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
Jun
1,097
519
114
132
332
May
1,005
483
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
1,229
608
120
149
352
Nov
1,177
567
127
141
342
Oct
1,103
518
127
130
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
Monthly Avg.
2024 1,478 715 183 149 432
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
Jun
1,567
779
147
159
482
May
1,457
739
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
1,829
933
165
188
543
Nov
1,758
863
181
177
537
Oct
1,672
805
181
167
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
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
Jun
1,163,892
584,467
105,584
116,731
357,110
May
1,065,866
546,307
94,039
107,416
318,105
Apr
1,174,208
619,882
95,608
134,130
324,588
Mar
1,476,999
738,962
156,335
165,289
416,413
Feb
1,457,329
732,977
150,234
174,969
399,150
Jan
1,442,096
768,580
127,434
155,470
390,612
2024
Dec
1,469,648
746,323
132,776
174,226
416,322
Nov
1,322,775
675,966
129,254
150,476
367,079
Oct
1,248,248
624,491
119,325
135,336
369,097
Sep
1,167,810
596,055
103,630
101,789
366,336
Aug
1,029,968
542,263
90,524
81,792
315,389
Jul
1,060,098
551,999
103,378
71,188
333,533
Jun
2,165,550
1,120,896
277,271
142,154
625,229
Annual Totals
2024 22,216,029 11,412,763 2,583,298 1,872,754 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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