Child support in Canada is calculated using child support guidelines. Child support guidelines comprise of rules and tables used to determine child support amounts. The Federal Child Support Guidelines are regulations under the Divorce Act that apply when parents divorce or are divorced. There are also provincial and territorial child support guidelines that apply when married parents separate but do not divorce, or when the parents were never married to each other.

The Department of Justice has launched a survey to gather feedback on possible changes to the Federal Guidelines. The survey focuses on two main areas of the Federal Guidelines:

• Determining child support amounts in shared parenting time arrangements and
• Compliance with income disclosure obligations.    

The survey will take roughly 15 minutes to complete. The deadline to participate in the survey is September 25, 2024. Responses will be anonymous.

To access the survey, visit: https://form.simplesurvey.com/f/s.aspx?s=42c6ed2c-8127-47a7-b3a7-f264c5d32a92.

To access a PDF version of the survey, contact: rsd.drs@justice.gc.ca. 

Some information in this post was taken verbatim from an e-blast circulated by Justice Canada.