Canada Child Benefit Increase! What Will Your Monthly CCB Be?

Updated for 2025.

The Canada Child Benefit is one of the most generous government benefits in Canada and it just increased! Unlike many government benefits, the Canada Child Benefit is available to low, moderate, and also some high income families.

The amount you receive from the Canada Child Benefit (CCB) depends on a few factors, one is the taxable net income for the family (line 23600 on your tax return), another is the number of children in the family, and the final factor is the age of each child.

The Canada Child Benefit is an “income tested” government benefit. The higher your taxable net income is, the lower your Canada Child Benefit will be. For some high income families, at a certain level of income the Canada Child Benefit will be reduced to $0. Anyone with income above that income level will not receive any benefit. The tricky thing is that this income level is different depending on the number of children and their ages.

The Canada Child Benefit also changes every year. New benefits start in July and are based on prior years tax return (the first payment of the updated benefit is July 20th).

The Canada Child Benefit also increases with inflation. The new 2025 Canada Child Benefit has increased by 2.7% versus 2024.

So how much Canada Child Benefit can you expect in July? We’ve got a table below that shows the Canada Child Benefit based on family taxable net income (line 23600) in $10,000 increments, so you can figure out generally how much you can expect in July.

The Canada Child Benefit starts at a maximum amount depending on the number of children and the children’s ages. This amount then gets reduced based on the family’s income level.

The new CCB amounts are in the table below. These amounts are the maximum a family would receive for each child if they had taxable net income below $37,487 in 2024.

In 2025 the maximum Canada Child Benefit for children age 0-5 is $7,997 per year or $666.42 per month and for children age 6-17 the maximum amount is $6,748 per year or $562.33 per month. This then gets reduced by the “clawbacks” explained below.