Income Security: A Roadmap for Change

Single Non-disabled Person
Fall 2017 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3*
+10% +7% +5%
$721/month $794/month $850/month $893/month
* Taking into account tax benefits, at the end of Year 3 this person would go
from being 60% below the PRS LIM to 52% and see an additional $2,097 in
total annual income
Single Disabled Person
Fall 2017 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3*
+5% +5% +5%
$1,151/month $1,209/month $1,270/month $1,334/month
* Taking into account tax benefits, at the end of Year 3 this person would go
from being 53% below the PRS LIM (plus 30% in recognition of the added
cost of living with a disability) to 45% and see an additional $2,240 in total
annual income
These urgent and yet modest increases translate into annual social
assistance income support of $10,716 for a single person receiving
Ontario Works and $16,008 for a single person receiving ODSP. This
amounts to only 63% and 70% of the amounts being provided to
participants in the Basic Income Pilot for non-disabled individuals
and people with disabilities respectively.
This is only the starting point Over subsequent years the Minimum Income
Standard will be achieved through a combination of social assistance and other
income security reforms
126 Income Security: A Roadmap for Change