Benefit Programs and Other Services

About Benefit Programs and Other Services

The CCRA's work in the Benefit Programs and Other Services business line plays an important role in the efforts of federal, provincial, and territorial governments to provide support to families and children and to help reduce the depth of child poverty, by providing Canadians with income-based benefits and other services that contribute directly to their economic and social well-being. We administer four federal programs: the Canada Child Tax Benefit (CCTB), the Goods and Services Tax/Harmonized Sales Tax (GST/HST) credit, Children's Special Allowances, and the disability tax credit. In addition, we leverage our federal delivery infrastructure to administer a range of on-going benefits and one-time payment programs on behalf of the provinces and territories. In all, we issue over $11 billion in tax-free benefit payments to over 10 million low- and moderate-income Canadians.

Other services in this business line include issuing rulings for the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and Employment Insurance (EI) programs, administering the Refund Set-Off program, supplying information to federal, provincial, and territorial partners to support the delivery of their programs, and administering sales taxes for some First Nations. We also account to jurisdictions for our efforts on their behalf.

Date modified:

2003-10-29