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)
2023
Jun
1,922
831
239
207
645
May
1,883
811
289
200
583
Apr
1,791
929
246
193
523
Mar
2,011
925
277
199
610
Feb
2,119
962
257
228
672
Jan
2,088
930
258
218
682
2022
Dec
2,120
937
257
229
697
Nov
2,008
896
242
207
663
Oct
1,892
859
233
187
613
Sep
1,827
801
228
189
609
Aug
1,698
744
221
182
551
Jul
1,728
717
238
189
584
Jun
1,772
774
256
207
535
Monthly Avg.
2022 1,850 819 251 204 576
2021 1,564 718 227 158 461
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
2012 1,453 507 244 134 567
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)
2023
Jun
2,683
1,179
320
260
924
May
2,642
1,152
394
253
843
Apr
2,500
1,166
324
249
761
Mar
2,830
1,316
371
243
900
Feb
3,035
1,354
334
303
1,044
Jan
2,985
1,329
339
287
1,030
2022
Dec
3,045
1,350
344
296
1,055
Nov
2,867
1,290
314
262
1,001
Oct
2,761
1,257
317
245
942
Sep
2,674
1,170
323
244
937
Aug
2,404
1,061
300
233
811
Jul
2,480
1,019
336
250
875
Jun
2,506
1,103
342
283
778
Monthly Avg.
2022 2,634 1,169 338 266 862
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
2012 2,239 800 359 183 898
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)
2023
Jun
2,230,228
1,063,972
261,744
181,069
723,443
May
2,236,003
1,036,069
385,245
160,423
654,267
Apr
2,196,401
1,093,598
295,815
192,216
614,773
Mar
2,599,280
1,262,214
355,053
214,130
767,883
Feb
2,686,790
1,290,777
343,402
244,834
807,776
Jan
2,776,285
1,336,590
333,626
238,849
867,221
2022
Dec
2,860,734
1,351,450
360,770
266,238
882,276
Nov
2,545,533
1,249,905
319,305
216,800
759,524
Oct
2,379,918
1,191,586
287,899
178,398
722,035
Sep
2,278,272
1,104,554
281,491
170,673
721,554
Aug
1,998,114
1,003,016
246,285
158,705
590,107
Jul
2,026,553
950,675
282,790
161,612
631,476
Jun
2,019,442
1,026,897
293,165
179,778
519,602
Annual Totals
2022 27,696,746 13,423,984 3,856,102 2,406,067 8,010,592
2021 23,263,770 11,454,244 3,406,477 1,950,230 6,452,816
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
2012 16,014,658 6,601,508 2,627,687 1,098,777 5,686,726
Source: Education, Culture & Employment, GNWT
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