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Patterns and Trends summarizes what happened in terms of welfare incomes in 2006 and over time across Canada, comparing total welfare incomes and measures such as the low income cut-off, average income, median income, and the Market Basket Measure. It also presents changes for families between 2006 and 1997 -- the year before the NCBS was introduced.