THE SURVEY OF CHILD SUPPORT AWARDS: INTERIM ANALYSIS OF PHASE 2 DATA

(October 1998 to March 2000)

CSR-2001-2E

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APPENDIX C

PROVINCIAL / TERRITORIAL COMPARISONS

Table C-1: Type of Divorce Order/Judgment by Province/Territory¹

Province/Territory	Type of order/judgment
	Interim child support order		Divorce with child support order		Divorce silent on child support		Corollary		Reserved		Other
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Newfoundland (n=49)	3	6.1	40	81.6	2	4.1	0	0.0	0	0.0	4	8.2
Prince Edward Island (n=208)	4	1.9	163	78.4	38	18.3	0	0.0	0	0.0	3	1.4
Nova Scotia (n=629)	51	8.1	547	87.0	19	3.0	5	0.8	0	0.0	7	1.1
New Brunswick (n=435)	8	1.8	423	97.2	4	0.9	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Ontario (n=4,302)	166	3.9	844	19.6	3,120	72.5	107	2.5	0	0.0	65	1.5
Manitoba (n=856)	103	12.0	742	86.7	5	0.6	0	0.0	0	0.0	6	0.7
Saskatchewan	170	40.5	195	46.4	34	8.1	2	0.5	0	0.0	19	4.5
Alberta (n=3,683)	666	18.1	2,556	69.4	155	4.2	15	0.4	277	7.5	14	0.4
British Columbia (n=507)	108	21.3	197	38.9	196	38.7	0	0.0	0	0.0	6	1.2
Yukon (n=37)	11	29.7	1	2.7	1	2.7	21	56.8	0	0.0	3	8.1
Northwest Territories (n=92)	43	46.7	27	29.3	3	3.3	17	18.5	0	0.0	2	2.2

¹ 535 cases were missing data on both type of divorce order/judgment and type of variation order.

Table C-2: Type of Variation Order by Province/Territory¹

Province/Territory	Type of order
	Interim variation order		Variation order		Other
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Newfoundland (n=87)	6	6.9	70	80.5	11	12.6
Prince Edward Island (n=35)	1	2.9	32	91.4	2	5.7
Nova Scotia (n=350)	11	3.1	332	94.9	7	2.0
New Brunswick (n=153)	3	2.0	149	97.4	1	0.7
Ontario (n=291)	47	16.2	240	82.5	4	1.4
Manitoba (n=242)	5	2.1	237	97.9	0	0.0
Saskatchewan (n=147)	16	10.9	68	46.3	63	42.9
Alberta (n=854)	100	11.7	739	86.5	15	1.8
British Columbia (n=104)	4	3.8	98	94.2	2	1.9
Yukon (n=0)	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Northwest Territories (n=21)	4	19.0	12	57.1	5	23.8

¹ 535 cases were missing data on both type of divorce order/judgment and type of variation order.

Table C-3: Disposition of All Orders by Province/Territory

Province/Territory	Disposition
	Consent/uncontested		Contested		Unknown		Missing
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Newfoundland (n=137)	76	55.5	58	42.3	2	1.5	1	0.7
Prince Edward Island (n=243)	193	79.4	45	18.5	3	1.2	2	0.8
Nova Scotia (n=980)	810	82.7	145	14.8	21	2.1	4	0.4
New Brunswick (n=588)	523	88.9	5	0.9	59	10.0	1	0.2
Ontario (n=4,593)	4,396	95.7	187	4.1	5	0.1	5	0.1
Manitoba (n=1,102)	1,003	91.0	78	7.1	9	0.8	12	1.1
Saskatchewan (n=1,024)	640	62.5	333	32.5	13	1.3	38	3.7
Alberta (n=4,540)	3,896	85.8	613	13.5	11	0.2	20	0.4
British Columbia (n=611)	418	68.4	180	29.5	10	1.6	3	0.5
Yukon (n=106)	86	81.1	15	14.2	5	4.7	0	0.0
Northwest Territories (n=113)	76	67.3	30	26.5	6	5.3	1	0.9

