Disability support
These benefits can help with things like income, transportation, or medical expenses if you or someone you know is living with a disability.
- View the Disability benefits compass for more information about the four key disability benefits (including federal benefits) for persons with disabilities in your province or territory.
- View the section on Accessing benefits from our free Making the most of your money online tool to learn how benefits can help increase your income.
Common disability support benefits
Newfoundland and Labrador
Accessible Vehicle Funding can help you get or adapt a personal vehicle for accessibility. The program can give you up to $25,000 in funding.
Maximum $25,000.
Easy application
Newfoundland and Labrador
Are you an adult with a psychiatric, physical or intellectual disability who needs help paying for your board and lodging costs? The Board and Lodging Supplement can help.
Easy application
Newfoundland and Labrador
If your income is $46,500 or less and you need to make changes to your home to make it more accessible, the Home Modification Program (HMP) can give you a forgivable loan up to $7,500 or a repayable loan up to $10,000.
Forgivable loan up to $7,500, Repayable loans up to $10,000.
Easy application
Newfoundland and Labrador
Individualized Living Arrangements (ILAs) provide additional financial help, above the basic income support for adults with an intellectual disability with no other service option and unable to live with their natural family.
Easy application
Newfoundland and Labrador
The Medical Transportation Assistance Program (MTAP) provides financial help to beneficiaries of the Medical Care Plan (MCP) who incur substantial out-of-pocket travel costs to access specialized insured medical services which are not available in their immediate area of residence and/or within the Province.
Easy application
Newfoundland and Labrador
The Newfoundland and Labrador Income Supplement is a refundable tax credit for people living on a low income. A refundable tax credit is an amount that you can get paid even if you don’t owe taxes.
$220 to $450 basic amount, can also include $60 for a spouse, $200 for eligible children, and $200 if you are claiming the Disability Tax Credit.
Easy application
Newfoundland and Labrador
If you need help with daily living activities, the Provincial Home Support Program provides financial help to help you live independently in your home for as long as possible.
Easy application
Newfoundland and Labrador
If you are a person with a disability who needs a high level of home support and you choose to share the cost of a living arrangement and home support staff with another person, this benefit can help. Shared Living Arrangements provide additional financial help, above the basic income support, for home support staff and other related costs provided by the Regional Health Authorities (RHAs).
Easy application
Newfoundland and Labrador
The Special Assistance Program - Medical equipment and supplies will give you basic medical supplies and equipment to help with your daily living activities if you are eligible.
Easy application
Newfoundland and Labrador
If you are caring for a child younger than 18 with a disability, the Special Child Welfare Allowance Program helps you buy items and/or services which are needed due to your child’s disability. The amount of monthly help for your family is determined through a financial needs test.
Easy application
Newfoundland and Labrador
Therapeutic and Professional Services professional staff can help people living with disabilities with a variety of services.
Easy application
Federal
The Canada Caregiver Credit (CCC) is a non-refundable tax credit that can help you if you support a spouse, common-law partner, or a dependent with a physical or mental impairment.
You can claim between $2,350 and $7,525 on your tax return. The amount of the refund you get will be less than that. It depends on the amount of tax you paid during the tax year in which you are claiming this credit.
Easy application
Federal
If you are receiving the Registered Disability Savings Plan (RDSP), this bond is money the Government to contributes to your savings plan if you are living on low-modest income.
Up to $1,000 per year.
Easy application
Federal
If you are receiving the Registered Disability Savings Plan (RDSP), this grant is the amount that the Government pays into your savings plan.
Up to $3,500 per year.
Easy application
Federal
If you are a dependent child under 25 and your parent is living with a disability or they die, you may be able to get a monthly payment from this benefit if your parent was getting Canada Pension Plan benefits. If you live in Quebec, you should refer to the Quebec Pension Plan (QPP) instead, and contact Retraite Québec if you have any questions.
$281.72
Easy application
Federal
This grant helps students with disabilities pay for each year of school.
$4,000 per year.
Easy application
Federal
This supplement is a refundable tax credit which is the second part of the Canada Workers Benefit (CWB).
Up to $1,428
Easy application
Federal
This benefit provides a monthly, tax-free benefit for families who care for a child under age 18 with a severe and prolonged physical or mental disability.
Up to $248.75 per month.
Easy application
Federal
The Multigenerational Home Renovation Tax Credit is a new refundable tax credit for the costs of certain renovation expenses to an eligible dwelling to establish a secondary unit. The secondary unit must allow a senior or an adult who is eligible for the disability tax credit to live with a qualifying relative. This amount may be claimed on your tax return (starting from the 2023 tax return).
You can claim up to $50,000 in qualifying expenditures for each qualifying renovation that is completed. The tax credit is 15% of your costs, up to a maximum of $7,500, for each claim you are eligible to make.
Easy application
Federal
If you have a disability and are having difficulty paying your student loan, you may be eligible for the Repayment Assistance Plan for Borrowers with Disabilities (RAP-D).
Easy application