Social Assistance Resources: Québec

Eligibility:
18 years of age or older:
- show that your resources (money, property, earnings, benefits and income) are equal to or less than the scales set by regulation (How the benefit is calculated);
- reside in Québec.

18 years old or younger:
- demonstrate that your resources (money, property, earnings, benefits and income) are equal to or less than the scales set by regulation (How the benefit is calculated);
- reside in Québec;
- be married or have already been married or be the parent of a dependent child.

Eligibility:
18 years of age or older:
- show that your resources (money, property, earnings, benefits and income) are equal to or less than the scales set by regulation (How the benefit is calculated);
- reside in Québec.

18 years old or younger:
- demonstrate that your resources (money, property, earnings, benefits and income) are equal to or less than the scales set by regulation (How the benefit is calculated);
- reside in Québec;
- be married or have already been married or be the parent of a dependent child.

To receive any of these benefits for a given year, you must meet all the following basic requirements:
- On December 31 of the year, you were resident in Québec and:
o a Canadian citizen,
o an Indian,
o a permanent resident, or
o a person on whom Canada has conferred refugee protection.
- On December 31 of the year, you were 18 or older. If you were under 18, you are still eligible if:
o you had a spouse on December 31,
o you are the father or mother of a child who lives with you, or
o you have been recognized as an emancipated minor by a competent authority.
- You (or your spouse on December 31) are reporting:
o employment income,
o a research grant,
o Wage Earner Protection Program (WEPP) payments, or
o income from a business that was carried on by you and/or your spouse, either independently or as a partner actively engaged in the business.
- You did not transfer an amount as a child 18 or over enrolled in post-secondary studies to your father or mother (line 20 of Schedule S for the year).
- No one received the family allowance from Retraite Québec with regard to you, unless you turned 18 before December 1 of the year.
- No one designated you as a dependent child for purposes of the work premium or adapted work premium.
- You were not a full-time student (if you were a full-time student, you are not entitled to the tax credits respecting the work premium unless you were the mother or father of a child living with you on December 31 of the year).

To be eligible, your employment must meet the following conditions:
- be a full-time job, i.e. at least 30 hours per week, unless severe limitations to the job justify a reduced number of hours;
- be insurable employment within the meaning of the Employment Insurance Act;
- be employment that meets the minimum working conditions set out in the Act respecting labour standards and that is not likely to endanger your health and safety or harm your integrity.

To be eligible for this credit, you must file your income tax return and meet all the applicable requirements:
- You were 18 or older or, if you were younger than 18, you:
o had a spouse;
o were the father or mother of a child who lived with you; or
o were recognized as an emancipated minor by a competent authority (such as a court).
- You were resident in Québec.
- You or your spouse was:
o a Canadian citizen;
o a permanent resident or a protected person within the meaning of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act; or
o a temporary resident or the holder of a temporary resident permit within the meaning of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act who had been living in Canada for the last 18 months.

Eligibility:
- be responsible for the care and education of a child under the age of 18
- live with the child or, if the child has been placed in a youth centre, pays the contribution required by the centre
- live in Québec (in accordance with the Québec Taxation Act)
- The beneficiary or his or her spouse has one of the following statuses: Canadian citizen, permanent resident, temporary resident who has been living in Canada for the last 18 months, or protected person.

The beneficiary must have custody of the child for the month in which the supplement is paid.

Eligibility:
- you are eligible for the Family Allowance
- you have a dependent child under 18 who has a an impairment or a mental function disability that significantly limits him or her in the accomplishment of life habits for a period expected to last for at least one year.

Eligibility:
- MUST be receiving: Family Allowance and the Supplement for Handicapped Children
- He or she has physical impairments or a mental function disability causing severe and multiple disabilities that prevent him or her from carrying out the life habits of a child of his or her age.
OR
- He or she requires complex medical care at home for which parents have received training at a specialized centre in order to learn the specific techniques for using the required equipment. The care must be administered by the parents. They must also be able to respond to any potentially life-threatening change in their child's clinical condition. Expected duration of the disabilities or care: at least 1 year
Please see the Québec Benefits document for a complete list of tiered eligibility and coverage.

