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Canada Child Benefit 2026-27

Parliament wrote the formula; the CRA indexes it to inflation each July and publishes the amounts. The July 2026 to June 2027 amounts are out, and they follow 2025 income.

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How much is the Canada Child Benefit from July 2026 to June 2027?

$8,157

Up to $8,157 a year ($679.75 a month) for each child under 6 and $6,883 ($573.58) for each child 6 to 17, paid in full to a family with 2025 adjusted family net income under $38,237[1, 2]. Above that, the benefit shrinks.

Status
Announced by the CRA, announced by ESDC on July 20, 2026[1, 2]
Who sets it
The formula is in the Income Tax Act; the CRA indexes it and publishes the amounts[6]
Income used
2025 adjusted family net income[1]
2025-26 maximums
$7,997 and $6,748[3]
Taxable?
No[1]
Checked
October 14, 2026
What each extra dollar of family income costs in benefit, from $38,237 to $82,847A family with two children gives up 13.5% of every extra dollar in this band, before income tax and payroll deductions.
  1. One child[1]7%
  2. Two children[1]13.5%
  3. Three children[1]19%
  4. Four or more children[1]23%
Reduction rates in the CRA’s formula[1].

Canada Revenue Agency

The July 2026 to June 2027 amounts

The most a child brings in a year, 2026-27 beside 2025-26$8,157 for a child under 6, up $160 on last year; $6,883 for a child 6 to 17, up $135.
  1. Child under 6, 2026-27[1, 2]$8,157
  2. Child under 6, 2025-26[3]$7,997
  3. Child 6 to 17, 2026-27[1, 2]$6,883
  4. Child 6 to 17, 2025-26[3]$6,748
Each bar carries the marker of its document.
Canada child benefit July 2026 to June 2027 compared with 2025-26
Item2026-272025-26 for comparison
Maximum, each child under 6$679.75 a month[1, 2]$8,157[1, 2]Announced$7,997[3]
Maximum, each child 6 to 17$573.58 a month$6,883[1, 2]Announced$6,748[3]
Full benefit up to this incomeAdjusted family net income for 2025$38,237[1]Announced$37,487[3]
Second threshold, where the reduction changes$82,847[1]Announced$81,222[3]
Child disability benefit, maximumAdded for each child who qualifies for the disability tax credit$3,480[1, 4]Announced$3,411[3]

The first threshold rose by $750 and the second by $1,625, because the thresholds are indexed with the amounts. The reduction rates did not change.

The second look

How the benefit shrinks as income rises

The rate on the next dollar above $82,847Above $82,847 each extra dollar costs less benefit, because a fixed reduction has already taken most of it.
  1. One child[1]3.2%
  2. Two children[1]5.7%
  3. Three children[1]8%
  4. Four or more children[1]9.5%
Reduction rates in the CRA’s formula[1].

Ottawa’s headline is the maximum, “up to $8,157”. What a family gets is the maximum minus a reduction. From $38,237 to $82,847 of income the benefit is cut by 7% of each extra dollar with one child, 13.5% with two, 19% with three and 23% with four or more. That is a rate on the family’s next dollar, and it comes on top of the income tax and payroll deductions on the same dollar. The calculator shows those.

How the Canada child benefit is reduced, by number of children, July 2026 to June 2027
ChildrenLost per extra dollar, first bandFixed reduction above the second thresholdLost per extra dollar, above it
One child[1]7%$3,1232025-26: $3,061[3]3.2%
Two children[1]13.5%$6,0222025-26: $5,904[3]5.7%
Three children[1]19%$8,4762025-26: $8,310[3]8%
Four or more children[1]23%$10,2602025-26: $10,059[3]9.5%

Payments follow last year’s income. The 2026-27 payments use 2025 income, so a raise in 2025 reaches the benefit only from July 2026[1].

