Chapter 5 Social welfare policies and rural Canada

Abstract

For the most part there is no rural welfare policy in Canada – just as there are few examples of rural policy. There are many examples where welfare policy has special implications for rural people, and even a few instances where welfare policy has targeted (explicitly or implicitly) rural regions, but this is rarely formulated from a position of rural policy or perspective. In addition, social welfare policy in Canada is complex. Within the Canadian Confederation, social welfare policy is primarily the responsibility of provinces and territories. For that reason, instead of a unified policy system, Canadians have a multitude of welfare policies, somewhat coordinated within a national structure.

Citation

Reimer, B. (2010), "Chapter 5 Social welfare policies and rural Canada", Milbourne, P. (Ed.) Welfare Reform in Rural Places: Comparative Perspectives (Research in Rural Sociology and Development, Vol. 15), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 81-110. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1057-1922(2010)0000015007