Apply for the Yukon Child Benefit through the Canada Child Benefit: up to $80.50 per month per child, paid together with the CCB, with the benefit reduced once family income passes $35,000.
Applies in: Yukon
The Yukon Child Benefit is a top-up paid on top of the federal Canada Child Benefit (CCB) to families living in Yukon. It is not a separate program with a separate application: the Canada Revenue Agency administers it for the Government of Yukon, and one CCB application covers both. This guide is the application walkthrough: who qualifies, how much it pays, how the income reduction works, the three ways to apply, and what to do after you apply. It is process information only, not tax advice. Every figure comes from the Canada Revenue Agency and Government of Yukon pages cited inline.
The Yukon Child Benefit rides on the CCB, so the first test is the CCB test. To get the CCB, you must meet all of these conditions: you must live with the child, and the child must be under 18 years of age; you must be the person primarily responsible for the care and upbringing of the child; you must be a resident of Canada for tax purposes; and you or your spouse or common-law partner must be a Canadian citizen, a permanent resident, a protected person, a temporary resident who has lived in Canada throughout the previous 18 months and who has a valid permit in the 19th month, or an individual registered or entitled to be registered under the Indian Act, according to Canada Revenue Agency, Booklet T4114, Canada Child Benefit.
"Primarily responsible for the care and upbringing" means you are responsible for supervising the child's daily activities and needs, making sure the child's medical needs are met, and arranging for child care when necessary, on the same page. When a child lives with a female parent in the home, the female parent is usually considered primarily responsible and should apply — but if the other parent is primarily responsible, they can apply, attaching a signed letter from the female parent stating that the other parent is primarily responsible for all the children in the household, on the same page. Only one CCB payment is allowed per family each month, on the same page.
You can apply even if your current adjusted family net income is too high — the CRA calculates your amount every July based on your adjusted family net income for the previous year, on the same page. Apply as soon as your child is born, a child starts to live with you, you begin a new shared custody arrangement, or you or your spouse or common-law partner meet the eligibility conditions, on the same page.
The Yukon child benefit is a non-taxable amount paid monthly to help low- and modest-income families with the cost of raising children under 18 years of age, and these amounts are combined with the CCB into a single monthly payment, according to Canada Revenue Agency, Yukon. You may be entitled to a benefit of $80.50 per month for each child, on the same page — $966 per year for each dependant child, as of July 1, 2026, according to Government of Yukon, Find Yukon-specific income tax measures. This program is funded by the Government of Yukon, according to the CRA page.
The federal CCB sits underneath it. For the payment period from July 2026 to June 2027, the maximum CCB is $8,157 per year ($679.75 per month) for each child under 6 years of age, and $6,883 per year ($573.58 per month) for each child 6 to 17 years of age, according to Canada Revenue Agency, Canada child benefit (CCB): How much you could receive. The CCB starts being reduced when adjusted family net income is over $38,237, on the same page — a separate threshold from the Yukon's $35,000, so the two benefits phase out on different schedules.
The Yukon reduction works like this: if your adjusted family net income is above $35,000, you may get part of the benefit, according to Canada Revenue Agency, Yukon. The amount starts to be reduced when your adjusted family net income is above $35,000, by 2.5 per cent of family net income over $35,000 for families with 1 child, or 5 per cent for families with more than 1 child, according to Government of Yukon, Find Yukon-specific income tax measures. The Yukon page's own example: with 1 child and an adjusted family net income of $37,000, the benefit is reduced by $2,000 x 2.5 per cent = $50 per year ($4.17 per month), leaving $916 per year. Worked out from that published formula, the benefit reaches zero when adjusted family net income reaches $73,640, whatever the number of children — $35,000 plus $966 divided by 2.5% for one child, and the same arithmetic for more children because both the maximum and the rate double.
Adjusted family net income is your family net income minus any Universal Child Care Benefit and registered disability savings plan income received, plus any of those amounts repaid, according to Canada Revenue Agency, Booklet T4114, Canada Child Benefit. In practice it is built from line 23600 of your tax return plus line 23600 of your spouse's or common-law partner's tax return, if applicable, according to Canada Revenue Agency, Canada child benefit (CCB): How much you could receive.
You and your spouse or common-law partner (if you have one) need a Social Insurance Number to apply for the CCB, according to Canada Revenue Agency, Booklet T4114, Canada Child Benefit. If Service Canada will not give you a SIN, you can still apply if you meet all the eligibility conditions: attach a note to Form RC66 explaining why you cannot get a SIN and include a copy of one identity document, such as a passport, driver's licence, visitor record, birth certificate, or a document issued by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, on the same page.
