Welfare in Canada, 2022 looks at the maximum total amount that a household would have received over the course of the 2022 calendar year, assuming they had no other source of income and no assets.
The report looks at:
- The variation of welfare incomes across Canada
- The components of welfare incomes in each province and territory
- Long-term changes in welfare incomes in each province and territory
- The adequacy of welfare incomes in each province compared to poverty and
low-income thresholds - The adequacy of welfare incomes in two territories compared to newly
finalized Northern poverty thresholds - Long-term changes in the adequacy of welfare incomes in each province
- Asset and earned income levels as they relate to eligibility for social
assistance - Indexation of social assistance benefits, other benefits, and tax credits in
each jurisdiction, and Welfare in Canada - A breakdown of cost-of-living and shelter benefits for social assistance
programs