Remembering Kimberly Rogers
Ontario
Works Statistics
Statistical Fact Sheet
Some useful statistics related to the
inquest into the death of Kimberly Rogers
Number of people on OW in June 2002: (MCSS) 417,242
Number of lone
parent families on OW, June 2002: (MCSS) 79,628
OW Monthly Basic Needs Allowance:
OW Monthly Basic Needs Allowance for One Adult (MCSS): $195
OW Monthly Basic Needs Allowance for Two Adults (MCSS): $390
OW Monthly Basic Needs Allowance for One Adult, One Child Max. (MCSS): $486
OW Monthly Basic Needs Allowance for Two Adults, One Child Max. (MCSS): $512
OW Monthly Basic Needs
Allowance for Two Adults, Two Children Max. (MCSS): $648
OW Monthly Shelter Allowance:
OW Monthly Shelter Allowance for a one person household (MCSS): $325
OW Monthly Shelter Allowance for a two person household (MCSS): $511
OW Monthly Shelter Allowance for a three person household (MCSS): $554
OW Monthly Shelter Allowance for a four person household (MCSS): $602
** Note: The appropriate basic needs benefit and shelter benefit are determined for each recipient and combined to make up their total entitlement e.g. two adults and one child in a two bedroom apartment would be entitled to: basic needs $512 + shelter $511 for a total benefit of $1,023.
Average rent of private apartments in structures of three units or more
in Ontario: (Oct. 2001/CMHC)
|
Area
|
Number
of Bedrooms
|
|||
|
Bach/Studio
|
1
bdrm
|
2
bdrm
|
3
bdrm +
|
|
| Kitchener |
481
|
615
|
722
|
881
|
| London |
433
|
547
|
683
|
847
|
| Orillia |
488
|
610
|
723
|
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|
| Ottawa |
622
|
762
|
914
|
1,090
|
| Peterborough |
467
|
596
|
698
|
831
|
| St. Catherines-Niagara |
424
|
569
|
680
|
757
|
| Sudbury |
387
|
500
|
620
|
694
|
| Thunder Bay |
375
|
529
|
657
|
819
|
| Toronto |
695
|
866
|
1,027
|
1,214
|
| Windsor |
466
|
618
|
738
|
873
|
** Note: CMHC average rent rates demonstrate that the province's shelter allowance falls short of covering actual rent costs in every city.
Provincial cut to social assistance in 1995: 21.6%
Increase in cost of living since 1995: 12.8% (Statistics Canada)
Decline in purchasing power of Ontario Works benefits since 1995: 34%
A University of Toronto study found that in rental market accommodation, welfare failed to cover expenses for a single-person household and for a two-parent, two-child family. It was barely adequate for a single-parent family with two children. (The Affordability of a Nutritious Diet for Households on Welfare in Toronto, 2001).
Last revised Oct/11/2002
source: Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) www.incomesecurity.org
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