CRA payment dates in August: back-to-school deposits and the new ACFB year

CRA payment dates August 2026: all CRA benefits in August

August is the second month of the new benefit year, so the amounts in these deposits reflect your 2025 tax return. It also carries the first ACFB payment of the benefit year for Alberta families.

The month before is on the July payment dates page. For a full-year view, see the CRA payment dates calendar.

When is CPP paid in August?

CPP was paid on Thursday, August 27, 2026, together with OAS, GIS and the Allowance. The CPP maximum retirement pension at 65 stayed at $1,507.65 a month, the 2026 rate.

The August OAS deposit is the second at the July to September 2026 rate, which rose 1.2% in July. For that quarter the maximum OAS was $751.97 a month at ages 65 to 74 and $827.17 at 75 and over, and the maximum GIS for a single senior was $1,123.17. From the October 28, 2026 payment, the October to December rates apply: up to $762.50 at 65 to 74, $838.75 at 75 and over, and $1,138.90 in GIS for a single senior. If you turned 75 in July, the 10% age increase starts the month after your birthday, so August is the first month it shows up. See OAS payment amounts for the other rates.

Is there a GST or CGEB payment in August?

No. The Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit is paid quarterly, and August fell between the July 3, 2026 payment and the next one, paid on October 5, 2026. The Advanced Canada Workers Benefit also skipped August; its next 2026 payment came on October 9.

If your CGEB for the year was under $50 a quarter, the CRA paid all of it in July, so there is no October deposit either. The CGEB payment dates page has the schedule.

Provincial benefits in August

• Alberta: the first ACFB payment of the July 2026 to June 2027 year on August 27. The base component is up to $1,529 a year for the first child and $764 each for the second to fourth.
• Ontario: OTB on August 10, and the Ontario Child Benefit, up to $146.66 a month per child, in the August 20 CCB.
• British Columbia: the BC Family Benefit, up to $145.83 a month for a first child, is combined with the August 20 CCB.
• Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, NL, PEI: child benefits paid inside the August 20 CCB.
• Newfoundland and Labrador: disability benefit on August 25.

New Brunswick's $100 School Supplement is not an August payment: for 2026 it was paid in July to families with 2025 income of $20,000 or less. Alberta amounts are explained on the Alberta Child and Family Benefit page.

Back-to-school timing: what one CCB deposit can look like

The August 20 deposit is the one families plan school costs around. The amounts below are maximums for July 2026 to June 2027 and apply only if adjusted family net income is under the lowest reduction thresholds.

Worked example: an Ontario family with two children

A family in Ontario with a four-year-old and a nine-year-old and adjusted family net income under $26,865 would get the full CCB and Ontario Child Benefit. That is $679.75 for the younger child plus $573.58 for the older one, or $1,253.33 in CCB, plus $293.32 of Ontario Child Benefit. The combined August 20 deposit would be $1,546.65. Above $38,237 of income, the CCB starts to shrink, and the OCB shrinks above $26,865.

To check your own figure, use the CCB amount per child page or your CRA notice.

August 2027 dates

August 2027 dates are not yet announced; canada.ca normally adds the next year late in the current year. Applying only the published rules, we project the OTB on Tuesday, August 10, 2027 and the CCB on Friday, August 20, 2027. These are projections, not official dates.

If an August payment does not arrive

August problems often trace back to the July recalculation. If your July amount dropped or stopped, August will usually match it.

1. Read the benefit notice issued for the new year; it shows the income used and the monthly amount.
2. Confirm your 2025 return and your partner's were filed and assessed.
3. Report a change in marital status or custody if it happened in the past year.
4. Wait 5 working days for a missing CCB or ACFB, and 10 working days for the OTB, before contacting the CRA.

If your CCB stopped outright, see CCB payments stopped. The following month is on the September payment dates page.