The fixed reduction already taken by $82,847This amount comes off the maximum before the second rate starts.
  1. One child[1]$3,123
  2. Two children[1]$6,022
  3. Three children[1]$8,476
  4. Four or more children[1]$10,260
Fixed amounts in the CRA’s formula[1].

Ottawa’s number, rebuilt

A two-child family, worked from the formula

From the maximum to what the family getsESDC’s example family of two children loses $3,613 of a $15,040 maximum.
  1. Maximum for the two children[1, 2]$15,040
  2. Reduction at the example income[1]$3,613
  3. ESDC says, approximately[2]$11,430
  4. drained.ca’s arithmetic$11,427
ESDC’s example [2]; the other bars are drained.ca’s arithmetic from the CRA formula.

A worked example, in the government’s own numbers. ESDC says a family with a child aged 5 and one aged 9 and $65,000 of income receives approximately $11,430[2]. Our arithmetic from the formula: the two maximums come to $15,040, the reduction is $3,613, and what is left is $11,427. That is drained.ca’s arithmetic, not a CRA figure.

Ottawa’s case. ESDC says the benefit is indexed to inflation and reaches about 3,600,000 families caring for 6,000,000 children, approximately $30 billion a year in tax-free payments[2]. Those are the government’s figures. The family’s own number is the one the formula gives at its income.

The rule

What sets the number

The Act’s base amounts, and what is paid after indexationThe Income Tax Act fixes the base amounts; indexation to the consumer price index lifts them to the amounts paid.
  1. Under 6, in the Act[6]$6,400
  2. Under 6, paid 2026-27[1, 2]$8,157
  3. 6 to 17, in the Act[6]$5,400
  4. 6 to 17, paid 2026-27[1, 2]$6,883
Income Tax Act, s. 122.61[6], and the CRA’s amounts page.

Section 122.61 of the Income Tax Act sets the benefit as a base amount per child, with base thresholds of $30,000 and $65,000. The base amounts are $6,400 for a child under 6 and $5,400 for a child 6 to 17[6]. Each July they are indexed by the change in the consumer price index over the twelve months to September 30 of the base year[6], which is how they become the amounts the CRA pays.

The CRA has not posted its calculation sheet for July 2026 to June 2027: its index of sheets stopped at 2025-26 when we checked on October 14, 2026[7]. The amounts above come from the CRA’s “How much you can get” page; this page will cite the sheet as well when it appears.

Questions people ask

How much is the Canada Child Benefit per child from July 2026 to June 2027?

Up to $8,157 a year ($679.75 a month) for each child under 6 and up to $6,883 a year ($573.58 a month) for each child 6 to 17. The full amount goes to a family with 2025 adjusted family net income under $38,237. In 2025-26 the maximums were $7,997 and $6,748.

Disability

Child disability benefit

The child disability benefit, 2026-27 beside 2025-26Up to $3,480 a year for each child who qualifies for the disability tax credit.
  1. Child disability benefit, 2026-27[1, 4]$3,480
  2. Child disability benefit, 2025-26[3]$3,411
Each bar carries the marker of its document.

A child who qualifies for the disability tax credit adds up to $3,480 a year ($290.00 a month) to the CCB, up from $3,411[1, 3, 4]. It starts to be reduced when adjusted family net income is above $82,847, up from $81,222[3, 4, 5], by 3.2% of the income above that with one eligible child or 5.7% with two or more[4].

The CRA publishes the CCB reduction and the disability benefit reduction separately. This page does not add them into one rate for a family that has both; the CRA’s calculation does that sum.

Another question

What is the CCB income threshold for 2026-27?

The benefit starts to shrink when adjusted family net income for 2025 is above $38,237, up from $37,487 last year. It shrinks faster for each extra dollar until $82,847, and more slowly above that (last year's second threshold was $81,222).

