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)
2026
Sep
1,128
581
114
121
312
Aug
1,049
534
104
101
310
Jul
1,108
552
121
108
327
Jun
1,199
583
131
126
359
May
1,104
543
126
119
316
Apr
1,149
573
135
127
314
Mar
1,307
647
150
139
371
Feb
1,339
648
144
150
397
Jan
1,290
647
140
145
358
2025
Dec
1,353
658
151
149
395
Nov
1,300
632
151
134
383
Oct
1,226
614
139
123
350
Sep
1,108
550
120
112
326
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)
2026
Sep
1,524
783
143
154
444
Aug
1,424
719
131
136
438
Jul
1,492
735
146
150
461
Jun
1,630
810
152
166
502
May
1,509
766
148
152
443
Apr
1,566
809
166
160
431
Mar
1,768
909
182
175
502
Feb
1,793
895
178
184
536
Jan
1,778
921
181
179
497
2025
Dec
1,858
943
185
187
543
Nov
1,804
913
187
168
536
Oct
1,749
907
173
159
510
Sep
1,608
827
157
143
481
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)
2026
Sep
1,208,087
664,225
105,967
112,938
324,957
Aug
1,092,240
594,918
97,817
86,135
313,370
Jul
1,116,577
600,570
102,271
90,780
322,956
Jun
1,320,145
682,882
125,122
131,602
380,539
May
1,152,086
602,506
128,563
100,922
320,095
Apr
1,321,891
711,404
145,653
125,704
339,130
Mar
1,542,843
803,306
170,216
143,702
425,619
Feb
1,546,849
787,372
157,816
155,047
446,615
Jan
1,525,765
805,219
155,289
158,669
406,589
2025
Dec
1,583,845
807,614
163,679
165,489
447,063
Nov
1,397,157
721,118
144,250
132,374
399,415
Oct
1,381,691
738,937
139,060
122,295
381,399
Sep
1,263,256
681,186
113,967
108,229
359,874
Annual Totals
2024 22,220,835 11,416,947 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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