Canada benefit payment dates 2026: full calendar

Month-by-month Canada benefit payment dates 2026

The calendar below lists the dates contained in the checked federal and provincial source records. It includes monthly and quarterly benefits, the one-time GST/HST top-up and the provincial payments that are issued before the month they support. Each entry identifies its program.

The table is organised by the date money is issued, not by the month the benefit covers. That distinction matters particularly for Ontario Works, AISH and BC assistance. A November payment can support December, while an OAS November payment sits in the monthly pension schedule.

Every weekday is calculated from the published date. The date itself is transcribed from the source, rather than inferred from a general payment pattern. Where a source has not published a date, the calendar says so instead of filling the gap.

January 2026 Ontario Works was scheduled for 31 December 2025, while January 2026 AISH was scheduled for 22 December 2025. Those two earlier issue dates are recorded in the provincial section below. They do not appear as January 2026 deposits in the month-by-month table.

January 2026

February 2026

March 2026

April 2026

May 2026

June 2026

July 2026

August 2026

September 2026

October 2026

November 2026

December 2026

Federal pensions and disability payments

CPP, OAS, GIS and the two OAS Allowances share the same payment dates in 2026. Their common next date is 26 November, followed by 22 December. Keep the program names separate when recording amounts because the same calendar does not mean the benefits have the same calculation.

CPP dates cover retirement, disability, children’s and survivor benefits. The retirement pension maximum at age 65 was $1,507.65 monthly in January 2026, while the average at age 65 was $858.34 in July. Neither benchmark tells you the amount of a different CPP benefit.

October–December OAS maximums are $762.50 monthly at ages 65–74 and $838.75 at 75 and over. GIS and the Allowances have separate income-tested categories. The OAS guide explains those categories and keeps the verified $93,454 recovery-tax threshold labelled as a 2025 income figure.

The Canada Disability Benefit has a different monthly schedule, with 19 November and 17 December still ahead as of 12 November. Its July 2026–June 2027 monthly maximum is $204.20. Do not confuse this program with the child disability benefit described in the CCB guide.

The calendar also includes the veteran disability pension and Newfoundland and Labrador disability benefit dates from the federal source. No unverified amount or eligibility checklist is added for those programs. Their official calendar rows are included so the all-program schedule is complete within the supplied facts.

CRA benefits, GST/HST and the CGEB transition

The GST/HST credit was replaced by the Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit in July 2026. January 5 and April 2 belong to the old name; July 3 and October 5 belong to CGEB. A separate one-time GST/HST top-up was issued on June 5.

The verified CGEB guidance says the benefit amount increased by 25 per cent in July 2026, lasting from 2026 to 2031. Keep the rename and increase together when comparing older statements with current information. There are not two continuing quarterly benefits to add together after July.

CCB is monthly and its final 2026 date is 11 December. ACFB is separately scheduled in February, May, August and November, with its remaining 2026 date on 27 November. The fact that CRA administers both does not make their payment days the same.

The Advanced Canada workers benefit has three dates in the 2026 source: 12 January, 10 July and 9 October. All have passed as of this guide’s build reference date. No exact 2027 advance date is confirmed in the checked calendar.

Ontario Trillium Benefit has a remaining 2026 date on 10 December. The source distinguishes monthly payments from a single payment for some entitlements. Seeing a monthly date in this calendar does not establish that every eligible person should receive a deposit that month.

Provincial assistance: benefit month versus deposit month

ODSP’s published rule is the last business day of the month, with December potentially earlier. The checked table lists 30 November for November 2026, but December 2026 remains unposted. The September date is 29 September in the source, and that explicit date is retained rather than recalculated.

Ontario Works normally pays on the last business day of the previous month. Its December 2026 benefit payment is listed for 30 November 2026. The provincial source has not published a January 2027 date; a City of Toronto schedule should only be described as Toronto-specific.

AISH, ADAP and Alberta Income Support share the checked schedule. The December 2026 benefit payment is 25 November, and January 2027 is listed for 22 December 2026. February 2027 onward is not published in the supplied schedule.

Alberta describes direct deposits as four business days before the first of the month and cheques as mailed six business days before. Use the actual published dates for planning. The source labels 22 December 2026 as Wednesday, but the date is a Tuesday; this calendar shows Tuesday.

BC income and disability assistance are paid on 18 November for December 2026 and 16 December for January 2027. Unlike the federal calendar, the supplied BC page also publishes a 2027 schedule. A published provincial date should not be confused with an unpublished federal date.

The rows below keep these benefit-month labels visible. If you compare a December entitlement with a November bank statement, the apparent mismatch may simply be the way the program schedules assistance. Read both labels before deciding a payment is missing.

ODSP

Ontario Works

AISH, ADAP and Income Support

BC income and disability assistance

Dates are not personal payment amounts

A calendar answers when a program issues payments; it cannot establish your entitlement. Some benefits use contributions, others use age, family circumstances, income or provincial eligibility rules. A listed date does not mean every person in Canada receives that payment.

Use the dedicated amount guidance for the period you mean. CCB and CGEB amounts quoted here cover July 2026 to June 2027 using 2025 income information, while the OAS figures cover October to December 2026. Mixing these periods can make a comparison misleading.

For an individual budget, use the payment amount in your own benefit record. Keep the program name, benefit period, issue date and actual receipt together. This is a practical record-keeping suggestion, rather than an entitlement rule or financial advice.

The Canada Carbon Rebate is closed. The verified last payments were 15 January and 22 April 2025. There is no upcoming 2026 Carbon Rebate date to include in the regular calendar or treat as money still due under an ongoing schedule.

Late payments: use the correct waiting period

The federal benefits calendar says payments are issued on the listed dates but may take a few days to arrive. Posted cheques may take longer than direct deposit. Its general guidance is to wait five to ten business days before contacting the program.

CRA’s program footnotes are more specific: CCB and ACFB say to wait five working days; GST/HST, CGEB, OTB, ACWB and Newfoundland and Labrador disability benefit say ten working days. Keep the waiting guidance beside the program instead of applying one number to everything.

Before following up, check the full date and whether the row refers to the payment month or the benefit month. Confirm which program you are asking about. If two benefits share a date, that does not establish which one a particular bank entry represents.

Use official program channels when a payment remains missing after the applicable waiting period. SettleCA cannot trace a cheque, access a tax return or change a payment record. No private identifier or banking information needs to be sent to use this calendar.

Holidays, year-end planning and unpublished 2027 dates

Bank closures and provincial public holidays are related but different calendars. Remembrance Day is a bank closure even where it is not a provincial employment-standards holiday. Keep this distinction in mind when counting working days around a missing payment.

Do not derive a new benefit date from a holiday alone. A government can publish an earlier issue date, but the holiday rule is not a substitute for that announcement. The explicit December CPP, OAS and CCB dates are already included in the verified 2026 schedule.

Canada.ca hasn’t published the 2027 dates yet. We’ll add them when it does. This applies to the checked federal benefit calendar. The published Alberta January 2027 benefit date and BC 2027 assistance schedule are separately labelled provincial information.

If you save or print this calendar, keep its checking date with it. Facts were checked on 11 November 2026 and next-payment cards are calculated as of 12 November. They are not a live status feed and do not move forward automatically when you open the page later.