Table of contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Methodology
- Results
- Demographic information of all payers and recipients: sex, immigration status, visible minority, Indigeneity, and knowledge of official language
- Demographic information for payers and recipients enrolled or not enrolled in a MEP
- Payers and recipients enrolled in a MEP had a higher employment rate than those not enrolled in a MEP.
- More recipients than payers were single.
- Payers enrolled in a MEP were older than recipients enrolled in a MEP, and individuals not enrolled in a MEP were older than those enrolled in a MEP.
- A small percentage of payers and recipients self-identified as a visible minority or Indigenous.
- In general, retired payers and recipients not enrolled in a MEP had higher incomes than those enrolled in a MEP.
- A very small percentage of payers and recipients enrolled in a MEP were retired.
- Payers and recipients were employed by various industries.
- More recipients than payers enrolled in a MEP lived in subsidized housing.
- More payers than recipients enrolled in a MEP owned their home.
- Income
- Payers who were not enrolled in a MEP had higher income than payers who were enrolled with a MEP.
- More payers and recipients who were enrolled in a MEP were low-income than those who were not enrolled.
- The majority of payers and recipients contributed and received child support payments that were less than 25% of their gross income.
- Income support
- More payers and recipients who were enrolled in a MEP received government transfers than those who were not enrolled.
- More payers and recipients who were enrolled in a MEP received social assistance than those who were not enrolled.
- More payers and recipients who were enrolled in a MEP received employment insurance than those who were not enrolled.
- The majority of recipients received the Canada Child Benefit (CCB) compared with a small percentage of payers.
- There were more payers and recipients enrolled in a MEP who received the Government Goods and Sales Tax (GST) Credit compared with those not enrolled in a MEP.
- Payers and recipients not enrolled in a MEP received similar amounts of Children’s Fitness Tax Credit as payers and recipients enrolled in a MEP.
- More recipients than payers claimed childcare expenses.
- Child support paid
- Compliance and Arrears
- The degree of compliance with child support varied by the length of time a case was registered.
- More than half of payers and recipients enrolled in a MEP had arrears owing or were owed arrears.
- Most payers and recipients enrolled in a MEP, and who were on social assistance, had arrears owing or were owed arrears.
- Discussion and conclusion
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