Ontario Child Benefit (OCB)

A monthly Ontario payment of up to $146.66 per child under 18 (up to $1,760 a year) for low- to moderate-income families, paid in the same deposit as the Canada Child Benefit.

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When: No separate application; paid every month. File your taxes every year, even with no income, to keep qualifying.

How to reach them

1. Go to their contact page.
2. Say who you are and what you are offering or asking.
3. Come back here and tell us if they answered.

Other ways, if that one is quiet

• PhoneGo to the phone line
  It workedNo answer

• PhoneCall 1-888-789-4199
  It workedNo answer

Where else they are

Their website is ontario.ca/page/ontario-child-benefit.

Good to know

• For whomOntario families with children under 18 who get the Canada Child Benefit; for July 2026 to June 2027 the full amount goes to families with adjusted family net income up to $26,865, and families above that may get a partial benefit.
• CostFree
• LanguagesEnglish, French
• Their stepsApply for the Canada Child Benefit (when you register your baby's birth, in CRA My Account, or with Form RC66); you are then assessed for the Ontario Child Benefit automatically. File your tax return every year, even if you have no income to declare. The OCB arrives in the same monthly payment as your Canada Child Benefit. Questions: call the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services at 1-888-789-4199.

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