Income Security: A Roadmap for Change

NOTES:
Chart does not include municipal spending or provincial spending on other
programs which impact income security, including housing programs, ODB for
seniors and Trillium Drug Benefit, and Assistive Devices. In addition, chart does
not include veterans' benefits
Federal spending on seniors includes Old Age Security payments for
all beneficiaries
[1] Estimates based on Public Accounts of Ontario 2015-16, Ministry Statements and
Schedules, Vol I, Ontario Ministry of Finance Transparency in Taxation, 2016
[2] Actual benefit payments in 2016 as reported in the 2016 WSIB Statistical Report
[3] Estimates based on Public Accounts of Canada 2016, Vol 1 Sections 3 ­
Revenues, expenses and accumulated deficits and reports on Federal Tax
Expenditures - Concepts, Estimates and Evaluations 2016 Provincial shares of
some of the federal expenditures are not readily available In these cases, the
portion spent on recipients in Ontario was estimated at 40% of total federal
expenditures
[4] Taxable CPP benefits reported in T4A(P) Statement of Canada Pension Plan
Benefits information slip for 2014. Includes retirement benefits, survivor benefits,
disability benefits, child benefits, death benefits and post-retirement benefits
[5] Actual EI amount paid in 2015–16, as reported in the Employment Insurance
Monitoring and Assessment Report for fiscal year 2015–16
[6] Ontario children's benefits include Ontario Child Benefit, Healthy Smiles and
Child Care Fee Subsidy
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