Eligibility:
- To be eligible for the Pregnant Minor Financial Assistance Program, you must, among other requirements,
- be at least 20 weeks pregnant
- have a referral from a local community service centre (CLSC)
- reside in Québec

To be eligible, you must not be living
- with your parents
- with someone who has custody of you
- in a resource covered by the Act respecting health services and social services (such as rehabilitation centres, foster homes, foster families)

In order to receive a disability pension, a person must meet the following eligibility requirements:
- be under age 65
- have a severe and permanent disability recognized by Retraite Québec’s medical advisors
- have contributed sufficiently to the Québec Pension Plan when he or she worked
- not be entitled to an unreduced income replacement indemnity from the Commission des normes, de l'équité, de la santé et de la sécurité du travail (CNESST).

Eligibility:
- must be his or her biological or adopted child
- a minor child who has lived with him or her for at least one year when Retraite Québec deems the person to be disabled, if the person serves as mother or father to the child.

Eligibility for individuals:
- Hold a valid health insurance card (RAMQ)
- Have a permanent physical impairment resulting in significant and persistent disability
- Already have a mobility assistance dog from a specialized training school
- Know the applicable laws and regulations and what behaviour is acceptable in public with your mobility assistance dog
- Know how to maintain and take care of your dog’s health
- Be able to take care of your dog with or without technical or human help
- Be able to use your mobility assistance dog in an autonomous and efficient manner, respecting program requirements

To be eligible for the program, mobility assistance dogs must:
- Respond in a consistent and sustained manner to commands both at home and in public places
- Meet the requirements for mobility assistance dogs both at home and in public places:
- Be clean, groomed and have no bad odour
- Not seek attention from people
- Not interrupt people’s daily activities
- Not bark, growl or snarl unnecessarily
- Remain calm when meeting people and other animals
- Not claim or steal food or other items
- Work calmly and quietly with the help of a harness, leash or other command item
- Be able to lie down and stay quiet near its master without blocking paths, entrances, etc.
- Urinate or defecate on command in appropriate places
- Always stay within 24 inches (or 60 centimetres) of its master; the dog can be farther if a task requires it
- Have an ID card, that includes its photo and its master's name, issued by a specialized training school accredited by Assistance Dogs International (ADI) or the International Guide Dog Federation (IGDF)
- Be sterilized and vaccinated. The vaccination certificate must be updated and signed by a veterinarian during a mandatory visit at least once a year
- Wear a distinctive sign, such as a scarf, a harness or other item, when circulating in public places. This allows people to easily and clearly recognize that it is a mobility assistance dog
- Obey basic commands, such as “sit,” “down,” “stay,” “heel” and “come”
- Be trained to compensate for its master’s disabilities

To qualify for the program, you must be insured by the Health Insurance Plan. You must also have a permanent visual impairment that prevents you from carrying out one of the following activities:
- Read or write
- Move around in an unfamiliar environment
- Carry out activities in keeping with your lifestyle or social roles (student, worker or parent, for example)

Please see link or Québec Benefits document for required conditions in order to qualify for this program.

Eligibility:
To qualify, you must be insured under the Health Insurance Plan and have a physical impairment. You must also fulfill the eligibility conditions related to the device you need.

To qualify for the program, you must meet the following 2 conditions:
- Be insured by the Québec Health Insurance Plan
- Have undergone a permanent or temporary colostomy, ileostomy or urostomy

Eligibility:
- All persons with Québec public health insurance and suffering from primary or secondary lymphedema are eligible for this program.
- Persons age 18 and over: 75% of the purchase cost before taxes and delivery charges, up to the maximum allowable amount
- Person under 18 years of age and persons receiving last-resort financial assistance or assistance under the Aim for Employment Program: 100% of the purchase cost before taxes and delivery charges, up to the maximum allowable amount

Assistive devices programs are reserved for residents of Québec with a physical or intellectual disability or an ASD. These programs allow them to obtain specialized assistive devices selected following an overall assessment of needs. Specific criteria may apply to each of the programs. Persons with a temporary handicap are not eligible for assistive devices programs. Please see the website or Québec Benefits document for a list of devices covered.

You may be eligible for the shelter allowance program if the bulk of your budget goes to housing and at least one of the following situations applies to you:
- You live alone and are 50 or older.
- You have a spouse and one of you is 50 or older.
- You are part of a low-income household (composed of workers, students or income-security recipients, for example) with at least one dependent child.
- The shelter allowance program applies to: Homeowners, tenants, rooming house occupants, any individual who shares a dwelling with one or more other occupants
The shelter allowance program takes into account the number of people in your household, the type of household you live in, your income and your monthly rent.