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?