Ontario Supporting Recipients of Disability Benefits

May 27, 2025

• In a time of unprecedented economic uncertainty brought on by U.S. tariffs and trade barriers, our government is taking action to keep costs down and protect Ontario families.
• This starts with safeguarding our most vulnerable, which is why we are exempting the Canada Disability Benefit as income so people who rely on social assistance receive the benefit without seeing any reductions in their social assistance payments.
• The CDB offers up to $200 each month ($2,400 each year) for eligible low-income, working-age Canadians with disabilities. By exempting the CDB, social assistance recipients will be able to fully benefit from the new program.
• Today’s announcement furthers our government’s work to protect families by building a more effective and efficient social assistance system that supports those who need it most.
• This change builds on changes to strengthen social assistance, such as tying ODSP and ACSD rates to inflation and increasing the earnings exemption for people with a disability receiving ODSP.
• Ontario continues to call on the federal government to amend its Income Tax Act so this new benefit has the broadest possible reach.