Table C-4: Disposition of Divorce Orders/Judgments by Province/Territory

Province/Territory	Disposition
	Consent/uncontested		Contested		Unknown		Missing
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Newfoundland (n=49)	45	91.8	4	8.2	0	0.0	0	0.0
Prince Edward Island (n=208)	182	87.5	21	10.1	3	1.4	2	1.0
Nova Scotia (n=629)	554	88.1	54	8.6	17	2.7	4	0.6
New Brunswick (n=435)	372	85.5	5	1.1	58	13.3	0	0.0
Ontario (n=4,302)	4,170	96.9	123	2.9	4	0.1	5	0.1
Manitoba (n=856)	796	93.0	48	5.6	3	0.4	9	1.1
Saskatchewan (n=420)	281	66.9	123	29.3	12	2.9	4	1.0
Alberta (n=3,683)	3,343	90.8	314	8.5	9	0.2	17	0.5
British Columbia (n=507)	372	73.4	128	25.2	5	1.0	2	0.4
Yukon (n=37)	29	78.3	8	21.6	0	0.0	0	0.0
Northwest Territories (n=92)	65	70.7	20	21.7	6	6.5	1	1.1

Table C-5: Disposition of Variation Orders by Province/Territory

Province/Territory	Disposition
	Consent/uncontested		Contested		Unknown		Missing
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Newfoundland (n=87)	31	35.6	53	60.9	2	2.3	1	1.1
Prince Edward Island (n=35)	11	31.4	24	68.6	0	0.0	0	0.0
Nova Scotia (n=350)	255	72.9	91	26.0	4	1.1	0	0.0
New Brunswick (n=153)	151	98.7	0	0.0	1	0.7	1	0.7
Ontario (n=291)	226	77.7	64	22.0	1	0.3	0	0.0
Manitoba (n=242)	203	83.9	30	12.4	6	2.5	3	1.2
Saskatchewan (n=147)	59	40.1	74	50.3	1	0.7	13	8.8
Alberta (n=854)	550	64.4	299	35.0	2	0.2	3	0.4
British Columbia (n=104)	46	44.2	52	50.0	5	4.8	1	1.0
Yukon (n=0)	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Northwest Territories (n=21)	11	52.4	10	47.6	0	0.0	0	0.0

Table C-6: Legal Representation by Province/Territory

Province/Territory	Legal representation for:
	Mother		Father		Government agency
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Newfoundland (n=137)	49	35.8	39	28.5	2	1.5
Prince Edward Island (n=243)	167	68.7	103	42.4	16	6.6
Nova Scotia (n=980)	723	73.8	611	62.3	0	0.0
New Brunswick (n=588)	469	79.8	415	70.6	2	0.3
Ontario (n=4,593)	2,644	57.6	2,161	47.0	12	0.3
Manitoba (n=1,102)	1,012	91.8	836	75.9	17	1.5
Saskatchewan (n=1,024)	903	88.2	749	73.1	1	0.1
Alberta (n=4,540)	4,010	88.3	3,351	73.8	49	1.1
British Columbia (n=611)	511	83.6	423	69.2	55	9.0
Yukon (n=106)	84	79.2	52	49.1	4	3.8
Northwest Territories (n=113)	102	90.3	86	76.1	5	4.4

Table C-7: Issues Dealt With in Divorce Order/Judgments by Province/Territory

Province/ Territory	Issue
	Child support		Custody		Access		Spousal support		Award termination provision		Arrears		Review clause		Cost of living clause		Other
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Nfld. (n=49)	47	95.9	1	2.0	2	4.1	2	4.1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
P.E.I. (n=208)	177	85.1	169	81.3	161	77.4	14	6.7	60	28.9	1	0.5	11	5.3	16	7.7	3	1.4
N.S. (n=629)	601	95.5	572	90.9	561	89.2	269	42.8	15	2.4	31	4.9	92	14.6	2	0.3	30	4.8
N.B. (n=435)	426	97.9	429	98.6	404	92.9	163	37.5	3	0.7	21	4.8	3	0.7	0	0.0	9	2.1
Ont. (n=4,302)	1,134	26.4	1,289	30.0	1,074	25.0	335	7.8	354	8.2	128	3.0	285	6.6	173	4.0	282	6.6
Man. (n=856)	852	99.5	794	92.8	718	83.9	122	14.3	38	4.4	67	7.8	31	3.6	0	0.0	234	27.3
Sask. (n=420)	369	87.9	318	75.7	290	69.1	93	22.1	3	0.7	16	3.8	8	1.9	0	0.0	7	1.7
Alta. (n=3,683)	3,520	95.6	3,185	86.5	3,055	83.0	1,504	40.8	636	17.3	155	4.2	160	4.3	11	0.3	79	2.2
B.C. (n=507)	315	62.1	265	52.3	208	41.0	91	18.0	30	5.9	29	5.7	34	6.7	1	0.2	6	1.2
Y.T. (n=37)	33	89.2	33	89.2	26	70.3	11	29.7	3	8.1	4	10.8	4	10.8	1	2.7	0	0.0
N.W.T. (n=92)	88	95.7	76	82.6	65	70.7	4	4.4	0	0.0	1	1.1	8	8.7	0	0.0	9	9.8

