Hardship Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Rate Table

Effective: May 1, 2022

The asterisk indicates the most recent rate table changes

Hardship Support Allowance for Persons with Disabilities

Family Unit Composition	Age of Applicant or Recipient	Maximum Amount of Support Allowance
Sole applicant/recipient and no dependent children	Applicant/recipient is a person with disabilities	$983.50
Sole applicant/recipient and one or more dependent children	Applicant/recipient is a person with disabilities	$1,133.50
Two applicants/recipients and no dependent children	One applicant/recipient is a person with disabilities, the other is not a person with disabilities and is under 65 years of age	$1,378.50
Two applicants/recipients and no dependent children	Both applicants/recipients are persons with disabilities	$1,853.50
Two applicants/recipients and no dependent children	One applicant/recipient is a person with disabilities, the other is not a person with disabilities but is 65 or more years of age	$1,628.50
Two applicants/recipients and one or more dependent children	One applicant/recipient is a person with disabilities, the other is not a person with disabilities and is under 65 years of age	$1,478.50
Two applicants/recipients and one or more dependent children	Both applicants/recipients are persons with disabilities	$1,953.50
Two applicants/recipients and one or more dependent children	One applicant/recipient is a person with disabilities, the other is not a person with disabilities but is 65 or more years of age	$1,728.50

Note:

All rates are monthly.
An additional Transportation Supplement is provided to a person with the Persons with Disabilities designation as $52 in cash or as an in-kind bus pass.
In addition to the support allowance, families may also receive a monthly payment for each child under 19 years of age. For more information, see Child Benefits Top-up Supplement.
*If actual shelter costs are less than the minimum shelter allowance, the minimum shelter allowance will be provided.
*Minimum shelter allowance increments continue to increase by an additional $25 for each additional dependant after unit size 7.
Maximum shelter allowance increments continue to increase by an additional $50 for each additional dependant after unit size 7.

This webpage was last updated: May 1, 2022