Here is the intrepreation of "social assistance" from IRPA (well, the regulation end of IRPA). See: hereDoes anyone know if the Alberta Adult Health Benefit plan is considered as welfare and if a sponsor was to sign up for it, would this mess with the progress of the sponsorship application? (http://www.humanservices.alberta.ca/financial-support/2085.html)
"
social assistance means any benefit in the form of money, goods or services provided to or on behalf of a person by a province under a program of social assistance, including a program of social assistance designated by a province to provide for basic requirements including food, shelter, clothing, fuel, utilities, household supplies, personal requirements and health care not provided by public health care, including dental care and eye care. (assistance sociale)
"
So, as I read this, if Alberta has designated the Adult Health Benefit as a program of social assistance, then it just might. That's what I don't know (being from another province).