Characteristics of child support payers and recipients

This report focuses on providing demographic and socio-economic characteristics of child support payers and recipients enrolled and not enrolled in a MEP, the compliance and arrears status of payers enrolled in a MEP, ethnic and racial identity, and housing and residential situation of payers and recipients.

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Last Updated April 17, 2026, 17:36 (UTC)
Created April 17, 2026, 17:36 (UTC)
contact_email OG-GO@justice.gc.ca
criticality_level []
geographic_scope []
open_canada_collection publication
open_canada_date_modified 2024-05-13 00:00:00
open_canada_date_published 2023-11-15 00:00:00
open_canada_keywords {"en": ["Separation", "Divorce", "Support Order", "Child Support", "Spousal Support", "Payers", "Recipients"], "fr": ["Séparation", "divorce", "ordonnance alimentaire", "pension alimentaire pour enfants", "pension alimentaire pour conjoint", "payeurs", "bénéficiaires"]}
open_canada_subject ["government_and_politics", "law", "persons"]
sensitivity_level unrestricted
title_fr Caractéristiques des payeurs et des bénéficiaires de pensions alimentaires pour enfants
update_frequency as_needed