As part of the Canada Disability Benefit Act, the Government of Canada introduced a new benefit for low- and modest-income persons with disabilities as of May 15, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here are some additional details regarding certain eligibility criteria:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Age requirement:<\/strong> Disability Tax Credit (DTC) eligibility:<\/strong> Benefit amount:<\/strong> All applications for the new benefit must be submitted online using the official application form available on the Government of Canada website :<\/p>\n\n\n\n h<\/a>ttps:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/services\/benefits\/disability\/canada-disability-benefit.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n If you are eligible, you will begin receiving payments the month following approval of your application. Payments are issued on the third Thursday of each month, including retroactive payments where applicable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Retroactive payments may cover up to 24 months prior to the date your application is received, but no earlier than the program start date (July 2025).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As part of the Canada Disability Benefit Act, the Government of Canada introduced a new benefit for low- and modest-income persons with disabilities as of May 15, 2025. Here are some additional details regarding certain eligibility criteria: Age requirement:You must be between 18 and 64 years old. If you are about to turn 18, you…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":36364,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"7588,12767,7531,12766,35585,12765","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[272],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nouvelles-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37376"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37378,"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37376\/revisions\/37378"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
You must be between 18 and 64 years old. If you are about to turn 18, you may apply as early as 17\u00bd years old in order to receive your first payment in the month you turn 18. If you are about to turn 65, you may still receive payments from the program start date up to the month of your 65th birthday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You must already have a valid approval for the Disability Tax Credit (DTC) before applying for the new benefit. If you are already approved for the DTC, you must still complete the application form to request the benefit. Please note that individuals approved for the DTC will not automatically receive the benefit unless they apply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The benefit provides an additional amount of up to $200 per month (depending on your income), which you may receive in addition to your current DTC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n