Welfare in Canada, 2014 /

The The welfare incomes in this report income data contained in Welfare in Canada 2013, released in October 2014, were estimated based on data from the Survey of Labour and represent the total amount that four Income Dynamics, which was replaced by the Canadian Income Survey. [...] In August 2014, asset levels for the single parent with one child and the couple with two children increased to $1,120 and $1,602, respectively, as a result of the increase to the National Child Benefit Supplement. [...] Total welfare incomes for the four household types in each province and territory are presented Manitoba in Appendix A. The footnotes to Appendix A give details on the • In July 2014, the Rent Assist program was introduced. [...] Welfare in Canada, 2014 November 2015 Page 11 Welfare Incomes over time The ‘cliff ’ seen in Figure 1a was due primarily to changes in the way The figures in this series track total welfare incomes for the period 1986 in which the province calculated shelter allowances for this particular to 2014 for each of the four illustrative family types. [...] The income for the territories began in 1986 for Yukon (1989 for persons with a amounts for single persons with disabilities were not only more adequate disability), 1993 for the Northwest Territories and 1999 for Nunavut.