Income support in Canada
35 income support programmes we could source and date. Sorted so the ones with a published amount come first.
Check which of these you qualify for
33 more income support programmes are on the paid plan, with the amount, the rules, the documents and the steps for each.
- Canada Workers Benefit (CWB)
- Veterans Emergency Fund (Veterans Affairs Canada)
- Alberta Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped (AISH)
- CPP disability benefit
- Allowance and Allowance for the Survivor (age 60-64)
- Canada Pension Plan (CPP) retirement pension
- B.C. Disability Assistance (Persons with Disabilities)
- Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)
- Quebec Social Assistance and Social Solidarity (last-resort financial assistance)
- Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS)
- B.C. Income Assistance
- Canada Disability Savings Bond
- CPP survivor's pension
- Old Age Security (OAS) pension
- Ontario Works (OW)
- EI caregiving benefits
- City of Toronto Welcome Policy (recreation fee subsidy)
- New Brunswick Social Assistance Program
- Canada Disability Benefit (CDB)
- Ontario Guaranteed Annual Income System (GAINS)
- Connecting Families (low-cost Internet for low-income households)
- Resettlement Assistance Program (RAP)
- Alberta Income Support
- City of Calgary Fair Entry (low-income programs access)
- Manitoba Employment and Income Assistance
- Manitoba 55 PLUS (income supplement for low-income Manitobans 55+)
- Saskatchewan Income Support
- Saskatchewan Assured Income for Disability
- Nova Scotia Income Assistance
- Newfoundland and Labrador Income Support
- Prince Edward Island Social Assistance Program
- City of Vancouver Leisure Access Program
- B.C. Senior's Supplement