{"id":98990,"date":"2025-11-05T15:51:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T20:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/?p=98990"},"modified":"2025-11-05T15:51:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T20:51:07","slug":"nunavut-child-benefit-paid-less-than-700-per-year-on-average-in-2025-cra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/05\/nunavut-child-benefit-paid-less-than-700-per-year-on-average-in-2025-cra\/","title":{"rendered":"Nunavut Child Benefit paid less than $700 per year on average in 2025: CRA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By William Koblensky Varela, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Nunavut News The average payment from the Nunavut Child Benefit and the Nunavut Territorial Workers\u2019 Supplement was a combined $694.08 from July 2024 to June 2025, the Canda Revenue Agency told Nunavut News. Nunavummiut families need more to survive than what the benefits are offering, according to Sindu Govindapillai, the clinical director at the Inuit children support organization Qupanuaq. \u201cThat\u2019s not really substantially helping people afford the basics for their kids,\u201d Govindapillai said about the benefit payments. The Nunavut Child Benefit is a top up to the federal Canada Child Benefit, which pays up to $8,000 per year for children under six-years-old and $6,700 for children between seven and 17-years-old. 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Nunavummiut families need more to survive than what the benefits are offering, according to Sindu Govindapillai, the clinical director at the Inuit children support organization Qupanuaq. \u201cThat\u2019s not really substantially helping people afford the basics for their kids,\u201d Govindapillai said about the benefit payments. The Nunavut Child Benefit is a top up to the federal Canada Child Benefit, which pays up to $8,000 per year for children under six-years-old and $6,700 for children between seven and 17-years-old. 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