Backgrounder: Ensuring the Availability of the Canada Child Benefit to Families in Provincial/Territorial Kinship and Close Relationship Programs

The Government of Canada introduced the Canada Child Benefit (CCB) in 2016 to give low- and middle-income families more money each month, tax-free, to help with the cost of raising children. Compared to the old system of child benefits, the CCB is simpler, more generous and better targeted to those who need it most.