Canadians will get child benefit cheques this week amid Canada Post strike

Parents who are expecting child benefit payments via mail will still get their cheques delivered on Wednesday, Canada Post and the Canada Revenue Agency has said.

The latest child benefits are going out to Canadian parents this week amid a postal disruption as thousands of Canada Post workers remain on a nationwide strike.

Eligible families who have children under the age of 18 years will receive November payments of the Canada child benefit (CCB) on Wednesday.

Parents who are expecting payments via mail will still get their cheques delivered, Canada Post and the Canada Revenue Agency has said.

“Canada Post has agreed to deliver benefit cheques for the Canada child benefit and related provincial and territorial benefits (including the Alberta child and family benefit) for November 20, 2024,” the CRA says on its website.

The Crown corporation says it has a “special agreement” with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) so that socio-economic cheques can be delivered on Wednesday despite the ongoing labour disruption.

Other government benefit cheques that will continue to be delivered amid the strike include the Canada Pension Plan, Old Age Security, Veterans Affairs Pension Plan, Quebec Pension Plan, Quebec’s Child Assistance as well as Pension Cheques from Alberta Seniors.

The CCB payments are calculated based on the adjusted family net income, as reported in the previous year’s tax return, the number of children and their ages, according to the CRA.

The CCB amounts were increased in July after a routine annual recalculation based on a family’s net income from the previous year and inflation.