"WELFARE RATES

- Single person, expected to work*: $397 per month.

- Single parent with one child, expected to work: $707 per month, plus $107 from the national child benefit, for a total of $814.

- Single parent with two kids, one over 12, one under 12, expected to work: $856, plus $198 national child benefit.

- Family of two adults and two children, one over 12, one under, expected to work, $1,053, plus $198 national child benefit.

- 'Expected to work' is defined as someone with no physical or mental barrier to employment.

Rates for people not expected to work are slightly higher. For example, for a single parent with one child, not expected to work, it's $839, plus $107.

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The above figures in Alberta are from 2003.