The amount of Canada Workers Benefit (CWB) you could receive depends on your income and your province or territory of residence.

The amount of Canada Workers Benefit (CWB) you could receive depends on your income and your province or territory of residence.

On this page

• Maximum basic amount of the benefit

• Maximum amount of the supplement for disabled persons

• How we calculate your refundable ACT tax credit

• Calculating the amount of the advance on your payments

• How we determine the beneficiary for married or common-law partners for advance payments

• Changes in your life that affect the advance of payments

• Dates of advance payments

Maximum basic amount of the benefit

The maximum basic amount of the ACT for 2024 is as follows:

$1,590 for a single person:

The amount gradually decreases once your adjusted net income exceeds $26,149. You are not entitled to the basic amount if your adjusted net income is greater than $36,749.

$2,739 for a family:

The amount gradually decreases once the adjusted net family income exceeds $29,833. Your family is not eligible for the basic amount if your adjusted net family income is over $48,093.

The maximum basic amount of the ACT differs for residents of Quebec, Nunavut, and Alberta.

Maximum amount of the supplement for disabled persons

The maximum amount of the supplement for disabled persons is as follows:

$821 for a single person:

The ACT disability supplement gradually decreases once your adjusted net income exceeds $36,748. You are not eligible for the disability supplement if your adjusted net income exceeds $42,222.

$821 for a family:

The amount of the ACT disability supplement gradually decreases once adjusted net family income exceeds $48,091. Your family is not eligible for the disability supplement if one spouse is eligible for the disability tax credit and your adjusted net family income exceeds $53,565, or if both spouses are eligible for the disability tax credit and your adjusted net family income exceeds $59,038.

The maximum amount of the disability supplement differs for residents of Quebec and Nunavut.

How we calculate your refundable ACT tax credit

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) uses all of the following information to calculate your ACT amount:

• civil status – eligible spouse ;

• the province or territory of residence;

• the income from work that you have earned;

• adjusted net family income;

• eligible dependents ;

• eligibility for the tax credit for disabled persons.

Calculation of the advance on your payments

If you are eligible for the Canada Workers Benefit (CWB), you will receive up to 50% of your advance payments through the Canada Workers Benefit Advance (CWBA). Additionally, if you are eligible for the Disability Supplement, you will also receive 50% of that supplement amount with your advance payments.

You must be a resident of Canada on the first day of the quarter to be eligible for advance payments.

You can estimate the amount of your payments using the child and family benefits calculator .

Note : You must enter the information that corresponds to your situation on December 31 as shown in your income tax and benefit return.

Who will be the beneficiary of the advance payments in the case of married spouses or common-law partners?

Only one of the spouses will receive the advance payments for the family.

If neither spouse is entitled to the disability supplement

For couples, the basic advance payment amount is sent to the spouse with the higher employment income. If both members of the couple have the same employment income, the basic advance payment amount is paid to the person who filed their income tax return first.

If one or both spouses are entitled to the disability supplement

If you and your spouse are both entitled to advance payments and one of you is also entitled to the disability tax credit, the person with a disability will receive the basic amount of the advance payments for the family and its disability supplement.

If you and your spouse are both eligible for advance payments and the disability tax credit, only one of you will receive the basic AACT family amount, but each will receive their own disability supplement.

Life changes that affect the advance of payments

The only life events that affect the advance of payments are death, incarceration, or emigration.

If another change occurs in your situation (such as a change in marital status or eligible dependents, or a change of address), it will not be taken into account in the advance of your payments, unless you request a new assessment and the amount of the ACT is changed.

Circumstances that change your eligibility for advance payments

You are no longer eligible for advance payments for the benefit year if:

• you are incarcerated for a period of 90 consecutive days or more;

• You emigrated from Canada.

However, you are still entitled to payments for the periods preceding the event.

A deceased person is not entitled to advance payments.

A person who died before July 1st of the benefit year is not entitled to advance payments.

If eligibility changes during a quarter, this will not affect the amount of the advance payment for the current quarter.

Dates of advance payments

The advance payments will be made:

• July 12

• October 12

• January 12

If the payment date falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or federal holiday, the payment will be made on the last business day before that date.

If you do not receive your payment on the scheduled date, please wait 10 business days before contacting the CRA.

Go to My Account to find out the date of your next payment or sign up to receive benefit and credit payment reminders about one week before the payment is issued.