After you apply – approved or denied
What happens when your application is approved?
If you qualify, you will receive a letter noting the eligibility decision within 28 calendar days after applying for the benefit. The benefit payment is paid one month after your application is received and approved. If you applied and qualified after the initial eligibility date in June 2025, you will receive payments for the earlier months in which you qualified. There will be no payments for months prior to June 2025.
Benefit amounts are determined by your adjusted family net income. To be eligible for this benefit you must have filed your tax return for the previous year.
Please use the Canada Disability Benefit Estimator to determine how much you will receive if eligible.
What happens if your application is denied?
If you are deemed ineligible you can request a reconsideration. You must submit a request within 180 days of the date of your decision letter. To submit a request for reconsideration you must do the following:
- Print and complete a reconsideration request form
- Drop it off at a Service Canada office or mail it to us at:
Service Canada Centre
CDB Processing Centre
P.O. Box 60
Boucherville, QC J4B 5E6
Reconsiderations should be reviewed within 56 calendar days. Service Canada will review your application, and any new information provided in your request, and send you a decision by mail.
Review other key disability benefits
Please look at the other benefits you may be able to get if you do not already:
Manitoba Supports for Persons with Disabilities
Assured Income and AccessAbility Supports
Social Assistance and the Supplementary Allowance
Saskatchewan Assured Income for Disability
Disability Benefits under the Quebec Pension Plan
Social Solidarity Program and Basic Income Program
Persons with Disabilities designation (BC)
Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped
Canada Pension Plan–Disability benefit
Registered Disability Savings Plan
Explore more benefits
When finished with the four disability benefits, learn about other benefits you can receive.
If you already have the 4 key benefits on this site, you can look for other benefits you may be able to get. Please look at our Benefits Wayfinder tool which will show other disability and non-disability related benefits available.