Variable Name,Description
Geography,
Geography Type,
Geography Note,
Year,
Individuals,"Data on the total number of individuals may be underreported. These numbers are calculated by adding the total number of adults and the total number of children for each case or family as we refer to it in the Income Support table on Community Accounts. 

Data reported here include those who received payments through the Department of Advanced Education and Skills. It excludes Child Welfare as well as any payments made on the recipients' behalf to outside agencies. Figures may not add to total due to rounding."
Income Support Assistance Incidence,"Income support incidence is the number of people receiving Income Support (formally Social Assistance) during the year (including dependents) divided by the total population.

The 2013 Income Support Assistance incidence has been approximated using the 2012 Taxfilers and Dependents figure. This will be updated when more current data becomes available. In some geographies, 2008 and 2009 have been estimated with the 2007 taxfilers and dependents values, and 2011-12 incidences have been left blank."
"Total annual cases (Total families, includes unattached individuals)",
Age: Youth (age less than 25),
Age: Less than 20,
Age: 20 - 24,
Age: Prime labour force age (25 to 54 years old),
Age: 25 - 34,
Age: 35 - 44,
Age: 45 - 54,
Age: 55+,
Age: 55 - 64,
Age: 65+,
Education: Less than grade 11,
Education: Less than grade 7,
Education: Grades 7 to 10,
Education: Grade 11 or higher,
Education: Grade 11 or 12,
Education: University or professional graduate,
Education: Other post-secondary,
Occupation: Labourer,
Occupation: Service occupation,
Occupation: Fish catching and processing,
Occupation: Homemaker,
Occupation: Student,
Occupation: Other occupation,
Occupation: No occupation history,
Employment Status: Employed,
Employment Status: Part-time,
Employment Status: Full-time,
Employment Status: Own business,
Employment Status: Unemployed,
Employment Availability: Not available,
"Employment Availability, Not available: Illness",
"Employment Availability, Not available: Age 65+",
"Employment Availability, Not available: Caring for spouse/children",
"Employment Availability, Not available: Caring for other family member",
"Employment Availability, Not available: Attending post secondary",
Employment Availability: Attending high school,
Employment Availability: Not interested in employment,
Employment Availability: Age 65+ and not eligible for Old Age Security,
Employment Availability: Available or Employed,
Employment Availability: Available,
Employment Availability: Available with challenges,
Employment Availability: Employed,
Employment Availability: Employed and receiving earnings supplement,This is a new category for 2012. Data is not available for previous years.
Children: Families with children,
Children: One child,
Children: Two children,
Children: Three or more children,
Children: Total children (age 0 to 17),
Total Families: Average benefits,Calculated based on the sum of the benefits for each family divided by the Total Families (including unattached individuals).
"Total Families, Average benefits: Less than $5,000",
"Total Families, Average benefits: Less than $1,000",
"Total Families,Average benefits: $1,000 to $4,999",
"Total Families, Average benefits: $5,000 or more",
"Total Families, Average benefits: $5,000 to $9,999",
"Total Families, Average benefits: $10,000 or more",
"Total Families, Average duration (months per year)",Calculated based on the sum of the number of months each family receives Social Assistance payments divided by the Total Families (including unattached individuals).
"Total Families, Average duration (months per year): 6 months or less",
"Total Families, Average duration (months per year): 3 months or less",
"Total Families, Average duration (months per year): 4 to 6 months",
"Total Families, Average duration (months per year): More than 6 months",
Total couple families,
Total couple families: Average benefits,
Total couple families: Average duration (months per year),
Total couple families: With children,
"Total couple families, With children: Average benefits",
"Total couple families, With children: Average duration (months per year)",
Total couple families: Without children,
"Total couple families, Without children: Average benefits",
"Total couple families, Without children: Average duration (months per year)",
Total lone-parent and unattached,
Total lone-parent and unattached: Average benefits,
Total lone-parent and unattached: Average duration (months per year),
Lone-parent families,
Lone-parent families: Average benefits,
Lone-parent families: Average duration (months per year),
Unattached individuals,
Unattached individuals: Average benefits,
Unattached individuals: Average duration (months per year),
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Notes:,"The Employment Status and Employment Availability variables were introduced in the 2007 data set. Data is missing for these variables in some files, thus figures will not add to equal Total Families."
,The Total couple families and Total lone-parent and unattached figures may not add up to total (Families) due to the family status missing in some case files.
,Missing and suppressed data values are denoted by '..'.
Source:,Compiled by the Community Accounts Unit based on information provided by the provincial Department of Advanced Education and Skills.