Income Assistance
The Income Assistance Program provides financial assistance to Northwest Territories residents to help meet basic and enhanced needs.
Cases
Participants
Payments
Income Assistance Cases refers to the total number of families and single individuals receiving income assistance.
Income Assistance Cases
Total Cases(TS986)
Yellowknife Area(TS987)
Fort Smith Area(TS988)
Fort Simpson Area(TS989)
Inuvik Region(TS990)
2025
Dec
1,337
648
147
147
395
Nov
1,300
632
151
134
383
Oct
1,225
614
138
123
350
Sep
1,107
549
120
112
326
Aug
1,101
552
115
117
317
Jul
1,122
550
114
129
329
Jun
1,100
521
115
132
332
May
1,006
484
100
124
298
Apr
1,063
528
104
139
292
Mar
1,238
588
152
150
348
Feb
1,250
597
148
160
345
Jan
1,227
623
123
147
334
2024
Dec
1,228
607
120
149
352
Monthly Avg.
2024 1,478 714 183 149 432
2023 1,947 894 254 197 601
2022 1,849 818 251 204 576
2021 1,563 718 227 158 460
2020 2,261 992 326 230 713
2019 2,115 908 304 228 675
2018 2,097 843 298 231 725
2017 1,925 770 295 210 650
2016 1,748 679 282 208 580
2015 1,648 613 276 171 588
2014 1,518 552 265 141 561
2013 1,489 538 260 138 553
Source: Education, Culture & Employment, GNWT
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Income Assistance Participants refers to the total number of individuals (including children) receiving income assistance.
Income Assistance Participants
Total Beneficiaries(TS992)
Yellowknife Area(TS993)
Fort Smith Area(TS994)
Fort Simpson Area(TS995)
Inuvik Region(TS996)
2025
Dec
1,834
927
179
185
543
Nov
1,803
912
187
168
536
Oct
1,746
907
170
159
510
Sep
1,607
826
157
143
481
Aug
1,627
843
145
145
494
Jul
1,626
831
146
158
491
Jun
1,571
782
148
159
482
May
1,458
740
130
155
433
Apr
1,540
806
134
179
421
Mar
1,777
889
202
193
493
Feb
1,801
899
196
207
499
Jan
1,788
947
165
180
496
2024
Dec
1,828
932
165
188
543
Monthly Avg.
2024 2,109 1,035 250 186 637
2023 2,729 1,268 337 247 877
2022 2,634 1,169 338 266 861
2021 2,193 1,025 304 202 663
2020 3,350 1,483 460 317 1,090
2019 3,215 1,393 433 329 1,059
2018 3,192 1,280 424 333 1,154
2017 2,951 1,178 416 296 1,061
2016 2,607 1,011 394 295 907
2015 2,486 928 386 238 934
2014 2,312 875 381 188 868
2013 2,306 865 386 188 867
Source: Education, Culture & Employment, GNWT
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Income Assistance Payments refers to the total dollars paid for income assistance.
Income Assistance Payments
Total Payments(TS980)
Yellowknife Area(TS981)
Fort Smith Area(TS982)
Fort Simpson Area(TS983)
Inuvik Region(TS984)
2025
Dec
1,465,801
742,779
149,221
140,128
433,673
Nov
1,371,053
704,236
142,036
126,553
398,228
Oct
1,370,547
733,417
137,351
120,070
379,709
Sep
1,253,976
677,048
112,440
106,009
358,478
Aug
1,188,363
647,707
94,721
124,430
321,505
Jul
1,206,185
633,009
106,633
114,271
352,272
Jun
1,194,731
604,662
110,628
118,613
360,828
May
1,076,648
551,843
96,664
109,425
318,716
Apr
1,185,986
623,150
97,146
135,300
330,390
Mar
1,483,145
741,734
157,397
166,533
417,481
Feb
1,464,297
736,427
150,234
175,217
402,420
Jan
1,446,739
770,873
127,902
155,740
392,224
2024
Dec
1,470,866
747,358
132,928
174,258
416,322
Annual Totals
2024 22,220,760 11,416,872 2,583,546 1,873,129 6,347,213
2023 29,396,366 14,669,155 3,828,887 2,350,800 8,547,520
2022 27,687,781 13,424,251 3,853,661 2,406,257 8,003,608
2021 23,251,809 11,453,853 3,403,807 1,947,329 6,446,818
2020 32,643,186 15,484,474 4,664,694 2,704,812 9,789,205
2019 29,157,517 13,616,312 4,237,025 2,585,633 8,718,549
2018 27,268,927 11,855,089 4,045,810 2,426,563 8,941,465
2017 24,193,383 10,398,796 3,781,726 2,079,743 7,933,119
2016 20,997,724 8,629,594 3,518,564 2,003,923 6,845,641
2015 19,833,943 7,863,681 3,494,507 1,626,816 6,848,936
2014 17,549,057 7,129,364 3,130,662 1,209,900 6,080,651
2013 16,713,390 6,909,795 2,902,086 1,151,799 5,749,709
Source: Education, Culture & Employment, GNWT
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