Nunavut homeowner fuel rebate application process opens $1,000 being offered to offset costs of owning home in territory

By Trevor Wright Northern News Services Nunavut

The Government of Nunavut (GN) has opened the application process for its 2023 homeowner fuel rebate as promised in the 2023-24 Nunavut budget.

The homeowner fuel rebate offers eligible homeowners in the territory a one-time $1,000 payment. To be eligible, one needs to prove they own a home in Nunavut and have lived in it on April 1, 2023. Necessary documentation can include any one of the following:

-A copy of your certificate of title (available from Nunavut Land Titles Office)

-A copy of your recent property tax assessment

-A copy of your recent property tax notice

Due to changes last year to the federal government’s pricing rules on the carbon

ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᕆᔭᐅᔪᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ

ᐊᑕᐅᓯᐊᖅᑐᒥ $1,000−ᒥ ᐊᑭᓖᓂᐅᔪᒥ. ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᐃᓄᒃ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖃᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᖓᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᒡᓗᒋᓯᒪᓗᓂᐅᒃ ᐊᐃᑉᕆᓕ

ᑐᒃᓯᕋᐅᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᓇᓂᔭᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᐳᑦ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᑎᒍᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᑭᐊᖅᑭᕕᖓᓐᓂ, ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐅᐸᒡᓗᓂ ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᕐᒥᐅᑕᓄᑦ, ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ, ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᖕᒥ. ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᓂ, ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᔨᒥ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᔪᓐᓇᖅᐳᖅ ᐱᓂᕐᒥ ᑐᒃᓯᕋᐅᑕᐅᔪᒥ.

ᑐᒃᓯᕋᖅᑎᐅᔪᑦ ᓂᕆᐅᒍᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᐅᑕᖅᑭᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐸᓗᖕᓂ ᑎᓴᒪᓂ ᐊᑭᓕᖅᑕᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᖓᓂ ᑐᒃᓯᕋᐅᑎ ᐱᔭᐅᓂᖓᓂ. ᐃᓱᓕᕝᕕᒃᓴᖓ ᑐᒃᓯᕋᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑎᓯᐱᕆ 31, 2023−ᖑᕗᖅ. ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᑐᓂᓯᔾᔮᙱᓚᑦ ᐅᓄᕐᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᑭᓕᐅᑕᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᒧᑦ, ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᖃᔅᓯᒐᓚᖕᓄᑦ ᐊᑭᓕᐅᑕᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᕆᔭᐅᔪᒧᑦ. ᐃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓇᐃᑦ ᓅᓯᒪᓪᓚᕆᒃᑐᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᙱᑐᐃᓐᓇᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᐅᑎᖅᑎᕕᐅᓂᖓᓐᓄᑦ.

ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᔪᒃᓴᓂ ᕕᕗᐊᕆᒥ. ᓄᓇᕘᑉ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᖏᑦ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᕗᑦ 2023 ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖃᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᒥ ᐅᖅᓱᐊᓗᖕᒧᑦ ᐅᑎᕐᕕᐅᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᒃ

Nunavut Finance Minister Lorne Kusugak, who delivered the 2023-24 territorial budget in February. Nunavut’s Department of Finance is offering the 2023 homeowner fuel rebate to help offset the costs of owning a home in the territory. NNSL file photo tax, Nunavut had to cancel the Nunavut Carbon Rebate program. As part of efforts to help manage the higher costs of owning a home, the homeowner fuel rebate is being offered.

Applications can be found online on the Government of Nunavut website, or in person for residents in Cambridge Bay, Iqaluit, Rankin Inlet and Iglulik. In other communities, a Government of Nunavut liaison officer may assist in obtaining an application.

Applicants should expect to wait around four weeks for payment from the date the application is received. Deadline to apply is Dec. 31, 2023.

The GN will not issue more than one payment to a single individual, nor multiple payments for one property.

Individuals who have moved away from Nunavut permanently may not be eligible for the rebate.