax low income cut-off
- FACT SHEET 6 -2006 After-tax low income cut-off
- FACT SHEET 7 -2006 Before-tax average income
- FACT SHEET 8 -2006 After-tax average income
- FACT SHEET 9 -2006 Before-tax median income
- FACT SHEET 10 -2006 After-tax median income
- FACT SHEET 11 -2006 Market Basket Measure (MBM)
- FACT SHEET 12 -2006 Market Basket Measure (MBM) and Old Age Security (OAS)
Welfare Incomes over Time
- FACT SHEET 13 -Total welfare incomes over time in 2006 constant dollars ($)
- FACT SHEET 14 -Percentage change in welfare incomes in 2006 constant dollars, selected years
- FACT SHEET 15 -Peak year and 2006 welfare incomes
- FACT SHEET 16 -Welfare incomes and child benefits
- FACT SHEET 17 -Total welfare incomes and poverty over time
FACT SHEET 18 -
Methodology used for Welfare Incomes
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