Maytree and the Caledon Institute of Social Policy published the Social Assistance Summaries, 2024, an annual report that compiles data provided by provincial and territorial government officials to track the number of social assistance recipients across Canada.
For each province and territory, it includes:
- A brief description of the social assistance program(s);
- Analysis of the total number of cases and beneficiaries of social assistance over time by program;
- Analysis of social assistance beneficiaries as a proportion of the under-65 population over time by program; and
- Analysis of disaggregated social assistance data (since 2021) by program for:
- Cases and beneficiaries by household type;
- Beneficiaries by gender or sex (depending on provincial or territorial nomenclature);
- Single households by gender or sex for unattached singles and single parents;
- Adult beneficiaries by age category; and
- Percentage of cases receiving employment income.
For further information about the Social Assistance Summaries, 2024, and to access the data, click here.