Child assistance payments
Who benefits?
The Régie des rentes du Québec administers the child assistance measure, which is part of Québec's family policy. Child assistance payments are made to all eligible families who have one or more dependent children under age 18.
Is your family growing?
If your child is born in Québec, you do not have to apply to receive child assistance. When the birth of a child is declared to the Registrar of Civil Status 
, the child is automatically signed up for the child assistance program.
In some situations (adoption, shared custody, change of custody, your family's arrival in Québec, etc.), you will have to file an Application to receive child assistance payments.
Calculation of the amount
- The amount of the child assistance payment varies from one family to another. It is calculated on the basis of the number of children under age 18 who are living with you, your family income, your family situation (single-parent or two-parent) and the number of children in shared custody.
- To enable the Régie to calculate the amount to which you are entitled, you and your spouse must file a Québec income tax return.
Terms of payment
- Child assistance payments are made to only one person per family except in the cases of shared custody and blended families.
- A change in family status may have an effect on the amounts to which you are entitled. If you receive overpayments, you will have to repay the Régie.
You must inform the Régie rapidly if your situation changes:
- your conjugal status
- an application for payments
- a reduction in the number of dependent children
- a child's custody time
- a change in beneficiary
- your status in Canada
- a departure from Québec
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