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Financial summary of old age pensions in Canada, by provinces, as at December 31, 1936
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| Alberta, Act effective Aug. 1, 1929 |
British Columbia, Act effective September 1, 1927 |
Manitoba, Act effective September 1, 1928 |
New Brunswick, Act effective July 1, 1936 |
Nova Scotia, Act effective March 1, 1934 |
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| Total numbers of pensioners as of December 31, 1936 | 8,998 | 10,731 | 11,490 | 9,617 | 13,556 |
| Average monthly pensions | $18.10 | $19.48 | $18.64 | $13.33 | $14.46 |
| Percentages of pensioners to total estimated population, 1936 | 1.17 | 1.43 | 1.62 | 2.21 | 2.52 |
| Percentages of persons over 70 years of age to total population | 2.33 | 3.60 | 3.09 | 4.14 | 5.03 |
| Dominion Government's contributions, January 1 to December 31, 1936 | $1,356,812 | $1,789,351 | $1,898,630 | $559,272 | $1,746,049 |
| Dominion Government's contributions from inception of Old Age Pensions Act to December 31, 1936 | $6,123,919 | $9,488,028 | $10,216,629 | $559,272 | $4,530,977 |
| Note: The province of Quebec has entered into an agreement with the Dominion for the payment of pensions commencing August 1, 1936, but statistics for this province are not available for the five months. | |||||
| Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1937. | |||||
