Contact information to assist applicant in providing notice to the support order assignee of filing an application to vary a support order, as required under section 18.3(2) of the Divorce Act

If you ask a court to vary your support order and you or the other party are receiving (or have received) social assistance, you must communicate with the social assistance agency or agencies (noted below) of the provinces or territories where you or the other party live (or have lived) to advise them of the request for variation. The agency (or agencies) has the right to participate in the court proceeding as an order assignee. This means you may have to communicate with various social assistance agencies listed below.

Under the Divorce Act, the court must consider whether the support order has been assigned, and if so, it must take into consideration whether the order assignee received notice before hearing the case and making a decision under section 18.3(2) of the Divorce Act.

Alberta

Child and Adult Support Services Regulation, under the Income and Employment Supports Act, ss. 28 to 32.

Maintenance Enforcement Program
Family Support Order Services (FSOS)
7th Floor John E. Brownlee Building
10365 97 Street
Edmonton, Alberta  T5J 3W7
Email: albertamep@gov.ab.ca

British Columbia

Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction

Income Assistance Services website here.
List of Ministry Office locations here.
Toll Free: 1-866-866-0800

Manitoba

General authority to collect maintenance owed in section 20(2) of The Manitoba Assistance Act. More specific authority to obtain an assignment under section 64 of The Family Maintenance Act, and under section 20.1 of the Divorce Act

Department of Families, Employment and Income Assistance
Director of Assistance by regular mail, courier, fax or email:
Maintenance Officer
Employment and Income Assistance
Department of Families
300 – 114 Garry Street
Winnipeg, MB R3C 4V4
Fax: 1(204) 948-4678
Phone: 1 (204) 945-5172
Email: provservic@gov.mb.ca

Include the following where email is used:

SUBJECT LINE: Support Variation Documents – Attention: EIA Maintenance Officer

BODY OF EMAIL: Please find attached the following court documents [type of document/s] regarding the matter of [name of party vs. name of party and court file number].

New Brunswick

Definition under the Support Enforcement Act: (1) beneficiary means (b) if an assignment has been made under section
11.1 of the Family Income Security Act, the Minister of Social Development to the extent of the assignment.

Minister of Social Development

Social Development Regional Offices:
Email: sd-ds@gnb.ca

Newfoundland & Labrador

Income and Employment Support Act

Department of Immigration, Population Growth, and Skills

Department’s Client Services Officers are located at:

Mailing address:
Department of Immigration, Skills and Labour
Document Processing Unit
P.O. Box 8790, St. John’s, NL A1B 5E4
Fax: 709-729-2641, or local office locations.

Northwest Territories

Maintenance Orders Enforcement Act, S.N.W.T. 1998 c. 17, s.6.4 & 8(2).

Department of Education, Culture and Employment
Income Security Programs:
Education, Culture and Employment
P.O Box 1320
Yellowknife, NT X1A 2L9
Telephone (867) 767-9355
Toll Free: (866) 973-7252

Nova Scotia

Employment Support and Income Assistance Regulations, ss. 35(b) and 69.

Employment Support & Income Assistance, Department of Community Services

Email: DCS_AOM@novascotia.ca
Subject line for email: Variation Request – Notice to Potential Order Assignee

For those who do not have access to email, the following may be used:
Phone: 1-800-361-8822
Mailing address: ATTN: PDRU
Department of Community Services
PO Box 696 Station Central
Halifax, NS B3J 2T7

Nunavut

Social Assistance Act and Child and Family Services Act.

Department of Children and Family Services
c/o Family Support Program
PO Box 297
Iqaluit NU X0A 0H0
Telephone: 867-975-6112
Fax: 867-975-6367

Ontario

Ontario Works Act, 1997 and Ontario Disability Support Program Act, 1997.

Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services
Confirmation of Assignment Unit

This unit confirms the existence of assignments and assignees following the receipt of a completed form.  They will provide an address for service for any assignee.  The form may be submitted electronically, by fax or by mail. Instructions and information are on the form.

The form may be found here.  The fax number is: 1-800-772-6836.

The address is:
Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services
Confirmation of Assignment
Box 333
Toronto ON M7A 1E9

Where the Ministry is an assignee, the Legal Services Branch may be served by email at:  MCCSSLegalDocuments@ontario.ca

General Contact information for the Ministry:
438 University Avenue
7th Floor
Toronto, Ontario
M5G 2K8
Tel: 416-325-5666
Toll-free: 1-888-789-4199

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Ministry’s Social Assistance program (Ontario Works & Ontario Disability Support Program) website here.

Find local OW or ODSP offices here.

Prince Edward Island

Department of Social Development and Housing

Social Assistance Program:
Call toll-free in Prince Edward Island: 1-877-569-0546
Email: DeptSDH@gov.pe.ca
Mailing address:
Department of Social Development and Housing
2nd Floor, Jones Building
11 Kent Street, PO Box 2000
Charlottetown, PE C1A 7N8
Phone: 902-620-3777
Toll-free: 1-866-594-3777
Fax: 902-368-4740

Quebec

Individual and Family Assistance Act, chapter A-13.1.1, s. 92.

Ministère du Travail, de l’Emploi et de la Solidarité sociale
(Minister of Employment and Social Solidarity)

Centre spécialisé des pensions alimentaires
8000, boulevard Henri-Bourassa, 2e étage
Québec (Québec) G1G 4C7
E-mail: pal175@servicesquebec.gouv.qc.ca.
Fax: 418-643-4990

Additional information : The Service des pensions alimentaires determines the support payments for which the Minister is subrogated by operation of law in the rights of the creditor for support payments.

Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan Assistance Regulations, 2014.

Ministry of Social Services

Social Services Client Service Centre
Toll-free: 1-866-221-5200 or TTY 1-866-995-0099
Phone: 306-798-0660
Fax: 306-798-4040
Email: income.supportss@gov.sk.ca
Mailing address:
1920 Broad Street,
Regina, Saskatchewan, S4P 3V6

Yukon

The Family Property and Support Act RSY 2002, c.83 s. 34(2)(d)

Department of Health and Social Services
Potential contact in area of “social supports”:
Amy Davignon, Manager, Income Support
Email: Amy.Davignon@yukon.ca
Phone: 867-667-5699

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Yukon Social Assistance offices phone numbers:

Alternate contact: 
If you have questions, phone 867-667-8921, toll free in Yukon 1-800-661-0408, extension 8921. Whitehorse office is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
In person: 4114-4th Avenue (4th floor) in Whitehorse