The most common form of payment in Port Hope Simpson is the Child Tax Benefit. The others each affect less than 60 residents in the area. The chart below indicates overall levels of transfer payments, including EI, Social Assistance, and NCARP/TAGS payments (which was in existence when this figures were captured in 1999).

Source: Compiled by the Community Accounts Unit, based on Canada Customs and Revenue Agency summary information as provided by Small Area and Administrative Data Division, Statistics Canada. *2001 population figures are the closest available population figures. Some distortion may result.

As the chart above demonstrates, a substantial number of people in each region receive some form of transfer payment as part or all of their income. The figures are comparable across all three regions, although higher at the zonal and community levels.