Income Assistance for Seniors and Persons with Disabilities
NWT seniors 60 and up and adults with a long-term disability can get actual shelter and utility costs paid when income falls short.
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- Who qualifies
- NWT residents 60 and older, or 19 to 59 with a permanent or long-term disability, whose needs exceed their income
- How to get it
- Apply from July 1 each year at a local ECE Service Centre with ID and financial information
- Where it works
- Northwest Territories
- When
- No end date stated
- Fine print
- Annual program; a Client Navigator can help with the application. Proposed regulation changes were out for comment in fall 2026.
- Official source
- ece.gov.nt.ca
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