The Disability Tax Credit by province and territory
The application is federal and identical everywhere. What changes is how it interacts with your province's own disability programs, and what the approval is worth once it is granted.
The thing most people get wrong, in both directions:
Your province's disability program and the federal DTC are, in almost every jurisdiction, entirely separate. Being on one does not grant the other. The CRA says so directly: eligibility "is not impacted by the receipt of other federal or provincial benefits".
But the provincial tax amount works the opposite way. Once your federal application is approved, the CRA automatically adjusts your returns to include both the federal and provincial disability amounts. There is no separate provincial application anywhere in Canada.
- AlbertaDisability Income Assistance, comprising Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped and the Alberta Disability Assistance Program (AISH and ADAP). Has a documented connection to the DTC.
- British ColumbiaDisability assistance, accessed through the Persons with Disabilities designation (PWD). No documented connection found.
- ManitobaManitoba Supports for Persons with Disabilities. No documented connection found.
- New BrunswickSocial Assistance Program. No documented connection found.
- Newfoundland and LabradorIncome Support, plus the Newfoundland and Labrador Disability Benefit (NLDB). Has a documented connection to the DTC.
- Northwest TerritoriesIncome Assistance for Seniors and Persons with Disabilities (IASPD). No documented connection found.
- Nova ScotiaIncome Assistance, under Employment Support and Income Assistance (ESIA). No documented connection found.
- NunavutIncome Assistance Program. No documented connection found.
- OntarioOntario Disability Support Program (ODSP). No documented connection found.
- Prince Edward IslandSocial Assistance Program, and AccessAbility Supports (AAS). No documented connection found.
- QuebecProgramme de solidarite sociale, the Social Solidarity Program. No documented connection found.
- SaskatchewanSaskatchewan Assured Income for Disability (SAID). No documented connection found.
- YukonYukon Social Assistance, with the Yukon Supplementary Allowance (YSA). Has a documented connection to the DTC.
We have deliberately not put the provincial amounts side by side. Each jurisdiction multiplies its amount by its own lowest tax rate, so the base figures are not comparable and a league table would mislead. Each amount appears on its own page with that caveat. How the amounts actually work.
Source for the automatic adjustment and the eligibility statement: CRA Guide RC4064, read 2 August 2026.