Income assistance payment dates

Last updated on September 29, 2025

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Income and disability assistance payments are issued on a monthly basis.

The next payment date is October 22, 2025.

2025 schedule

January 15, 2025 (for February 2025)
February 19, 2025 (for March 2025)
March 19, 2025 (for April 2025)
April 16, 2025 (for May 2025)
May 21, 2025 (for June 2025)
June 25, 2025 (for July 2025)
July 23, 2025 (for August 2025)
August 27, 2025 (for September 2025)
September 24, 2025 (for October 2025)
October 22, 2025 (for November 2025)
November 19, 2025 (for December 2025)
December 17, 2025 (for January 2026)

2026 schedule

January 21, 2026 (for February 2026)
February 25, 2026 (for March 2026)
March 25, 2026 (for April 2026)
April 22, 2026 (for May 2026)
May 27, 2026 (for June 2026)
June 24, 2026 (for July 2026)
July 29, 2026 (for August 2026)
August 26, 2026 (for September 2026)
September 23, 2026 (for October 2026)
October 21, 2026 (for November 2026)
November 18, 2026 (for December 2026)
December 16, 2026 (for January 2027)

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Apply for income or disability assistance
Receive and reply to messages about your case
Make service requests
Track the status of your requests
Submit your monthly report without having to go to an office
Find out what you are eligible to receive on the next payment date
Track your annual earnings exemption if you are on disability assistance

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Filing your income tax is an easy way to get tax benefits from the government. Receiving tax benefits doesn’t affect your assistance.

You may owe money to the government if you are no longer on assistance and received:

Hardship assistance you have to pay back
Money for assistance you didn’t qualify for
Repayable money or supplements, such as a security deposit

Find out how to pay a debt to the government.

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