Launching Disability Tax Credit Support in Canada

As part of our expansion into Canada, we're building a dedicated support service for the Disability Tax Credit (DTC) — a non-refundable federal tax credit from the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) for people with a severe and prolonged physical or mental impairment.

What the Disability Tax Credit is, briefly

The DTC reduces the amount of income tax you or a supporting family member owe. It requires Form T2201, the Disability Tax Credit Certificate, to be completed by a qualified medical practitioner who can confirm the nature and severity of your impairment. The federal base credit is worth around $9,428 (2024 figure), and most provinces add their own provincial amount on top, so the total value varies depending on where you live. One detail a lot of people miss: if you were eligible in previous years but never claimed it, the DTC can be claimed retroactively for up to 10 years, which can mean a significant lump-sum adjustment once approved.

Who it's for

The DTC is for people whose impairment markedly restricts a basic activity of daily living — things like vision, walking, speaking, hearing, feeding, dressing, mental functions, or elimination — or who require life-sustaining therapy for at least 14 hours a week. Either way, the impairment needs to have lasted, or be expected to last, at least 12 months. Getting Form T2201 completed accurately, and correctly framing how the impairment restricts daily life against the CRA's specific criteria, is where most applications get stuck — which is exactly the part we're building support around.

What we're building

• A Canada-specific eligibility check against the CRA's marked-restriction and life-sustaining-therapy criteria.
• Guidance on getting Form T2201 completed properly by a qualified medical practitioner, with the detail the CRA actually needs to see.
• Support understanding the retroactive claim potential — up to 10 years — if you were eligible in the past but never applied.
• A clear view of what a DTC approval unlocks beyond the tax credit itself — Registered Disability Savings Plan (RDSP) eligibility, the Child Disability Benefit, and the Canada Workers Benefit disability supplement.

To be clear about what we are: we're an independent, technology-led application support service, not the Canada Revenue Agency. Applying for the DTC directly through the CRA is always free. Where we aim to add value once the paid service launches is in the preparation and evidence-gathering that so often makes the difference between an approval and a refusal.

Coming soon

Our Canadian Disability Tax Credit service isn't live yet — we're still building and testing it properly. Register your interest below and we'll be in touch the moment it's ready.