The Nova Scotia government's heating assistance rebate program is not experiencing the same kind of backlogs it did a year ago, but demand remains high.

Applications for the program, which provides eligible households $600 toward heating costs, opened Oct. 1.

Of the 108,185 applications the province has received so far, 83,426 have been approved, 20,149 are still being assessed, and 4,610 have been denied.

The program runs until March 21, 2025.

Families with household incomes of $75,000 or less aft…