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Income Assistance


The Income Assistance Program provides financial assistance to Northwest Territories residents to help meet basic and enhanced needs.

Income Assistance Cases refers to the total number of families and single individuals receiving income assistance.

Income Assistance Cases

Northwest Territories
Monthly: number of cases
    Total Cases
(TS986)
Yellowknife Area
(TS987)
Fort Smith Area
(TS988)
Fort Simpson Area
(TS989)
Inuvik Region
(TS990)
 
  2024 Dec 1,221 600 120 149 352
  Nov 1,176 566 127 141 342
  Oct 1,102 518 127 129 328
  Sep 1,026 487 110 111 318
  Aug 966 472 102 94 298
  Jul 973 474 109 85 305
  Jun 1,804 864 246 169 525
  May 1,730 828 238 168 496
  Apr 1,803 900 247 158 498
  Mar 1,944 957 261 181 545
  Feb 1,983 936 258 203 586
  Jan 1,995 963 246 201 585
 
  2023 Dec 2,066 985 253 205 623
 
   
Monthly Avg.    
   
20241,477714183149432
20231,947894254197601
20221,849818251204576
20211,563718227158460
20202,261992326230713
20192,115908304228675
20182,097843298231725
20171,925770295210650
20161,748679282208580
20151,648613276171588
20141,518552265141561
20131,489538260138553
   

Source: Education, Culture & Employment, GNWT
Data is updated quarterly.

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Income Assistance Participants refers to the total number of individuals (including children) receiving income assistance.

Income Assistance Participants

Northwest Territories
Monthly: number of participants
    Total Beneficiaries
(TS992)
Yellowknife Area
(TS993)
Fort Smith Area
(TS994)
Fort Simpson Area
(TS995)
Inuvik Region
(TS996)
 
  2024 Dec 1,819 923 165 188 543
  Nov 1,755 862 181 175 537
  Oct 1,666 805 181 161 519
  Sep 1,560 770 158 141 491
  Aug 1,507 756 159 120 472
  Jul 1,536 755 173 115 493
  Jun 2,505 1,194 341 211 759
  May 2,327 1,119 320 199 689
  Apr 2,443 1,242 321 192 688
  Mar 2,686 1,328 349 223 786
  Feb 2,724 1,308 340 251 825
  Jan 2,756 1,346 315 248 847
 
  2023 Dec 2,838 1,373 330 252 883
 
   
Monthly Avg.    
   
20242,1071,034250185637
20232,7291,268337247877
20222,6341,169338266861
20212,1931,025304202663
20203,3501,4834603171,090
20193,2151,3934333291,059
20183,1921,2804243331,154
20172,9511,1784162961,061
20162,6071,011394295907
20152,486928386238934
20142,312875381188868
20132,306865386188867
   

Source: Education, Culture & Employment, GNWT
Data is updated quarterly.

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Income Assistance Payments refers to the total dollars paid for income assistance.

Income Assistance Payments

Northwest Territories
Monthly: total payments ($)
    Total Payments
(TS980)
Yellowknife Area
(TS981)
Fort Smith Area
(TS982)
Fort Simpson Area
(TS983)
Inuvik Region
(TS984)
 
  2024 Dec 1,369,656 695,874 119,698 164,075 390,010
  Nov 1,300,040 660,999 126,096 149,268 363,677
  Oct 1,241,880 621,890 118,411 133,289 368,291
  Sep 1,163,129 592,590 103,348 101,359 365,832
  Aug 1,027,381 540,856 89,704 81,664 315,156
  Jul 1,056,916 549,642 102,656 71,085 333,533
  Jun 2,159,815 1,117,902 277,271 142,154 622,488
  May 2,019,136 1,052,080 267,884 137,764 561,409
  Apr 2,231,347 1,202,407 289,183 153,453 586,304
  Mar 3,332,233 1,687,384 424,136 265,965 954,748
  Feb 2,539,269 1,280,966 322,965 220,950 714,388
  Jan 2,614,430 1,324,856 320,246 237,661 731,667
 
  2023 Dec 2,700,833 1,352,725 323,831 249,122 775,155
 
   
Annual Totals    
   
202422,055,23211,327,4462,561,5981,858,6876,307,503
202329,397,20314,670,0553,828,8872,350,8008,547,457
202227,688,08013,424,2513,853,6612,406,2578,003,907
202123,251,80911,453,8533,403,8071,947,3296,446,818
202032,643,18615,484,4744,664,6942,704,8129,789,205
201929,157,51713,616,3124,237,0252,585,6338,718,549
201827,268,92711,855,0894,045,8102,426,5638,941,465
201724,193,38310,398,7963,781,7262,079,7437,933,119
201620,997,7248,629,5943,518,5642,003,9236,845,641
201519,833,9437,863,6813,494,5071,626,8166,848,936
201417,550,5797,129,3643,130,6621,209,9006,080,651
201316,713,3906,909,7952,902,0861,151,7995,749,709
   

Source: Education, Culture & Employment, GNWT
Data is updated quarterly.

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Note:

- Yellowknife Region includes Yellowknife, Dettah, Behchokǫ̀, Whatì, Gamètì, and Wekweètì.
- Fort Smith Region includes Fort Smith, Fort Resolution, Łutselk’e, Enterprise, Hay River, Hay River Reserve, and Kakisa.
- Fort Simpson Region includes Fort Simpson, Fort Providence, Jean Marie River, Nahanni Butte, Fort Liard, Wrigley, and Sambaa K’e.
- Inuvik Region includes Inuvik, Norman Wells, Tulita, Fort Good Hope, Deline, Colville Lake, Aklavik, Fort McPherson, Tsiigehtchic, Tuktoyaktuk, Sachs Harbour, Ulukhaktok, and Paulatuk.

 
 
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