Canada Social Report - Welfare in Canada, 2014 - Anne Tweddle, Ken Battle and Sherri Torjman

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. [...] By the end of the period in 2014, they were eligible for welfare incomes of $11,035 – the same amount paid to a single employable person. [...] Welfare Incomes over time The figures in this series track total welfare incomes for the period 1986 to 2014 for each of the four illustrative family types. [...] In 2014, welfare incomes for single employable households were only 37.5 percent of the MBM in Halifax, 37.7 percent in Moncton and 38.9 percent in Calgary. [...] This set of measures assesses the adequacy of welfare incomes relative to the level of income of the total population.