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
Mar
1,306
646
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
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
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
Mar
1,764
906
182
175
501
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
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
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
Mar
1,494,365
768,580
167,234
136,991
421,559
Feb
1,519,151
764,043
157,481
152,004
445,624
Jan
1,517,265
802,360
155,066
157,458
402,381
2025
Dec
1,580,993
806,368
163,532
164,227
446,867
Nov
1,395,383
720,241
144,122
131,628
399,391
Oct
1,379,877
738,165
138,701
121,624
381,387
Sep
1,262,178
680,670
113,899
107,747
359,861
Aug
1,191,010
649,202
95,327
124,837
321,645
Jul
1,209,549
634,973
106,670
114,788
353,118
Jun
1,195,991
605,653
110,662
118,848
360,828
May
1,077,986
553,019
96,664
109,588
318,716
Apr
1,186,973
624,015
97,146
135,300
330,390
Mar
1,484,179
742,563
157,397
166,737
417,481
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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