CCB young child supplement

This program has ended December 31, 2021.

To get retroactive payment for the CCBYCS, you and your spouse or common law partner if applicable must have a filed and assessed 2019 and 2020 tax and benefit return before December 31, 2023. No retroactive payments will be issued after this date.

The CCB young child supplement (CCBYCS) provided up to four tax-free payments in 2021 to families with children under the age of six to help pay for a wide range of expenses. Families were entitled to receive up to $1,200 per child under the age of six.

• Who can get the CCBYCS
• How much you can get
• Payments

Who can get the CCBYCS

You had to be entitled to receive the Canada child benefit (CCB) for a child under the age of six in January, April, July or October 2021 to receive the CCBYCS.

An amount was payable for January, April, July or October 2021 if the child was under the age of six at the beginning of that month.

For example:

• If your child turned six sometime in January 2021 and you were entitled to receive the CCB for that child, you were entitled to receive the CCBYCS for this child for January 2021 but not afterwards.
• If your child was born sometime in January 2021, you were not entitled to receive the CCB for that child for that month. Therefore, you were not entitled to receive a quarterly CCBYCS payment for this child for January 2021. However, you could be entitled to receive the April, July and October 2021 payments.

You do not need to apply to receive the retroactive payments for CCBYCS. However, you and your spouse or common-law partner must have a filed and assessed 2019 and 2020 income tax and benefit returns before December 31, 2023 to get all the payments you are entitled to.

How much you can get

If you were entitled to receive the CCB in January 2021 for a child under the age of six, you can expect to receive:

• $300 per child if your family net income for 2019 was $120,000 or less
• $150 per child if your family net income for 2019 was more than $120,000

If you were entitled to receive the CCB in April 2021 for a child under the age of six, you can expect to receive:

• $300 per child if your family net income for 2019 was $120,000 or less
• $150 per child if your family net income for 2019 was more than $120,000

If you were entitled to receive the CCB in July 2021 for a child under the age of six, you can expect to receive:

• $300 per child if your family net income for 2020 was $120,000 or less
• $150 per child if your family net income for 2020 was more than $120,000

If you were entitled to receive the CCB in October 2021 for a child under the age of six, you can expect to receive:

• $300 per child if your family net income for 2020 was $120,000 or less
• $150 per child if your family net income for 2020 was more than $120,000

Parents who share custody each got half of the CCBYCS for each child under the age of six based on their own family net income.

Agencies that received children’s special allowances (CSA) payments also received the CCBYCS equivalent payments of $300 for each child under the age of six for whom the CSA was paid.

Payments

These payments were issued separately from the CCB payments.

If your situation changes, let the CRA know as soon as possible.