AISH payment dates 2026: ADAP and Income Support

AISH payment dates 2026 and January 2027

Alberta publishes one monthly schedule for Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped, the Alberta Disability Assistance Program and Income Support. The official heading uses the abbreviations AISH, ADAP and IS. The table below covers the payments recorded in that shared schedule.

The first row supports January 2026, although the money was issued on 22 December 2025. At the other end, the 22 December 2026 payment supports January 2027. Keep those year boundaries when matching a payment to the month it is meant to cover.

As of this guide’s fixed 12 November 2026 reference point, the next payment is 25 November for December assistance. November support was issued on 27 October. A search for the November payment can therefore mean either money issued in November or assistance covering November.

The general schedule below contains the exact published dates. Its default month column describes the issue month; the separate benefit-month table makes the assistance period explicit. Use the second table when deciding which household bills a particular payment needs to cover.

Match each deposit to its period of assistance

The period of assistance is the month named by Alberta, rather than necessarily the month in which the deposit appears. For example, the February 2026 assistance period is paired with 27 January 2026. That date should not be mistaken for a second January entitlement.

The same distinction applies to spring and summer. April support is listed for 26 March, while July support is listed for 25 June. A calendar reminder can use both parts of the label: the payment date and the assistance month.

Alberta’s schedule also lists intervals between successive payments. These vary, so payments should not be treated as arriving every four weeks. A monthly benefit schedule is different from a fixed 28-day pay cycle, even when several dates happen to fall near one another.

If you save a table for another person, keep the assistance-period column and the checking date with it. A cropped list of dates can obscure what the payment covers. This is particularly easy at Christmas, when the next calendar year’s support is issued in December.

Direct deposit and paper cheques use different timing

Alberta describes monthly payments as occurring four business days before the first of the month. Its direct-deposit wording says benefits are deposited four business days before the first. The explicit schedule remains the reference for the listed date.

For paper cheques, Alberta says benefits are mailed six business days before the first of the month. Mailing is a different event from delivery. Do not describe the direct-deposit date as a guaranteed day on which a paper cheque will arrive at your address.

The source says paper cheques are subject to standard postal delivery times and suggests direct deposit for faster receipt than mail. It also says recipients can speak to a caseworker for help signing up. This guide does not supply a separate estimated delivery duration.

Business days and calendar days are not interchangeable. The words four business days do not mean subtracting four dates from the first of every month. Weekends and the relevant non-working days matter, which is another reason to retain Alberta’s explicit rows.

Use the program’s official route when discussing account details or a payment-method change. SettleCA does not collect bank information or register direct deposit. The source link is included below so the practical next step stays attached to the responsible government service.

AISH, ADAP and Income Support remain separate programs

AISH means Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped. ADAP means Alberta Disability Assistance Program. Income Support is also included in the same Alberta payment-date page. These are the program names used by the supplied source, rather than three names for a single entitlement.

The shared schedule answers when listed assistance is issued. It does not establish which program someone qualifies for, the amount they receive, or whether their application has been approved. Those questions need the relevant program information and the person’s own case record.

No verified AISH, ADAP or Income Support rate table was supplied for this guide. Check the official program guidance for current amounts and personal circumstances. A maximum from Ontario disability assistance or the federal Canada Disability Benefit cannot fill that gap.

The federal Canada Disability Benefit has its own calendar and payment rules. A payment with disability in its name should not automatically be treated as an AISH or ADAP deposit. Keep the agency, program name and assistance period with each entry in a household budget.

Alberta’s child and family benefit is another separate program. The checked ACFB source says receiving AISH or Income Support does not prevent ACFB eligibility and that ACFB does not affect those benefits. That statement concerns ACFB and should not be broadened to every possible payment.

Plan around November and December issue dates

Alberta specifically advises recipients to plan ahead and adjust the timing of monthly bills if needed. A useful first step is to write December assistance beside the 25 November issue date. That makes clear why a November bank entry may need to last into December.

January 2027 assistance is listed for 22 December 2026. This is a confirmed row in the checked Alberta source, rather than a forecast for the new year. Keep it separate from a claim that the full 2027 schedule has been published.

The interval from 25 November to 22 December can be calculated from the listed dates. Such arithmetic describes the gap between those two rows; it does not create an additional entitlement or determine what a particular recipient will receive.

When comparing assistance with CCB or ACFB, keep a separate line for each program. CCB is monthly and ACFB is paid in quarterly instalments, while the Alberta assistance schedule issues support before its assistance month. Combining the labels can make a budget harder to follow.

If an expected amount differs from your own record, the public calendar cannot explain the difference. It is useful for checking dates and periods, while your caseworker can address the individual payment. Keep that distinction when deciding which question to ask.

What to do when a payment does not match expectations

Begin by confirming the program and period of assistance. A payment expected for December should be checked against 25 November 2026. The fact that no second deposit appears during December does not, by itself, show that the December assistance payment is missing.

Next, distinguish a direct deposit from a cheque sent by mail. Alberta’s source gives different timing for those methods. If you are looking for a cheque, do not apply the direct-deposit wording as a delivery promise.

Alberta directs readers to their caseworker or the Alberta Supports Contact Centre. The number in the supplied payment-date source is 1-877-644-9992, toll-free in Alberta. Use that official contact route for a case-specific question.

The source does not set a universal five- or ten-working-day wait for missing Alberta assistance. Those figures appear in separate federal benefit guidance. This page does not import them into AISH, ADAP or Income Support as if Alberta had published them.

Have the assistance month and listed issue date available when describing the problem. You do not need to send SettleCA a SIN, account number or statement. This guide is a public calendar explanation and cannot inspect a private government case.

January 2027 is published; later assistance dates are not

The checked schedule reaches January 2027 assistance through the 22 December 2026 issue date. February 2027 and later assistance dates are not published in the supplied Alberta record. This guide leaves those dates open instead of extending a pattern into a promise.

The general four-business-day description can help explain the schedule, but it is not a substitute for a new official table. A calculated future date could be mistaken for an announced date. Follow Alberta’s source when looking for later periods.

There is a weekday error in the January 2027 row: Alberta labels 22 December 2026 as Wednesday. Python calendar arithmetic confirms it is Tuesday. This guide retains 22 December and uses Tuesday, with this note making the correction visible.

That correction changes the weekday label, not the published payment date. It does not move the payment to 23 December. When comparing the two pages, use the complete numeric date to understand the discrepancy.

Other jurisdictions have different publication coverage. BC’s source includes a full 2027 schedule, while exact federal 2027 benefit dates are absent from the checked Canada.ca calendar. A published BC row does not supply a missing Alberta row.