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Income Security Consultation |
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What is the state
of income security today?
Number of people in Ontario living below the poverty line in 2000 : 1,398,000 Percentage of people in Ontario living in poverty in 2000: 12.0% Number of children in Ontario living below the poverty line in 2000: 391,000 Percentage of children in Ontario living in poverty in 2000: 14.4% Percentage of people in Ontario that spent one or more years in poverty between 1993 and 1998: 25% Percentage of children in Ontario that spent one or more years in poverty between 1993 and 1998: 29% Average additional income in 2000 required bringing a low income family in Ontario out of poverty: $7,426 Total number of people assisted by food banks in Ontario in Spring 2000: 283,110 Total number of children in families assisted by food banks in Ontario in Spring 2000: 118, 906
Number of people receiving Ontario Works assistance in June 2002: 417,242 Number of people receiving ODSP assistance in June 2002: 268,778 Ontario Works benefits
Ontario Disability Support Program benefits
Canada Child Tax Benefit For families with net incomes below $22,397 in 2001: 1st child: $95.92/month
(+ $107.75/month National Child Benefit Supplement) For families receiving OW or ODSP, the National Child Benefit Supplement is deducted dollar for dollar from social assistance benefits.
Percentage of unemployed workers in Canada that received unemployment insurance benefits in 1989: 74% Percentage that received benefits in 1999: 38% Percentage of part-time workers that received benefits in 1999: 21% Accumulated Employment Insurance surplus in 2000/2001: $36 billion Benefit Rate: 55% of insurable earnings
Number of people receiving Canada Pension Plan income in June 2001: 4,404,110 Average monthly CPP retirement pension payment in 2000: $421.18 Number of Old Age Security and Guaranteed Income Supplement beneficiaries in June 2001: 3,784,649 Maximum monthly Old Age Security pension in 2002: $449.32 Maximum monthly Guaranteed
Income Supplement (to potentially top up the OAS pension) for a single
person in 2002: $533.99 Minimum Wage General Minimum Wage: $6.85/hour (frozen since January 1995) Students (under 18): $6.40/hour Liquor Servers: $5.95/hour Home workers: $7.54/hour Exclusions include: farm employees, professionals, real estate salespersons, apartment superintendents, and people taking part in Ontario Works placements. Annual employment income for someone working 35 hours at minimum wage: $12,467
Number of employed persons in Canada working part-time in 2001: 2,731,600 Number of employed women in Canada working part-time in 2001: 1,887,600 Percentage of employed persons in Canada working part-time in 2001: 18% Percentage of employed women in Canada working part-time in 2001: 27% Women represent 69% of the total part-time labour force Part-time workers earn 26% less per hour than full-time workers Only 15% of part-time workers in the private sector have pension, medical and dental plans, or paid sick leave One third of part-time workers would prefer a full-time job if one were available
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