How much you could receive

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• Benefit amounts
• Maximum benefit you could receive
• How income affects your benefit amount
• Working income exemption

Benefit amounts

Benefit amounts are based on your adjusted family net income.

Your adjusted family net income is:

• your family net income (line 23600 of your tax return, plus line 23600 of your spouse or common-law partner's tax return (if applicable))
• minus any universal child care benefit (UCCB) and registered disability savings plan (RDSP) income received (line 11700 and line 12500 of your or your spouse or common-law partner's tax return (if applicable))
• plus any UCCB and RDSP amounts repaid (line 21300 and line 23200 of your or your spouse or common-law partner's tax return (if applicable))

Benefit amounts for the July 2025 to June 2026 payment period will be calculated using your adjusted family net income for the 2024 tax year. To be eligible for the benefit, both you and your spouse or common-law partner (if applicable) must have filed your 2024 federal income tax return.

Maximum benefit you could receive

The maximum amount you could receive from July 2025 to June 2026 is $2,400 ($200 per month). This amount will be adjusted for inflation each year to reflect changes in the cost of living. Your benefit payment will not decrease if the cost of living goes down.

When you apply for the Canada Disability Benefit, you might get back payments for past months that you were eligible. You can receive back payments for up to 24 months from when we get your application, but not for any months before July 2025.

How income affects your benefit amount

The Canada Disability Benefit is an income-tested benefit, which means the benefit amount will start to decrease after your adjusted family net income reaches a certain threshold. If your adjusted family net income is considerably above that threshold, your benefit amount will be $0.

How your income affects your benefit amount depends on 3 factors:

• your marital status (whether you are single or have a spouse or common-law partner)
• whether you and/or your spouse or common-law partner (if applicable) have income from employment, self-employment or taxable scholarships (i.e. working income)
• whether you and your spouse or common-law partner (if applicable) are both receiving the benefit

Working income exemption

A certain amount of income from employment, self-employment and taxable scholarships is excluded when calculating your benefit amount. This is called the working income exemption.

If you are single, up to $10,000 of working income will be exempt when calculating your benefit. If you have a spouse or common-law partner, up to $14,000 of combined working income will be exempt.

Earning more than the working income exemption does not necessarily mean that your benefit amount will be reduced.