CINT 908 POVERTY AND INCOME ISSUES
CINT 908 Homelessness in Canadian Society
Life of Dignity for a family of 4?
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Your Results
LICO (2011) After Tax
Single (pop over 500,000) = $19,307/year or
$1608.92/month
Family of 4 (pop over 500,000) =
$36,504/year or $3042/month
32.2% of children (0-14yrs)
live below LICO in Toronto
City of Toronto, 2013
14.9% of Canadians
lived below LICO in
2011
Stats Can
Market Based Measure (2011)
Family of four (2 adults and 2 children):
Toronto Total = $38,313 a year or $3192.75 a
month
Minimum Wage ($11.00 on June 1st, 2014)
$11.00 * 35hrs per
week * 4.33 weeks
= $1667.05/month
or $20,004.60/year
5% Tax:
$1583.70/month or
$19,004.04/year
$11.00 * 35hrs per
week * 4.33 weeks *
2 = $3334.10/month
or $40,009.20/year
10% Tax:
$3000.69/month or
$/36,008.28year
One Income Earner Full-Time Two Income Earners Full-Time
Ontario Works (Social Assistance as of
2014 1% increase)
Basics Needs Allowance = $463.00
Shelter Allowance = $710.00
Total before additional benefits = $1173/month or
$14,076/year (ODSP = $1792/month or $21,504/year)
IF they qualify, additional supports (our scenario):
- Child Tax Benefit: $227.83
- National Child Benefit Supplement: $348.75
- Ontario Child Benefit: $218.00
- GST Credit: $62.25
Maximum combined benefits: $856.83
Total Income = $2029.83/month or $24,357.96/year
A family of four with two children
OW Asset Limit
(Family of Four):
$6,000.00
Social Assistance (Single Person, 2014)
Basics Needs
Allowance = $280
Shelter Allowance
= $376
Total $656/month
or $7872/year
Basics Needs
Allowance = $619
Shelter Allowance
= $479
Total $1,098/ month
or $13,176/year
Ontario Works (OW)Ontario Disability Support
Program (ODSP)
2009 Welfare Incomes for a single person Published by the National Council on Welfare.
Basic social assistance p/T* Benefits GST credit p/T* Tax credits
2009 Total Income
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) $8,085 $1,200 $268 $40 $9,593
Prince Edward Island (PE) $6,661 $245 $6,906
Nova Scotia (NS) $6,114 $245 $6,359
New Brunswick (NB) $3,528 $245 $3,773
Quebec (QC) $7,067 $245 $7,312
Ontario (ON) $6,877 $245 $379 $7,501
Manitoba (MB) $6,060 $510 $245 $6,815
Saskatchewan (SK) $8,316 $245 $219 $8,780
Alberta (AB) $6,996 $245 $7,241
British Columbia (BC) $7,320 $35 $245 $178 $7,778
Yukon (YK) $14,873 $155 $341 $15,369
Northwest Territories (NT) $16,942 $374 $17,316
Nunavut (NU) $43,452 $374 $43,826
National Council on Welfare (NCW)
The NCW published The Dollars and Sense of Solving Poverty (2011) The poverty gap in Canada in 2007the money it
would have taken to bring everyone just over the poverty linewas $12.3 billion. The total cost of poverty that year was double or more using the most cautious estimates.
The NCW was eliminated by the Federal (Harper) Government in 2012
Nutritious Food Basket (Toronto 2014)
Age 37 woman = $41.56/wk
Age 37 male = $49.18/wk
Boy aged 13 = $39.81/wk
Girl aged 7 = $34.10/wk
Total = 164.65/wk
Or, $712.93/month
Or, $8,555.16 a year
Did you provide $712.93/month for food?
Life of Dignity for a family of 4?
LICO = $3042
MBM = $3192.75
M.W. (1) = $1583.70
M.W. (2) = $3000.69
OW = $2029.83
ODSP = $2648.83
Your Results Various Measures
Did you provide $712.93/month for food?