{"id":777807,"date":"2026-07-03T14:44:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T14:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/777807\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T14:44:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T14:44:09","slug":"quarterly-payments-for-the-federal-grocery-and-essentials-benefit-start-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/777807\/","title":{"rendered":"Quarterly payments for the federal grocery and essentials benefit start today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a style=\"display:block\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/resizer\/v2\/IQNOPTDXUNBNVD4N5EWC5M7WDI.jpg?auth=5a6763029d4049b3ccbb2ead2c3502b0287b7ad4db16e1c7d53e68392275244b&amp;width=600&amp;height=400&amp;quality=80&amp;smart=true\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" data-photo-viewer-index=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Open this photo in gallery:<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"figcap-text\">Prime Minister Mark Carney tours a FreshCo grocery store in Brampton, Ont., on June 5.Chris Young\/The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">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 class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">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 class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Eligible households got a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/business\/article-liberals-grocery-top-up-payments-start-today\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/business\/article-liberals-grocery-top-up-payments-start-today\/\">one-time payment<\/a> worth 50 per cent of the benefit\u2019s annual value in early June.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text mv-16 l-inset text-pb-8\" data-sophi-feature=\"interstitial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/article-canada-grocery-rebate-gst-hst-top-up-payment\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Who\u2019s eligible for Canada\u2019s grocery benefit, how is it calculated and when do payments start?<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">The quarterly payments are also getting a 25-per-cent boost for the next five years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">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 class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: Prime Minister Mark Carney tours a FreshCo grocery store in Brampton, Ont., 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