{"id":816338,"date":"2026-07-21T12:33:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T12:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/816338\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T12:33:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T12:33:10","slug":"increase-in-canada-child-benefit-for-eligible-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/816338\/","title":{"rendered":"Increase in Canada Child Benefit for Eligible Families"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\t\t\t\t\"Increase<\/p>\n

MP Tom Osborne (VOCM News)<\/p>\n

Eligible families may notice a little extra cash in their bank account.<\/p>\n

Effective yesterday, federal child benefits increased up to $160 per child under the age of 6, and up to $135 per child ages 6 to 17.<\/p>\n

Metro-area MP Tom Osborne says some 47-thousand people in this province saw an increase in their account and that Ottawa is looking at further affordability measures to tackle the rising cost of living. <\/p>\n

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(VOCM News)<\/p>\n

\u201cThe past couple of years have been a strain on families and Canada\u2019s government is delivering benefits and programs that help ease that burden for Canadians,\u201d he told reporters.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese initiatives, such as the Canada Child Benefit, putting thousands of dollars a year in the pockets of families, which is a tax-free benefit, allows them to provide whether it\u2019s school supplies, clothing, food, to ensure that children have a good, solid start.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" MP Tom Osborne (VOCM News) Eligible families may notice a little extra cash in their bank account.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":816339,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[45,49,48,269876,185074,269873,269875,269877,269874,269870,269871,269872],"class_list":["post-816338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-listen-to-vocm","tag-news-radio","tag-news-radio-st-johns","tag-st-johns-fm-radio","tag-st-johns-local-radio","tag-st-johns-radio-station","tag-vocm","tag-vocm-590","tag-vocm-radio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816338","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=816338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/816339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=816338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=816338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=816338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}