New Report from Maytree & Caledon Institute for Social Policy – Welfare in Canada, 2022 Jennefer Laidley and Mohy Tabbara July 2023

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. Some households may have received less if they had income from other sources, while some households may have received more if they had special health- or disability-related needs.

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
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• A breakdown of cost-of-living and shelter benefits for social assistance
programs.