Still to come

What is not out yet

The CCB amounts, year by yearA hollow dot marks an amount the government has not published yet.
  1. ESDC announces the July 2026 to June 2027 amounts; the CRA’s amounts page carries them[1, 2].
  2. July 2026The first payment at the new amounts, based on 2025 income[1].
  3. around Jul 2027The 2027-28 amounts are expected June to July 2027 (2027-28 amounts, 2026 base year)[2, 3].
Each event carries the marker of its document.

Pending The July 2027 to June 2028 amounts are not announced. Expected to be announced June to July 2027 (2027-28 amounts, 2026 base year); this page updates the day it's published.

ESDC announced the 2026-27 amounts on 2026-07-20; CRA's 2025-26 calculation sheet page details date is 2025-06-16.[2, 3]

ESDC announced the 2026-27 amounts on 2026-07-20; CRA's 2025-26 calculation sheet page details date is 2025-06-16. They will follow 2026 income and the same indexation rule. This page shows no estimate: the only 2027-28 figures it will carry are the CRA’s.

What arrives each month, 2026-27The monthly payments are the yearly amounts divided by twelve.
  1. Child under 6[1, 2]$679.75
  2. Child 6 to 17[1, 2]$573.58
  3. Child disability benefit[1, 4]$290.00
Each bar carries the marker of its document.

More questions

How much does the CCB fall for each extra dollar of income?

Between $38,237 and $82,847, the benefit falls by 7% with one child, 13.5% with two children, 19% with three children, 23% with four or more children, of each extra dollar of family income. Above $82,847 the rates drop to 3.2%, 5.7%, 8%, 9.5% for one, two, three and four or more children, on top of a fixed reduction.

Is the Canada Child Benefit taxable?

No. The CRA says CCB payments are not taxable and do not have to be reported on your tax return. Your income still decides how much you get: the payment is set from last year’s adjusted family net income.

Last questions

How much is the child disability benefit in 2026-27?

Up to $3,480 a year ($290.00 a month) for each child who qualifies for the disability tax credit, up from $3,411 in 2025-26. It starts to be reduced when adjusted family net income is above $82,847, by 3.2% of the income above that for one eligible child or 5.7% for two or more.

Where the reduction starts and where it slows, against last yearBoth income thresholds rose from 2025-26.
  1. Reduction starts, 2026-27[1]$38,237
  2. Reduction starts, 2025-26[3]$37,487
  3. Second threshold, 2026-27[1]$82,847
  4. Second threshold, 2025-26[3]$81,222
Each bar carries the marker of its document.

One more

When will the 2027-28 CCB amounts be announced?

Not yet. ESDC announced the 2026-27 amounts on 2026-07-20; CRA's 2025-26 calculation sheet page details date is 2025-06-16. The CRA is expected to publish them June to July 2027 (2027-28 amounts, 2026 base year). They are set by the same formula, indexed to inflation, and will follow 2026 income.

Sources

What this page rests on7 documents from 3 publishers, each one linked in the list below.
  1. Canada Revenue Agency5 documents
  2. Employment and Social Development CanadaNewest published July 20, 20261 document
  3. Department of Justice Canada (Justice Laws Website)1 document
Checked against these documents on October 14, 2026. Read between October 14, 2026 and October 14, 2026.
Show the 7 documents

Each bracketed number on this page links to the document below that contains the figure, with the table, row or section. Checked against these documents on October 14, 2026.

