Personal Tax Returns

In Canada, the lower-income spouse or common-law partner must claim child care expenses in most cases. This is a CRA rule, not a choice. The higher-income earner can only claim under specific exceptions, such as when the lower-income spouse was in school, in prison, or in hospital for a period during the year. Single parents…

If you pay for child care in Canada, you can claim up to $8,000 per child under age 7 and $5,000 per child aged 7 to 16 as a deduction on your tax return. Children with disabilities may qualify for up to $11,000. These deductions reduce your taxable income, which lowers the tax you owe….

Tax deductible Child Care expenses in Canada include daycare fees, nursery school costs, day camp fees, caregivers such as nannies or babysitters, boarding school costs, and certain overnight camp expenses paid to allow parents to work, run a business, or attend school. The Canada Revenue Agency allows the lower income spouse to claim these expenses…

Child care expenses in Canada are tax deductible under the CRA’s Child Care Expense Deduction, which allows eligible parents to reduce their taxable income by the amount they paid for child care during the year. The deduction applies to daycare, nursery school, after-school programs, overnight camps, boarding schools, and other qualifying care arrangements that allowed…

To apply for Employment Insurance in Canada, you must confirm your eligibility, gather your Record of Employment and personal documents, create or log into your My Service Canada Account, complete the online application, and submit it as close to your last day of work as possible. The entire application is completed online through Service Canada’s…

The types of Employment Insurance benefits in Canada cover seven distinct programs including regular benefits, maternity benefits, parental benefits, sickness benefits, compassionate care benefits, family caregiver benefits, and fishing benefits. Each type serves a specific life situation where Canadians temporarily cannot work or earn full income. Service Canada administers all EI benefit types under the…

Employment Insurance in Canada pays 55% of your average insurable weekly earnings up to a maximum of $695 per week for 2026, based on maximum insurable earnings of $65,700. The exact amount you receive depends on your average earnings over the qualifying period, the number of best weeks used in the calculation, and whether you…

Employment Insurance benefits in Canada cover far more than just job loss. The federal EI program provides income replacement for workers who lose their job through no fault of their own, take maternity or parental leave, become too ill to work, or need to care for a critically ill or dying family member. Each benefit…

Employment Insurance in Canada is a federal program that provides temporary income replacement to eligible workers who lose their job, take parental or maternity leave, become sick, or face other qualifying life events. Funded through premiums paid by both employees and employers, EI is administered by Service Canada and covers most employed workers across the…

Applying for the Canada Workers Benefit does not require a separate application form or special registration process with the Canada Revenue Agency. The simplest and most important step to apply for the Canada Workers Benefit is filing your annual income tax return and completing Schedule 6, which automatically calculates your entitlement based on your reported…