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DABC Community Update: Applications for the Canada Disability Benefit will open on June 20, 2025

June 13, 2025 by DABC

Get ready: the Canada Disability Benefit (CDB) application is opening June 20, 2025! When available, the application will be accessible here: https://www.canada.ca/en/services/benefits/disability/canada-disability-benefit.html.

If you have the Disability Tax Credit (DTC) and have filed your taxes, you can apply online through the application portal, by phone, or in person at a Service Canada Centre.

Before you apply, you should gather the following information:

Social Insurance Number (SIN)
Direct deposit information. Service Canada asks everyone to sign up for direct deposit because it’s the fastest and most reliable way to get payments.

DABC can help every step of the way:

Providing support through DTC applications, renewals, and denials
Filing 2024 taxes
Helping to gather necessary documents
Providing support through CDB applications and appeals

DABC Community Update: MSDPR Reinstates Minimum Shelter Allowance

June 29, 2022 by DABC

June 2022

The Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction recently announced that they have reinstated the “minimum shelter allowance.”

Recipients of income assistance, disability assistance, and hardship assistance are eligible for a minimum shelter allowance based on family unit size [see Rate Table below].

The Ministry has clarified[1] that “policy and procedures have also been updated to reflect that a “place of residence” is not limited to living arrangements in places such as houses or apartments for the purposes of determining actual shelter costs.”

In some cases, actual shelter costs may be below the minimum shelter allowance. For example, a single individual who has actual shelter costs of $40 (fuel for heating) is entitled to the minimum shelter allowance for a single person ($75). If actual shelter costs are below the minimum shelter allowance, documentation of shelter arrangements and costs is not required.

The minimum shelter allowance is not provided to individuals residing in special care facilities as their shelter costs are paid for by the Ministry through facility user charges.

Shelter Allowance Rate Table

Size of Family Unit	Minimum Shelter Allowance	Maximum Shelter Allowance
1 person	*$75	$375
2 persons	*$150	$570
3 persons	*$200	$665
4 persons	*$225	$715
5 persons	*$250	$765
6 persons	*$275	$815
7 persons	*$300	$865

[1] https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/governments/policies-for-government/bcea-policy-and-procedure-manual

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DABC Community Update: Applications for the Canada Disability Benefit will open on June 20, 2025

DABC Community Update: MSDPR Reinstates Minimum Shelter Allowance

Disability Alliance BC updated their status.

Open by Appointment Only

Disability Alliance BC offers the following ways to access our services: over the phone, virtually, or in-person at our office located in downtown Vancouver. As the demand for our services is very high, we do not take walk-in appointments.

DABC Community Update: Applications for the Canada Disability Benefit will open on June 20, 2025

DABC Community Update: MSDPR Reinstates Minimum Shelter Allowance

Disability Alliance BC updated their status.

Open by Appointment Only Disability Alliance BC offers the following ways to access our services: over the phone, virtually, or in-person at our office located in downtown Vancouver. As the demand for our services is very high, we do not take walk-in appointments.

Open by Appointment Only

Disability Alliance BC offers the following ways to access our services: over the phone, virtually, or in-person at our office located in downtown Vancouver. As the demand for our services is very high, we do not take walk-in appointments.