Basic Information
Country
Canada
Region
Ontario
Governing level
Sub-national
Funding
Budget (local currency)
CA$150.00 million
Budget (USD 2022)
$130.63 million
Budget currency
CAD
Funding type
Public
Funding description
Ontario provincial government
Timeline
Project start date
01/08/2015
Project start year
2015
Final project release date
31/03/2019
Length of project (days)
1338
Project length description
Initial preparatory work carried out by Kathleen Wynne's office in August 2015. Project and experiment ended early by new Conservative provincial government with evaluation activities ceased in July 2018 and payments to recipients in March 2019. Original design of experiment was to last 3 years and for evaluation report to follow.
Experiment start date
01/04/2018
Experiment start year
2018
Experiment end date
31/03/2019
Experiment end year
2019
Number of start dates
1
Length of experiment (days)
364
Participants
Number of treatment groups
2
Sample size (intervention)
4172
Sample notes
Exact figures are provided for the total amount of participants in treatment and control groups and the Lindsay site. The other sites are assumed to be split 50/50 between treatment and control after guidance from pilot researchers
Unit of analysis
Individuals
Control group?
Yes
Control group sample size
2328
Control group description
Estimate based on dividing the Hamilton and Lindsay Bay participants by 2
Target group description
Participants are: 18 to 64 years old for the duration of the pilot. living in one of the selected test regions for the past at least 12 months or longer (and still live there): Hamilton Brantford Brant County Thunder Bay along with the Municipality of Oliver Paipoonge Township of Shuniah Municipality of Neebing Township of Conmee Township of O’Connor Township of Gillies Lindsay living on a low income (under $34000 per year if you're single or under $48000 per year if a couple)
Gender target
No
Income target
Yes
Age target (outside working age)
No
Family target
No
Labour market status target
No
Disability target
No
Occupation target
No
Industry target
No
Design and Implementation
Saturation
Both
Legal powers
Continued eligibility for child benefits, pension benefits reduced $ for $ if eligible and withdrawn provincial social assistance
Evaluation
External
Conditionality
Only unconditional treatments
Taper rates
Pre-existing taper rate
Alternative interventions
None