Canada Child Benefit Payment Dates

The Canada Child Benefit (CCB) is a tax-free monthly payment provided to eligible Canadian families to help with the cost of raising children under 18 years of age. In 2025, the benefit is expected to provide up to $7,437 annually per child under 6 years old and up to $6,275 annually per child aged 6 to 17, with amounts adjusted for inflation. The payment is based on the adjusted family net income, with higher-income families receiving reduced amounts. To be eligible, families must be Canadian residents for tax purposes and apply through the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) if not automatically enrolled after the birth of a child. For the latest details, visit the CRA website.

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 2025 to June 2026: based on your adjusted family net income from 2024
• July 2024 to June 2025: based on your adjusted family net income from 2023
• July 2023 to June 2024: based on your adjusted family net income from 2022

In other words, a change in your income in 2023 will only be reflected in your payments starting in July 2025.

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

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 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 2024 to June 2025, you could get up to $3,322 ($276.83 per month) for each child who is eligible for the disability tax credit.

Go to Child disability benefit

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

Canada Child Benefit 2026

• January 20, 2026
• February 20, 2026
• March 20, 2026
• April 20, 2026
• May 20, 2026
• June 19, 2026
• July 20, 2026
• August 20, 2026
• September 18, 2026
• October 20, 2026
• November 20, 2026
• December 11, 2026

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.

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