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Financial summary of old age pensions in Canada, by provinces, as on December 31, 1936

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Financial summary of old age pensions in Canada, by provinces, as on December 31, 1936
  Ontario,
Act effective
November 1, 1929
Prince Edward Island,
Act effecetive
July 1, 1933
Saskatchewan,
Act effective
May 1, 1928
Northwest Territories,
Order in Council effective
January 25, 1929
Total
Total numbers of pensioners as of December 31, 1936 55,987 1,741 11,313 8 123,441
Average monthly pensions $18.11 $10.72 $16.53 $19.10 -
Percentages of pensioners to total estimated population, 1936 1.52 1.89 1.22 0.08 -
Percentages of persons over 70 years of age to total population 4.39 6.30 2.36 1.00 -
Dominion Government's contributions, January 1 to December 31, 1936 $8,778,597 $159,533 $1,677,463 $1,672 $17,967,379
Dominion Government's contributions from inception of Old Age Pensions Act to December 31, 1936 $47,079,059 $471,528 $9,252,357 $10,864 $87,732,633
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1937.