You must provide proof of birth for a child if the CRA has not previously paid benefits to anyone for this child, on the same page. Proof of birth must include the child's last name, given name, and date of birth. If you apply through the Automated Benefits Application at birth registration, proof of birth for your child is securely shared with the CRA, on the same page.
If any of these situations apply to you or your spouse or common-law partner, you must also fill out and attach Form RC66SCH, Status in Canada and Income Information: you became a resident of Canada in the last 2 years, became a Canadian citizen in the last 12 months, are a permanent resident, protected person, or temporary resident who has lived in Canada for the previous 18 months, or are not a Canadian citizen and are registered or entitled to be registered under the Indian Act, on the same page.
If your application includes a period that started more than 11 months ago, attach clear copies of proof of citizenship or immigration status for you and your spouse or common-law partner, proof that you resided in Canada, proof of birth for each child, and proof that you were the person primarily responsible for the care and upbringing of the children, on the same page.
There are three ways to apply for the CCB, and the Yukon benefit follows automatically — by applying for the CCB, you also register your children for any related federal, provincial, and territorial programs administered by the CRA, according to Canada Revenue Agency, Booklet T4114, Canada Child Benefit. Pick one route and use it once: applying twice for the same child delays the file.
Birth registration — for a newborn. If you are the mother of a newborn, you can use the Automated Benefits Application to apply for your child's benefits, on the same page. Fill out and sign your child's birth registration form issued by your province or territory, give your consent to the vital statistics office to share your information with the CRA, and provide your Social Insurance Number, on the same page. This service is offered in all provinces and territories except Nunavut, on the same page — so it is offered in Yukon. If you use this service, do not re-apply using My Account or Form RC66, on the same page.
CRA My Account — online. You can apply for the CCB by using "Apply for child benefits" in My Account, on the same page. This is the route for a child who is not a newborn, or for a child who has started living with you after birth.
Form RC66 — by mail. Send Form RC66, Canada Child Benefits Application, to the tax centre that serves your area, on the same page. For Yukon, that is the Winnipeg Tax Centre, Post Office Box 14005, Station Main, Winnipeg MB R3C 0E3, on the same page.
After the CRA processes your application, you will receive a CCB notice. It will tell you how much you will get and what information was used to calculate the amount, on the same page. Keep the notice: you may have to provide information from it to other federal, provincial, or territorial government departments, on the same page. If your application is not complete, the CRA will ask for the missing information, which delays processing, on the same page.
To continue getting the CCB — and with it the Yukon benefit — you and your spouse or common-law partner each have to file tax returns every year, even if you have not received income in the year, according to Canada Revenue Agency, Booklet T4114, Canada Child Benefit. The payment period runs from July 1 of the year following the base year to June 30 of the next year: CCB payments calculated from the 2025 tax return start being issued in July 2026, on the same page. Your benefit payments are recalculated every July based on your adjusted family net income from the previous year, according to Canada Revenue Agency, Canada child benefit (CCB): How much you could receive.
That July recalculation is also when the Yukon amount changes: the Yukon figure is set as of July 1 each year — $966 per year as of July 1, 2026, against $937 per year for July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026, according to Government of Yukon, Find Yukon-specific income tax measures. Check the Yukon page each July rather than assuming last year's figure still holds.
You should tell the CRA immediately about certain changes, as well as the date they happened or will happen, according to Canada Revenue Agency, Booklet T4114, Canada Child Benefit. The changes that trigger a recalculation include a child being born, a child starting to live with you, a child no longer living with you full-time, a move, a marital-status change, and a new shared-custody arrangement, on the same page. If you move, let the CRA know your new address immediately — otherwise your payments may stop, even if you use direct deposit and your bank account does not change, on the same page.
If you share custody of a child — the child lives with you 40% to 60% of the time — each parent gets 50% of the payment they would have received if the child lived with them all the time, on the same page. Each parent must immediately tell the CRA of the new custody situation, using "Apply for child benefits" in My Account or by mailing a completed Form RC66, on the same page. If the child lives with you every second weekend, less than 40% of the time, you are not eligible for the child and family benefits for that child, on the same page.
The CRA may send you a letter or questionnaire asking for documents to confirm the information on file is correct and up to date. Reply and send what is requested as soon as possible — if you do not reply, your child and family benefit payments could stop, on the same page. If you need help, call 1-800-387-1193, on the same page.
