Poverty Indicators
The NWT Bureau of Statistics provides indicators that may be used to assist in the analysis of income distribution in the Northwest Territories and, by extension, indicators of poverty. While there is no official or single definition of how poverty is defined, indicators such as access to adequate housing, essential goods and services, health and well-being, community participation and income can be used to examine dimensions of poverty within the Northwest Territories.
Publications
PDF • 507.72KB • Issued August 31, 2024
Downloadable Excel Tables
Estimates on the Number and Percentage of Population in Poverty based on the Northern Market Basket Measure (MBM-N) (2020)
XLSX • 39.98KB • Issued June 5, 2021
XLSX • 10.86KB • Issued August 26, 2026
XLSX • 18.45KB • Issued June 5, 2026
XLSX • 172.77KB • Issued December 31, 2023
XLSX • 315.8KB • Issued May 27, 2024
Percentage of NWT Families in Low Income (After Tax), by Community and Selected Geographic Aggregation
XLSX • 188.23KB • Issued December 31, 2023
Employee hourly wage distribution across all wages (2020 - 2025)
XLSX • 11.97KB • Issued August 25, 2026
Housing Problems by Type, Community, and Characteristic (2024)
XLSX • 36.61KB • Issued August 24, 2025
XLSX • 30.41KB • Issued August 31, 2025
XLSX • 26.21KB • Issued August 31, 2023
XLSX • 12.31KB • Issued August 31, 2022
XLSX • 13.01KB • Issued August 31, 2022
General Health Indicators, Population Aged 15 and Over
XLSX • 41.93KB • Issued August 20, 2023
XLSX • 80.17KB • Issued August 12, 2025
XLSX • 362.83KB • Issued December 31, 2025
XLSX • 23.74KB • Issued December 31, 2024
XLSX • 15.72KB • Issued August 26, 2025
XLSX • 16.64KB • Issued December 31, 2024
XLSX • 27.87KB • Issued December 31, 2019
Home Internet Access, by Characteristic and Community (2024)
XLSX • 40.5KB • Issued August 21, 2025
XLSX • 98.56KB • Issued July 14, 2026
Minimum Wage as a Percentage of Average Hourly Wage (2025)
XLSX • 13.48KB • Issued August 25, 2026
NWT Households Eating Meat or Fish Obtained from Hunting or Fishing by Year, and by Community
XLSX • 162.75KB • Issued August 27, 2026