Child Support

How to use the simplified federal child support tables

NOTE: This document provides general information only. If you want more information about the tables, contact the Department of Justice Canada. This is not a legal document. You may wish to consult a lawyer for advice on how the tables relate to your personal situation.

The Federal Child Support Guidelines include tables of monthly child support amounts for each province and territory, and the rules for calculating the child support amounts. These tables were updated and came into force on May 1, 2006.

These Simplified Tables provide an easy method to determine child support for incomes rounded to the nearest $100. They are based on the Regulation Tables, which give the monthly child support amounts in $1000 increments of income and a percentage to calculate child support amounts between the increments to be added to the base amounts.

THE FOLLOWING STEPS WILL HELP YOU USE THE TABLES:

STEP 1
Determine the total annual income, before taxes, of the person who is paying, or will pay, child support.

Annual income is the money a person earns from employment, self-employment and income from investments. This includes all sources of income identified in your tax return (for example: salary,wages, commissions, Employment Insurance, social assistance). If you are unsure, your Canada Revenue Agency Notice of Assessment (or Re-assessment) may give you an indication of annual income, or please consult the Department of Justice Canada publication, The Federal Child Support Guidelines: Step-by-step. For the purposes of determining child support, round your income amount to the nearest hundred dollar amount.

STEP 2
Determine the amount of child support to be paid.

Once you have identified the income level, look for that value in the Income column of the Simplified Tables. The amount of child support to be paid at that income will be listed under the number of children for whom you are determining child support.