All Things First Nations - CF help, protests, solutions, residential schools, etc. (merged)

[Kirkhill]

The Cowichan Tribe received at total of $559,174,325 in Tax Money from 2017-2025

2024 – $94,612,898
2023 – $93,842,606
2021 – $68,783,182
2020 – $52,380,224
2019 – $58,235,940
2018 – $48,878,721
2017 – $36,517,007

Covering April 1, 2024, to March 31, 2025), the tribe's total revenue was $144,166,633. Of this, a significant portion—approximately $100 million—comes from government transfers and grants.

The membership of the Cowichan Tribes (Band #642) in British Columbia is listed as 5,614 registered members as of October 2025.

And of those, over 2600 live off-reserve and unless 'special considerations' are made, they are excluded from all band financial disbursements. This helps keep band members from escaping the cycle of 'band supports', and moving on to join the rest of society.

144,166,633
Call it 144,000 000 for easy math

5614 members
2600 off reserve
3000 (easy math) to share the wealth

144,000,000 / 3000 = 48,000

Assuming a household of 5

240,000 per year annual income.

Work-free.

 

[The Bread Guy]

144,166,633
Call it 144,000 000 for easy math

5614 members
2600 off reserve
3000 (easy math) to share the wealth

144,000,000 / 3000 = 48,000

Assuming a household of 5

240,000 per year annual income.

Work-free.

To be fair, that’s like totalling all the grants province x gives to municipality y and saying each member gets z/year “income.” How big a cheque does the province cut you in municipal grants per year?

Ton of money, no doubt, but if it’s on a federal, publicly-available portal, the overwhelming majority of the funds go to services, not cheques to residents.

 

[Kirkhill]

To be fair, that’s like totalling all the grants province x gives to municipality y and saying each member gets z/year “income.” How big a cheque does the province cut you in municipal grants per year?

Ton of money, no doubt, but if it’s on a federal, publicly-available portal, the overwhelming majority of the funds go to services, not cheques to residents.

Fair but...

3000 people.

That is a very tight target group.

240,000 year income.
80,000 per year towards a mortgage
30 year mortgage
5%

Supports a family of 5 in a property worth 1.2 to 1.6 MCAD.

And a continuing income of 160,000 per year.

I don't know about you but I think I could be pretty much self-sustaining anywhere in Canada with that situation.

I might even be able to buy an RO system and pay for my own medical insurance.