Your Needs: Financial assistance

Family and Citizens

• Canada Child Tax Benefit 
  This benefit is a monthly payment made to eligible families to help them with the cost of raising children under age 18. The National Child Benefit Supplement offsets the difference between the amount to which families may be entitled and the amount they actually receive.
• Child assistance 
  The Québec government has been paying child assistance since January 2005 in order to help out families. This measure has two components: the child assistance payment  and the supplement for handicapped children .
• Québec Parental Insurance Plan
  The Québec Parental Insurance Plan is an income replacement plan that pays benefits to eligible parents following the birth or adoption of a child and helps to better reconcile work and family responsibilities.