Canada Child Benefit increased two years ahead of schedule
Quick facts
Across Canada, CCB payments worth $23.7 billion benefit nearly 3.7 million Canadian families.
Over 870,000 families in Quebec received nearly $5.5 billion from the CCB in the 2017–18 benefit year.
The CCB has helped lift more than half a million people—including 300,000 children—out of poverty.
The CCB will now have a maximum annual benefit of $6,496 per child under age 6 and $5,481 per child aged 6 through 17 years.
Examples:
For a single parent earning $35,000 with two children, the accelerated indexation of the CCB will contribute nearly $600 towards the increasing costs of raising their children for the 2019–20 benefit year.
A single working parent who has two children (one child under 6 and one child aged 6–17) and who earns $30,000 a year receives almost $12,000 in benefits for the 2018–19 benefit year. This is about $3,000 more than they would have received under the previous system of child benefits.
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