Canada child benefit - Overview
Notice to the reader
Proposed changes to Canada child benefit payments are expected in July 2018, based on the Fall Economic Update.
Overview
The Canada child benefit (CCB) is a tax-free monthly payment made to eligible families to help them with the cost of raising children under 18 years of age. The CCB might include the child disability benefit and any related provincial and territorial programs.
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) uses information from your income tax and benefit return to calculate how much your CCB payments will be. To get the CCB, you have to file your return every year, even if you did not have income in the year. If you have a spouse or common-law partner, they also have to file a return every year.
Benefits are paid over a 12-month period from July of one year to June of the next year. Your benefit payments will be recalculated every July based on information from you and your spouse’s (if applicable) income tax and benefit returns from the previous year. If any of your information from the following list changes during the year, we will recalculate your benefit the month after the change occurs.
Note
If you were eligible for the months and years before July 1, 2016, the CRA will pay you:
- a lump-sum payment for the Canada child tax benefit
- a lump-sum payment for the universal child care benefit
If you are entitled to the universal child care benefit, the CRA will issue an RC62, universal child care benefit statement by the end of February, on behalf of Employment and Social Development Canada.
When is your next CCB payment?
Go to benefit payment dates to find out when the next payments will be made. If you want to know how much your next CCB payment will be and when you'll get it, go to My Account or go to mobile apps and select "MyBenefits CRA".
You can also subscribe to our electronic mailing list to get an email reminder before we issue each payment.
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