Numbers do not add up to totals, since more than one issue may be dealt with in an order/judgment.

Table C-8: Issues Dealt With in Variation Orders by Province/Territory

Province/ Territory	Issue
	Child support		Custody		Access		Spousal support		Award termination provision		Arrears		Review clause		Cost of living clause		Other
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Nfld. (n=87)	83	95.4	6	6.9	1	1.1	5	5.7	0	0.0	10	11.5	0	0.0	0	0.0	3	3.5
P.E.I. (n=35)	34	97.1	7	20.0	8	22.9	0	0.0	3	8.6	12	34.3	0	0.0	2	5.7	0	0.0
N.S. (n=350)	317	90.6	73	20.9	59	16.9	10	2.9	14	4.0	83	23.7	55	15.7	0	0.0	20	5.7
N.B. (n=153)	144	94.1	39	25.5	41	26.8	11	7.2	4	2.6	27	17.7	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	0.7
Ont. (n=291)	285	97.9	76	26.1	68	23.4	17	5.8	67	23.0	100	34.4	42	14.4	15	5.2	54	18.6
Man. (n=242)	241	99.6	61	25.2	65	26.9	12	5.0	13	5.4	75	31.0	7	2.9	0	0.0	19	7.9
Sask. (n=147)	128	87.1	21	14.3	26	17.7	5	3.4	13	8.8	32	21.8	7	4.8	0	0.0	1	0.7
Alta. (n=854)	851	99.6	151	17.7	192	22.5	53	6.2	157	18.4	288	33.7	66	7.7	2	0.2	22	2.6
B.C. (n=104)	104	100.0	21	20.2	24	23.1	8	7.7	12	11.5	29	27.9	10	9.6	0	0.0	3	2.9
Y.T. (n=0)	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
N.W.T. (n=21)	20	95.2	12	57.1	9	42.9	1	4.8	0	0.0	3	14.3	3	14.3	1	4.8	1	4.8

Numbers do not add up to totals, since more than one issue may be dealt with in an order.

Table C-9: Type of Custody by Province/Territory

Province/ Territory	Type of custody
	Sole-Mother		Sole-Father		Shared		Split		Other		Missing
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Newfoundland (n=137)	108	78.8	3	2.2	11	8.0	5	3.6	2	1.5	8	5.8
Prince Edward Island (n=243)	186	76.5	12	4.9	16	6.6	17	7.0	4	1.6	8	3.3
Nova Scotia (n=980)	767	78.3	59	6.0	18	1.8	69	7.0	12	1.2	55	5.6
New Brunswick (n=588)	460	78.2	53	9.0	23	3.9	38	6.5	1	0.2	13	2.2
Ontario (n=4,593)	3,534	76.9	409	8.9	312	6.8	163	3.5	56	1.2	119	2.6
Manitoba (n=1,102)	937	85.0	76	6.9	10	0.9	46	4.2	2	0.2	31	2.8
Saskatchewan (n=1,024)	802	78.3	61	6.0	33	3.2	52	5.1	3	0.3	73	7.1
Alberta (n=4,540)	3,446	75.9	427	9.4	249	5.5	261	5.7	12	0.3	88	1.9
British Columbia (n=611)	482	78.9	46	7.5	33	5.4	20	3.3	10	1.6	20	3.3
Yukon (n=106)	78	73.6	10	9.4	8	7.5	3	2.8	1	0.9	6	5.7
Northwest Territories (n=113)	88	77.9	6	5.3	6	5.3	6	5.3	0	0.0	7	6.2

