Apply

What you need to apply

You must meet all four of the eligibility requirements before applying.

You’ll need to provide the following information for each applicant, and your spouse or common-law partner (if you have one):

• Social Insurance Number (SIN) (if available for children)
• date of birth
• full name
• home and mailing address
• list of dental coverage through government social programs (if applicable)
• you and your spouse or common-law partner (if applicable) must have filed your tax return in Canada for the previous year and have received your notice of assessment

Apply online

Use My Service Canada Account

Follow these steps:

1. Sign in or create a MSCA profile using the first button below.
2. The Canadian Dental Care Plan is shown at the top of the page on your MSCA dashboard.
3. Click on "Apply for the Canadian Dental Care Plan" and follow the instructions.

If you can't use MSCA

Apply by phone

If you can't use MSCA or canada.ca, call Service Canada at 1-833-537-4342. For TTY, call 1-833-677-6262.

If someone is helping you apply

You can ask someone you trust or a delegate to help you apply for the CDCP. You must be able to give clear consent, during the call, that you agree to let them help you.

• Applying with the help of someone you trust

  You can ask a trusted person to help you apply by phone. This could be a:

  • friend
  • relative
  • caregiver
  • translator, or
  • interpreter

• Applying through a delegate

  A delegate is someone who has the legal authority to represent you and make decisions on your behalf.

  They can represent you if they’re listed as your delegate on documents such as:

  • power of attorney
  • mandate
  • trusteeship

  Before you apply, your delegate must prove that they have the legal authority to represent you. The documents listed above are considered proof. Mail original documents or certified copies to us, or bring them in person to any Service Canada office (see mailing addresses by region).

  Once we’ve processed the documents, we’ll contact your delegate to confirm that we’ve accepted and added the documents to your file. Your delegate can then apply to the CDCP on your behalf.

  How to submit your proof of delegate documents

  By mail

  If you or your delegate are sending us the documents by mail, please include a cover letter with:

  • your full name
  • your Social Insurance Number (SIN)
  • a statement that the documents are being submitted for the CDCP
  • your delegate's phone number and
  • a return address, so we can return your documents for us to send the original documents or certified copies back to once we've processed them

  Mailing addresses by region

  Province or region	Mailing address
  Atlantic Canada	Service Canada Canadian Dental Care Plan PO Box 250 Station A Fredericton, NB E3B 4Z6
  Quebec	Service Canada Canadian Dental Care Plan PO Box 60 Boucherville, QC J4B 5E6
  Ontario	Service Canada Canadian Dental Care Plan PO Box 5100 Station D Scarborough, ON M1R 5C8
  Western Canada and Territories	Service Canada Canadian Dental Care Plan PO Box 2710 Station Main Edmonton, AB T5J 2G4

  In person

  If you or your delegate brings the documents to a Service Canada office in person, please provide:

  • your full name, and
  • your Social Insurance Number (SIN)

  Find a Service Canada office near you

Eligibility review

To be eligible for coverage under the CDCP, applicants must attest in their application and when they renew that they do not have access to dental insurance.

If you provide false information on your application, you and your family may be removed from the plan. If you are found to be ineligible for the CDCP, you will be required to repay any amounts claimed for services provided to you under the plan.

The CDCP member eligibility review process allows us to verify the accuracy of these attestations by reviewing documentation, such as tax records (T4/T4A) submitted by employers or pension plan administrators, to demonstrate that CDCP members do not have access to dental coverage.