Canada Child Benefit payment dates

The CRA makes Canada child benefit (CCB) payments on the following dates:

Canada child benefit2022

• October 20, 2022
• November 18, 2022
• December 13, 2022

Canada child benefit2023

• January 20, 2023
• February 20, 2023
• March 20, 2023
• April 20, 2023
• May 19, 2023
• June 20, 2023
• July 20, 2023
• August 18, 2023
• September 20, 2023
• October 20, 2023
• November 20, 2023
• December 13, 2023

You will not receive a monthly payment if your total benefit amount for the year is less than $240. Instead, you will receive one lump sum payment with your July payment.

Go to My Account to see your next payment.

If you don’t receive your CCB payment on the expected payment date, please wait 5 working days before you contact us.

The CCB Young Child Supplement (CCBYCS) has a different payment schedule. For more information, go to CCBYCS payment dates.

First payment

You should receive your first payment:

• within 8 weeks of our receiving your application online
• within 11 weeks of sending your application by mail

Payments stopped or changed

1) Your payment may have stopped because:

• you didn’t file your tax return
• you didn’t respond to a letter from the CRA about your situation
• you didn’t inform the CRA of a change in:
  • your address
  • your bank account
• you were married, divorced or had another change in your marital status
• your income is now too high (recalculation happens every July, based on your income from the previous year, indexed to inflation)
• your child turned 18
• you no longer have a child in your care
• you stopped meeting any of the eligibility criteria, including residency and citizenship requirements
• You, your spouse or common-law partner are missing a statement of world income

Make sure to tell the CRA if your situation changes.

2) Your payment may have changed for the following reasons:

• your family net income changed (we recalculate payments every July, based on income from the previous year, indexed to inflation)
• your marital status changed
• the number of children in your care changed
• your child turned 6
• one of your children turned 18
• one of your children is no longer in your care
• your custody arrangement changed

Consult your benefit notice in My Account for details of your calculation.