{"id":777650,"date":"2026-07-03T12:57:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T12:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/777650\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T12:57:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T12:57:11","slug":"quarterly-payments-of-ottawas-boosted-grocery-and-essentials-benefit-start-today-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/777650\/","title":{"rendered":"Quarterly payments of Ottawa&#8217;s boosted grocery and essentials benefit start today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OTTAWA \u2014 Eligible Canadians will find a bit more cash in their bank accounts starting today as quarterly payments begin for the federal Liberals\u2019 boosted affordability benefit.<\/p>\n<p>The Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit is paid out to lower-income households every three months and was previously called the GST\/HST credit.<\/p>\n<p>Eligible households got a one-time payment worth 50 per cent of the benefit\u2019s annual value in early June.<\/p>\n<p>The quarterly payments are also getting a 25 per cent boost for the next five years.<\/p>\n<p>Annual amounts can range between a few hundred dollars to more than a thousand dollars per family, depending on martial status and the number of children in the household.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Mark Carney pitched the affordability measure in January as a way to help Canadians cope with economic uncertainty and the rising costs of essentials.<\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 3, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Craig Lord, The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Edmonton as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=edmonton.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778178555_824_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OTTAWA \u2014 Eligible Canadians will find a bit more cash in their bank accounts starting today as quarterly&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":777478,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[49,48,20739],"class_list":["post-777650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-ottawa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777650\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}