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No. There is no separate Yukon application. By applying for the Canada Child Benefit, you also register your children for any related federal, provincial, and territorial programs administered by the CRA, according to [Canada Revenue Agency, Booklet T4114, Canada Child Benefit](https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/forms-publications/publications/t4114/canada-child-benefit.html). The CRA administers the Yukon child benefit for the Yukon government, according to [Canada Revenue Agency, Yukon](https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/child-family-benefits/provincial-territorial-programs/yukon.html), and determines your eligibility from your CCB application and your tax returns.
You may be entitled to a benefit of $80.50 per month for each child, according to [Canada Revenue Agency, Yukon](https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/child-family-benefits/provincial-territorial-programs/yukon.html) — $966 per year for each dependant child, as of July 1, 2026, according to [Government of Yukon, Find Yukon-specific income tax measures](https://yukon.ca/yukon-income-tax). The benefit is a non-taxable amount paid monthly to help low- and modest-income families with the cost of raising children under 18, and it is combined with the Canada Child Benefit into a single monthly payment, on the same CRA page. For the previous year, July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026, the amount was $937 per year ($78.08 per month) for each dependant child, according to the Yukon page.
If your adjusted family net income is above $35,000, you may get part of the benefit, according to [Canada Revenue Agency, Yukon](https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/child-family-benefits/provincial-territorial-programs/yukon.html). The reduction is 2.5 per cent of family net income over $35,000 for families with 1 child, or 5 per cent for families with more than 1 child, according to [Government of Yukon, Find Yukon-specific income tax measures](https://yukon.ca/yukon-income-tax). The Yukon page's own example: with 1 child and an adjusted family net income of $37,000, the benefit is reduced by $2,000 x 2.5 per cent = $50 per year ($4.17 per month). Worked out from that published formula, the benefit reaches zero when adjusted family net income reaches $73,640, whatever the number of children.
You must first qualify for the Canada Child Benefit, and you must be living in Yukon — the CRA administers the program for the Yukon government, according to [Canada Revenue Agency, Yukon](https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/child-family-benefits/provincial-territorial-programs/yukon.html). The CCB conditions are: you live with the child, the child is under 18, you are the person primarily responsible for the child's care and upbringing, you are a resident of Canada for tax purposes, and you or your spouse or common-law partner is a Canadian citizen, a permanent resident, a protected person, a temporary resident who has lived in Canada throughout the previous 18 months and holds a valid permit in the 19th month, or a person registered or entitled to be registered under the Indian Act, according to [Canada Revenue Agency, Booklet T4114, Canada Child Benefit](https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/forms-publications/publications/t4114/canada-child-benefit.html). The CRA determines your Yukon benefit from the information in your CCB application and the tax returns you and your spouse or common-law partner file.
If you are the mother of a newborn, you can use the Automated Benefits Application when you register the birth: fill out and sign the birth registration form, give your consent for the vital statistics office to share your information with the CRA, and provide your Social Insurance Number, according to [Canada Revenue Agency, Booklet T4114, Canada Child Benefit](https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/forms-publications/publications/t4114/canada-child-benefit.html). The service is offered in all provinces and territories except Nunavut, so it is offered in Yukon. Otherwise, apply using 'Apply for child benefits' in CRA My Account, or send Form RC66, Canada Child Benefits Application, by mail to the tax centre that serves Yukon — the Winnipeg Tax Centre, Post Office Box 14005, Station Main, Winnipeg MB R3C 0E3, on the same page. Do not apply twice for the same child: if you use the Automated Benefits Application, do not re-apply using My Account or Form RC66, on the same page. You and your spouse or common-law partner need a Social Insurance Number to apply for the CCB, on the same page.
File a tax return every year — you and your spouse or common-law partner each have to file tax returns every year, even if you have not received income in the year, to continue getting the CCB, according to [Canada Revenue Agency, Booklet T4114, Canada Child Benefit](https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/forms-publications/publications/t4114/canada-child-benefit.html). After the CRA processes your application, you will receive a CCB notice telling you how much you will get and what information was used to calculate the amount, on the same page. Tell the CRA immediately about changes — a child starting or stopping living with you, a move, a marital-status change, or a new shared-custody arrangement — on the same page. In shared custody, where the child lives with each parent 40% to 60% of the time, each parent gets 50% of the payment they would have received if the child lived with them all the time, on the same page.