How much CCB do you qualify?

Calculate your payments

Use the child and family benefits calculator to help plan your budget. (You will be re-directed to CRA site)

Shared custody and your payments

Each parent with shared custody will get 50% of what they would have gotten if they had full custody of the child and the amount is calculated based on their own adjusted family net income.

The CRA will not split the amount using other percentages, or give the full amount to one of the parents if the CRA considers you to have shared custody.

If a child only lives with you part time, go to Custody arrangements and your benefits to find out if you are considered to have shared custody.

Payments are recalculated in July

Every July, your benefit payment is recalculated based on your adjusted family net income from the previous year. CCB is indexed to inflation.

For example, payments from:

July 2023 to June 2024: based on your adjusted family net income from 2022
July 2022 to June 2023: based on your adjusted family net income from 2021

In other words, a change in your income in 2022 will only be reflected in your payments starting in July 2023.

If your payment changed or stopped in another month, go to If your payment stopped or changed.

Related provincial and territorial benefits

Some provinces and territories offer additional assistance to help with the cost of raising a family.

Some of these benefits are added to your CCB payment and paid with it, while others are paid separately.

Select your province or territory:

CCB young child supplement

The CCB young child supplement is paid to families who were entitled to receive a Canada child benefit (CCB) payment in January, April, July or October 2021 for each child under the age of six. The amount you receive depends on your family’s net income in 2019 and 2020. You and your spouse or common-law partner must file your 2019 and 2020 tax returns to get all four payments.

For more information, go to CCB Young Child supplement.

Children with a disability

If your child is eligible for the disability tax credit, you may also be eligible for the child disability benefit.

For the period of July 2023 to June 2024, you could get up to $3,173 ($264.41 per month) for each child who is eligible for the disability tax credit.

Go to Child disability benefit