Backgrounder: Federal Gas Tax Allocations for the Northwest Territories’ communities in 2017-18

Backgrounder

Last month, the Government of Canada delivered the first of two annual $7.8 million federal Gas Tax Fund (GTF) installments to the Northwest Territories. In total, the territory will be provided with over $15.7 million this year through the fund. The funding, which flows through the territorial government to all of its communities on a per capita basis, is now available to support community infrastructure projects.

The following table indicates this year’s federal Gas Tax Fund allocation for communities in the Northwest Territories.

Location

Federal Funding

Hamlet of Aklavik

$324,000

Tlicho Community Government of Behchokǫ

$666,000

Behdzi Ahda' First Nation (Colville Lake)

$75,000

Deline Got'ine Government

$276,000

Yellowknives Dene First Nation

$75,000

Hamlet of Enterprise

$75,000

K'asho Got'ine Charter Community Council (Fort Good Hope)

$298,000

Hamlet of Fort Liard

$293,000

Ka'a' gee Tu First Nation (Kakisa)

$75,000

Hamlet of Fort McPherson

$396,000

Hamlet of Fort Providence

$322,000

Hamlet of Fort Resolution

$75,000

Village of Fort Simpson

$538,000

Town of Fort Smith

$863,000

Tlicho Community Government  of Gamètì

$75,000

Town of Hay River

$1,305,000

K'atl'odeeche First Nation

$75,000

Town of Inuvik

$1,264,000

Tthedzeh K'edeli First Nation (Jean Marie River)

$75,000

Lutsel K'e Dene First Nation

$225,000

Nahanni Butte Dene Band

$75,000

Town of Norman Wells

$543,000

Government of Northwest Territories (Capacity Building)

$275,625

Hamlet of Paulatuk

$219,000

Hamlet of Sachs Harbour

$198,000

Charter Community of Tsiigehtchic

$75,000

Hamlet of Tuktoyaktuk

$386,000

Hamlet of Tulita

$274,000

Hamlet of Ulukhaktok

$272,000

Tlicho Community Government of Wekweètì

$178,000

Tlicho Community Government of Whatì

$265,000

Pehdzeh Ki First Nation (Wrigley)

$75,000

Sambaa  K'e Dene Band  (Trout Lake)

$75,000

City of Yellowknife

$5,273,000

For more information on the Gas Tax Fund.

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2017-08-04