(d) Did this person receive any child benefits from federal, provincial or territorial governments?
(e) Did this person receive any Old Age Security Pension, Guaranteed Income Supplement, Allowance or Allowance for the Survivor from the federal government?
(f) Did this person receive any benefits from the Canada or Quebec Pension Plan?
(g) Did this person receive any benefits from Employment Insurance from the federal government or the Quebec Parental Insurance Plan?
(h) Did this person receive any other income from government sources?
Questions 54 and 55 provide statistics on income from all sources. Governments use these statistics to develop income support programs such as Old Age Security, provincial income supplements and social assistance payments. Businesses use income statistics to locate stores, and to develop new products and services. Private and public sector researchers use information about earnings to study labor markets and industry patterns.
If you need to report an amount that exceeds the space available in the response boxes, enter all the additional digits in the leftmost box.
Income from government
Part (d) -- Child benefits
Mark 'yes' in part (d) for eligible parents who received child benefits in 2010 for dependent children from the federal, provincial or territorial governments.
Include:
Report alimony, child support and any periodic support received from persons not in the household in Question 55, part (l), 'other money income'.
Do not include:
If using your T1 income tax form, only the Universal Child Care Benefit part is listed on the tax form. Report line 117, minus line 213, plus the amount from any other programs.
Part (e) -- Old Age Security Pension, Guaranteed Income Supplement, Allowance and Allowance for the Survivor
Mark 'Yes' in part (e) for:
Exclude the amount of Old Age Security benefit that you must repay as part of social benefit repayments.
Report provincial or territorial income supplements in part (h), 'Other income from government sources'.
If using T4A (Old Age Security) slips to answer part (e), report the sum of the amounts in boxes 18 and 21.
If using your T1 income tax form, report the total of lines 113 and 146, minus the relevant part of line 235.
Part (f) -- Benefits from Canada or Quebec Pension Plan
Report in part (f) benefits received from the Canada or Quebec Pension Plan in 2010.
Include:
Do not include:
Report retirement pensions of civil servants, RCMP and military personnel in part (k), 'Retirement pensions, superannuation and annuities, including those from RRSPs and RRIFs'.
Report old age, retirement and war pensions received from foreign sources in part (l), 'Other money income'.
If using T4A (P) slips to answer part (f), report the amount in box 20.
If using your T1 income tax form, report the amount on line 114.
Part (g) -- Benefits from employment insurance
Report in part (g) benefits received under the federal Employment Insurance (EI) and the Quebec Parental Insurance Plan (QPIP) programs in 2010.
Include benefits received for:
Report employer or union supplementary unemployment benefits in part (a), 'Total wages and salaries'.
Exclude the amount of EI benefits that you must repay as part of social benefits repayments.
If using T4E slips to answer part (g), report the amount in box 14.
If using your T1 income tax form, report the amount on line 119, minus the relevant part of line 235.