Sources & Methodology

Official sources come first

MyEligible starts with official government and program-administrator sources, including the Canada Revenue Agency, Service Canada, provincial and territorial governments, and municipal sources. Published rules are structured into deterministic eligibility and calculation logic where the evidence supports it. MyEligible does not make an official eligibility decision. When a material rule or user fact cannot be resolved reliably, the result should remain uncertain rather than being guessed.

How review dates and change monitoring work

MyEligible tracks when each program was last reviewed against its official source. Most programs are reviewed individually; related programs may also be checked together when a policy or rate changes. Source and policy monitoring can flag pages that may need attention, but an automated signal is a prompt for review, not proof that a rule changed. A review date tells you when MyEligible last checked a program, not that the official source has remained unchanged since then. If you spot something out of date, please send us an email.

MyEligible currently covers 1316+ benefit and support programs across:

• Federal benefits (CRA-administered and Service Canada)
• All 10 provinces and 3 territories

• 230 municipalities across 13 provinces and territories

  Ontario(57)

  Ajax, Aurora, Barrie, Belleville, Brampton, Brantford, Burlington, Caledon, Cambridge, Chatham-Kent, Clarington, Collingwood, Cornwall, East Gwillimbury, Georgina, Guelph, Halton Hills, Hamilton, Innisfil, Kawartha Lakes, King, Kingston, Kitchener, Leamington, London, Markham, Milton, Mississauga, Newmarket, Niagara Falls, Norfolk County, North Bay, Oakville, Orangeville, Orillia, Oshawa, Ottawa, Owen Sound, Peterborough, Pickering, Richmond Hill, Sarnia, Sault Ste. Marie, St. Catharines, St. Thomas, Stratford, Sudbury, Thunder Bay, Timmins, Toronto, Vaughan, Waterloo, Welland, Whitby, Whitchurch-Stouffville, Windsor, Woodstock

  British Columbia(43)

  Abbotsford, Burnaby, Campbell River, Chilliwack, Colwood, Comox, Coquitlam, Courtenay, Cranbrook, Cumberland, Dawson Creek, Delta, Duncan, Fort St. John, Kamloops, Kelowna, Ladysmith, Langford, Langley (City), Maple Ridge, Mission, Nanaimo, New Westminster, North Cowichan, North Vancouver, Penticton, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Prince George, Prince Rupert, Richmond, Saanich, Salmon Arm, Squamish, Surrey, Terrace, Vancouver, Vernon, Victoria, West Kelowna, West Vancouver, Whistler, Williams Lake

  Quebec(32)

  Alma, Blainville, Brossard, Châteauguay, Drummondville, Gatineau, Granby, Joliette, Laval, Lévis, Longueuil, Mascouche, Mirabel, Montreal, Québec City, Repentigny, Rimouski, Rouyn-Noranda, Saguenay, Saint-Eustache, Saint-Hyacinthe, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Saint-Jérôme, Shawinigan, Sherbrooke, Sorel-Tracy, Terrebonne, Thetford Mines, Trois-Rivières, Val-d'Or, Vaudreuil-Dorion, Victoriaville

  Alberta(23)

  Airdrie, Banff, Beaumont, Brooks, Calgary, Camrose, Canmore, Chestermere, Cochrane, Edmonton, Fort McMurray, Fort Saskatchewan, Grande Prairie, Leduc, Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, Okotoks, Peace River, Red Deer, Slave Lake, Spruce Grove, St. Albert, Strathcona County

  Saskatchewan(14)

  Estevan, Humboldt, Lloydminster, Martensville, Melfort, Moose Jaw, North Battleford, Prince Albert, Regina, Saskatoon, Swift Current, Warman, Weyburn, Yorkton

  Manitoba(13)

  Brandon, Dauphin, Flin Flon, Morden, Neepawa, Niverville, Portage la Prairie, Selkirk, Steinbach, The Pas, Thompson, Winkler, Winnipeg

  Nova Scotia(12)

  Amherst, Antigonish, Bridgewater, Halifax, Kentville, Lunenburg, New Glasgow, Sydney, Truro, Windsor, Wolfville, Yarmouth

  Newfoundland and Labrador(11)

  Clarenville, Conception Bay South, Corner Brook, Gander, Grand Falls-Windsor, Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador City, Mount Pearl, Paradise, St. John's, Stephenville

  New Brunswick(8)

  Bathurst, Dieppe, Edmundston, Fredericton, Miramichi, Moncton, Riverview, Saint John

  Nunavut(6)

  Arviat, Baker Lake, Cambridge Bay, Iqaluit, Pond Inlet, Rankin Inlet

  Northwest Territories(5)

  Behchokǫ̀, Fort Smith, Hay River, Inuvik, Yellowknife

  Yukon(4)

  Dawson City, Haines Junction, Watson Lake, Whitehorse

  Prince Edward Island(2)

  Charlottetown, Summerside

Where automated guidance has limits

Even with a correct official source, not every eligibility or payment decision can be automated. The quiz cannot capture every fact an agency may consider. Estimates can differ because of:

• Medical assessments (for disability benefits)
• Asset tests beyond income
• Recent life events not yet reflected in tax data
• Case-specific decisions by program staff
• Documentation reviews

Some programs require medical certification, asset tests, documentation, or case-specific decisions by the responsible agency. MyEligible keeps these dependencies visible and does not treat unresolved amounts as guaranteed cash. Always confirm final eligibility, amounts, and application requirements with the agency or program administrator.

If you're Indigenous

Federal and community-specific Indigenous programs are listed in a separate directory organized by need, location, and organization type. MyEligible does not determine Indigenous identity or community eligibility.

If your spouse or common-law partner has died

CPP survivor pensions (and QPP in Québec) appear in your results whether or not your spouse was a veteran. For Veterans Affairs Canada benefits specifically, the quiz asks about surviving spouses as part of the same question about veterans. Some VAC programs only apply when the deceased spouse was a Canadian Armed Forces or RCMP veteran.