Alberta Family Support Dollars Collected 2008-2017

Alberta government data tracks annual dollars collected for family maintenance payments from 2008 to 2017. It reports totals for the Maintenance Enforcement Program and Child Recalculation Program, including counts of program files and dependants served. The dataset is compiled at each fiscal year end by the Government of Alberta.

Use Cases

• Analyze annual trends in total dollars collected to assess program enforcement effectiveness over the 10-year period.
• Correlate the number of Maintenance Enforcement Program files with the total amount collected to measure case efficiency.
• Examine the relationship between the number of dependants benefiting and total dollars collected per fiscal year.

Strengths

• Provides a consistent 10-year time series from 2008 to 2017.
• Compiled by the authoritative Government of Alberta at fiscal year end.
• Includes multiple related metrics: total dollars, program file counts, and beneficiary counts.

Limitations

• Data is not updated beyond 2017, limiting analysis of recent trends.
• Lacks granular detail such as payer demographics or case-level breakdowns.
• Available only in HTML and XLSX formats, which may require parsing for programmatic use.

Provenance

Source

Government of Alberta

Collection Method

Administrative reporting from the Maintenance Enforcement Program and Child Recalculation Program at fiscal year end.

Time Range

2008 to 2017

Freshness

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Geography

Alberta, Canada