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
Mar
1,236
586
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
May
1,730
828
238
168
496
Apr
1,803
900
247
158
498
Mar
1,944
957
261
181
545
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
Mar
1,772
886
202
191
493
Feb
1,799
899
196
205
499
Jan
1,786
947
165
178
496
2024
Dec
1,829
933
165
188
543
Nov
1,756
863
181
175
537
Oct
1,670
805
181
165
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
Monthly Avg.
2024 2,108 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
Mar
1,413,089
702,993
146,925
159,083
404,088
Feb
1,434,371
721,166
147,437
172,938
392,830
Jan
1,432,060
761,168
126,498
154,038
390,357
2024
Dec
1,466,046
744,355
132,458
173,097
416,135
Nov
1,320,125
674,577
128,571
150,094
366,883
Oct
1,246,609
623,703
118,733
135,157
369,017
Sep
1,167,097
595,804
103,538
101,499
366,256
Aug
1,028,758
541,504
90,340
81,664
315,250
Jul
1,059,738
551,731
103,286
71,188
333,533
Jun
2,164,368
1,119,714
277,271
142,154
625,229
May
2,023,229
1,053,778
267,952
137,764
563,735
Apr
2,238,864
1,204,579
289,528
153,453
591,304
Mar
3,335,892
1,689,222
424,605
265,965
956,099
Annual Totals
2024 22,203,483 11,404,968 2,581,337 1,870,646 6,346,531
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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