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)
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.
2024 1,477 714 183 149 432
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 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
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.
2024 2,107 1,034 250 185 637
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 Data is updated quarterly.
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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)
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
2024 22,055,232 11,327,446 2,561,598 1,858,687 6,307,503
2023 29,397,203 14,670,055 3,828,887 2,350,800 8,547,457
2022 27,688,080 13,424,251 3,853,661 2,406,257 8,003,907
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 17,550,579 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 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.