Disability Tax Credit (DTC), Form T2201

A non-refundable tax credit that lowers income tax for a person with a disability or the family member who supports them, and approval is the key that opens the Canada Disability Benefit, the child disability benefit, the Registered Disability Savings Plan and the Canada workers benefit disability supplement.

Program in Canada-wide. Government benefits Money, grants & charity Health & care Parents & families

When: Apply any time. Approval is required before you can get the Canada Disability Benefit.

How to reach them

1. Go to their application form.
2. Say who you are and what you are offering or asking.
3. Come back here and tell us if they answered.

Other ways, if that one is quiet

• PhoneGo to the phone line
  It workedNo answer

• PhoneCall 1-800-959-8281
  It workedNo answer

Where else they are

Their website is canada.ca/.../disability-tax-credit.html.

Good to know

• For whomPeople with a severe and prolonged impairment that has lasted, or is expected to last, at least 12 months, as certified by a medical practitioner, and the family members who support them.
• CostFree to apply; a medical practitioner may charge a fee to fill out the form, which you can claim as a medical expense
• LanguagesEnglish, French
• Their stepsFill out Part A yourself (or your legal representative does), online in CRA My Account or on paper Form T2201. Ask a medical practitioner to fill out and certify Part B; they can send it to the CRA digitally. If you use paper, mail Parts A and B together to one of the tax centres listed on the How to apply page (Jonquiere, Sudbury or Winnipeg); do not send DTC forms through Submit documents in your CRA account. Once approved, apply for the Canada Disability Benefit and other programs the credit opens.

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