Table C-10: Median Monthly Child Support Award Amount and Paying Parent Income by Province/Territory

Province/Territory	Median child support amount	Median paying parent income 1
Newfoundland	$265 (n=115)	$26,000 (n=88)
Prince Edward Island	$314 (n=180)	$25,660 (n=125)
Nova Scotia	$353 (n=817)	$32,260 (n=816)
New Brunswick	$325 (n=445)	$30,000 (n=348)
Ontario	$416 (n=3,075)	$36,000 (n=2,703)
Manitoba	$356 (n=1,056)	$32,000 (n=1,025)
Saskatchewan	$398 (n=860)	$34,400 (n=785)
Alberta	$500 (n=3,878)	$37,670 (n=4,108)
British Columbia	$449 (n=499)	$38,580 (n=488)
Yukon	$500 (n=80)	$40,500 (n=84)
Northwest Territories	$500 (n=89)	$43,460 (n=78)

¹ Includes all cases with paying parent income regardless of whether the case reported a monthly child support award amount.

Table C-11: Number and Proportion of Cases Having Special or Extraordinary Expenses Awarded by Province/Territory

Province/Territory	n	%
Newfoundland (n=137)	17	12.4
Prince Edward Island (n=243)	51	21.0
Nova Scotia (n=980)	174	17.8
New Brunswick (n=588)	110	18.7
Ontario (n=4,593)	1,521	33.1
Manitoba (n=1,102)	271	24.6
Saskatchewan (n=1,024)	282	27.5
Alberta (n=4,540)	1,796	39.6
British Columbia (n=611)	141	23.1
Yukon (n=106)	25	23.6
Northwest Territories (n=113)	17	15.0

Table C-12: Number and Proportion of Cases from Each Province/Territory Awarding Each Type of Special or Extraordinary Expenses

Province/ Territory	Special or Extraordinary Expense
	Child care/ day-care		Medical/ dental insurance premiums		Health-related		Primary/ secondary education		Post-secondary education		Extra-curricular activities
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Newfoundland (n=137)	5	3.6	7	5.1	1	0.7	1	0.7	3	2.2	0	0.0
Prince Edward Island (n=243)	18	7.4	16	6.6	10	4.1	5	2.1	8	3.3	20	8.2
Nova Scotia (n=980)	69	7.0	25	2.6	36	3.7	13	1.3	26	2.7	45	4.6
New Brunswick (n=588)	45	7.7	35	6.0	21	3.6	15	2.6	11	1.9	38	6.5
Ontario (n=4,593)	392	8.5	886	19.3	718	15.6	299	6.5	717	15.6	503	11.0
Manitoba (n=1,102)	167	15.2	23	2.1	50	4.5	32	2.9	23	2.1	32	2.9
Saskatchewan (n=1,024)	136	13.3	32	3.1	41	4.0	19	1.9	25	2.4	86	8.4
Alberta (n=4,540)	758	16.7	512	11.3	498	11.0	355	7.8	99	2.2	664	14.6
British Columbia (n=611)	79	12.9	18	2.9	23	3.8	23	3.8	9	1.5	37	6.1
Yukon (n=106)	6	5.7	1	0.9	6	5.7	2	1.9	7	6.6	5	4.7
Northwest Territories (n=113)	9	8.0	3	2.7	1	0.9	2	1.8	1	0.9	4	3.5

Table C-13: Median Monthly Special or Extraordinary Expenses Awarded and Paying Parent Income by Province/Territory

Province/Territory	Median special expenses amount	Median paying parent income 1
Newfoundland	98 (n=5)	$26,000 (n=88)
Prince Edward Island	76 (n=22)	$25,660 (n=125)
Nova Scotia	110 (n=80)	$32,260 (n=816)
New Brunswick	108 (n=48)	$30,000 (n=348)
Ontario	175 (n=283)	$36,000 (n=2,703)
Manitoba	80 (n=193)	$32,000 (n=1,025)
Saskatchewan	100 (n=159)	$34,400 (n=785)
Alberta	104 (n=1,206)	$37,670 (n=4,108)
British Columbia	135 (n=93)	$38,580 (n=488)
Yukon	590 (n=2)	$40,500 (n=84)
Northwest Territories	155 (n=10)	$43,460 (n=78)

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