  1. [1]Canada Revenue Agency, How much you can get - Canada child benefit (CCB), last modified October 5, 2026. Where: Section 'Maximum CCB per child' / calculation: 'under 6 years of age: $8,157 per year ($679.75 per month)'; '6 to 17 years of age: $6,883 per year ($573.58 per month)'; 'If your AFNI is under $38,237, you get the maximum amount for each child.'; Reduction formulas, second tier: 'income greater than $82,847'; 'Your total payment is reduced by 7% of your income greater than $38,237.'; 'reduced by 13.5% of your income greater than $38,237'; 'reduced by 19% of your income greater than $38,237'; 'reduced by 23% of your income greater than $38,237'; '$3,123 + 3.2% of your income greater than $82,847'; '$6,022 + 5.7%'; '$8,476 + 8%'; '$10,260 + 9.5%'; 'reduced by $3,123 + 3.2% of your income greater than $82,847'; 'reduced by $6,022 + 5.7% of your income greater than $82,847'; 'reduced by $8,476 + 8% of your income greater than $82,847'; 'reduced by $10,260 + 9.5% of your income greater than $82,847'; 'you could get up to $3,480 ($290 per month) for each child who is eligible for the disability tax credit'; 'a change in your income in 2025 will only be reflected in your payments starting in July 2026'; 'The Canada child benefit (CCB) payments are not taxable'.Note: Also served at /canada-child-benefit-overview/canada-child-benefit-we-calculate-your-ccb.html. The page carries the 2026-27 maximums, thresholds and reduction formulas (it is the CCB amounts page).
  2. [2]Employment and Social Development Canada, Canada Child Benefit payments increasing in 2026-2027, published July 20, 2026. Where: 'up to $8,157 per child under the age of 6'; 'up to $6,883 per child aged 6 to 17'; Release date 'July 20, 2026'; 'will receive approximately $11,430 in 2026-27'; Example: 'adjusted family net income of $65,000'; 'about 3.6 million families caring for 6 million children'; 'approximately $30 billion in annual tax-free payments'.Note: Government news release; secondary to the CRA pages for values, used for the announcement date, families served and the worked example.
  3. [3]Canada Revenue Agency, CCB calculation sheet for the July 2025 to June 2026 payments (2024 base year), last modified June 16, 2025. Where: Step: 'For each qualified dependant under age 6 (enter $7,997 X ___ )'; Step: 'For each qualified dependant aged 6 to 17 (enter $6,748 X ___ )'; 'If your adjusted family net income (AFNI) is $37,487 or less, do not complete Step 1 or Step 2.'; Step 2: '$3,061 + 3.2% of line 10 if you have one child'; Step 2: two children, $5,904 + 5.7%; Step 2: three children, $8,310 + 8%; Step 2: four or more children, $10,059 + 9.5%; CDB line: 'enter $3,411 X ___'; CDB section uses the $81,222 threshold; Page details 2025-06-16; 'If your AFNI is greater than $81,222, complete Step 2'.
  4. [4]Canada Revenue Agency, Child disability benefit, last modified June 15, 2026. Where: 'up to $3,480 ($290.00 per month) for each child who is eligible for the DTC'; 'The benefit starts being reduced when the adjusted family net income is greater than $82,847.'; Reduction paragraph: 3.2% of AFNI greater than $82,847 for one eligible child; 'the reduction is 5.7% of the amount of adjusted family net income greater than $82,847'.
  5. [5]Canada Revenue Agency, CDB guideline table effective July 2026 - June 2027 (2025 base year), last modified June 15, 2026. Where: First row: income under $82,847, $290.00 a month for one dependant.
  6. [6]Department of Justice Canada (Justice Laws Website), Income Tax Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. 1 (5th Supp.), s. 122.61 (Canada child benefit). Where: (1), element E(a): 'multiplying $6,400 by the number of qualified dependants'; (1), element E(b): 'multiplying $5,400 by the number of qualified dependants'; (1), element Q(a)/(b): 'less than or equal to $30,000'; (1), element Q(c) and O: income over $65,000; (5): 'the base taxation year in relation to a particular month is after 2016'.Note: Act current to 2026-09-21, last amended 2026-06-18.
  7. [7]Canada Revenue Agency, Canada child benefit (CCB) calculation sheets, last modified June 16, 2025. Where: Sheets listed only to July 2025 to June 2026 (page details 2025-06-16).Note: Lists sheets only up to July 2025 to June 2026. No July 2026 to June 2027 sheet on this page.

What changed

  • PublishedPublished the Canada Child Benefit page for July 2026 to June 2027.