Recipients under social assistance programs
In March 2013, a total of 329,100 households relied on Social Assistance, a decrease of 5,423 households (-1.6%) compared with the figure for March 2012. Last year, in March 2012, it was a decrease of 7,616 (-2.2%).
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Official social assistance statistics are also available in the Québec government’s official statistic database (BDSO), which can be found on the Web site of the Institut de la statistique du Québec (link to external site.). Click the link below to access the database.
