The Canada Carbon Rebate Has Ended: What Changed and What Replaced It
People still search the old deposit because it used to arrive with other CRA credits. It is not the Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit, which replaced the GST/HST credit in July 2026 and is a different statute. That benefit is amounts and eligibility. This page sits under the government benefits guide. The calendar that no longer has a carbon line is 2026 payment dates.
- CRA's page is titled as closed. It says there will be no further quarterly payments after the April 2025 payment.
- The April 2025 base amounts were set by province. A family of four received $298 in Newfoundland and Labrador and $456 in Alberta, before any rural supplement.
- A 20% rural supplement applied on top of the base, except in Prince Edward Island, where the rural supplement was already inside the basic amount.
- The rebate was tax-free. The bank description may still say Canada Carbon Rebate, or the older Climate Action Incentive, depending on the institution.
- The Canada Carbon Rebate for Small Businesses has a final payment for the 2024-25 fuel-charge year. Legislation passed on March 26, 2026 made that business rebate non-taxable for all fuel-charge years.
What exactly stopped?
The Department of Finance said the consumer carbon price was removed effective April 1, 2025. CRA says that on March 15, 2025 the government stopped the federal fuel charge and the Canada Carbon Rebate for individuals. The rebate had been the way proceeds of that fuel charge were returned to residents of provinces where the federal charge applied. It was formerly the climate action incentive payment. It had a basic amount and a supplement for small and rural communities. With the charge gone, the proceeds to return on a quarterly cycle are gone too.
Nothing on the CRA page or the Finance announcement names a successor household credit. If a 2026 deposit is missing, it is not a delayed carbon payment. The benefits that still pay on a schedule are the Canada Child Benefit, the Groceries and Essentials Benefit, CPP, OAS, and the Canada Disability Benefit. Mixing those up is how people phone CRA about the wrong program.
What did the final payment pay, by province?
Finance published the April 2025 amounts specified by the Minister of Finance. These are base amounts, before the rural top-up. The table does not list British Columbia or Quebec. Those provinces were outside the federal fuel-charge system this rebate was returning. This page does not describe a provincial carbon price those provinces may still run. It only says they are absent from the federal April 2025 table.
| Province | First adult | Second adult | Each child | Family of four |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newfoundland and Labrador | $149 | $74.50 | $37.25 | $298 |
| Prince Edward Island | $110 | $55 | $27.50 | $220 |
| Nova Scotia | $110 | $55 | $27.50 | $220 |
| New Brunswick | $165 | $82.50 | $41.25 | $330 |
| Ontario | $151 | $75.50 | $37.75 | $302 |
| Manitoba | $150 | $75 | $37.50 | $300 |
| Saskatchewan | $206 | $103 | $51.50 | $412 |
| Alberta | $228 | $114 | $57 | $456 |
Table as of the March 2025 Finance announcement, which remains the specification of the final payment. Finance said a family of four would receive up to $456 under the base rebate, which is the Alberta row. The rural supplement is 20% of the base for residents of small and rural communities. On the Alberta family-of-four base, 20% is $91.20, and the illustrated total is $547.20. That last product is arithmetic on Finance's base and Finance's 20% rate. Prince Edward Island residents did not claim a separate rural box, because the supplement was already in the basic amount. The rural box, where it existed, was a tick on page 2 of the return.
Finance's row is $151 for the first adult, $75.50 for the second, and $37.75 for each of two children. Added, that is $302, which is the family-of-four cell. A rural 20% supplement on $302 is $60.40, for an illustrated $362.40. The person who filed first received the household amount, including the children, if the couple had a spouse or common-law partner. Direct deposit followed the tax refund. A cheque was the fallback. This was the closing payment, not a quarterly amount to multiply by four for 2026.
Who can still receive a payment after April 2025?
CRA's payment-timing page is explicit. If you were eligible for April 2025 and you filed the 2024 return electronically after April 2, 2025, you receive the final payment once that return is assessed. If you were eligible for an earlier base year and you still have not filed 2024, 2023, 2022, or 2021, you receive the payment for the applicable base year once that return is assessed. Residents did not apply. They filed. The rural supplement for New Brunswick's 2022 base year is claimed on the 2023 return, and a retroactive payment can still be issued for that base year. There is no new quarter hiding behind a late filing. There is only the year you were eligible for and have not yet been assessed on.
If you were registered for direct deposit, the payment shows up under a description the bank controls. CRA says to look for Canada Carbon Rebate, and that some institutions still show Climate Action Incentive. Wording varies. A missing label is not proof the program restarted.
What about the small-business rebate?
The Canada Carbon Rebate for Small Businesses is a refundable credit for eligible Canadian-controlled private corporations, returning a portion of fuel-charge proceeds from 2019-20 through 2024-25. You do not apply. CRA says the return of proceeds for the 2024-25 fuel-charge year is the final payment, because the fuel charge ceased. On March 26, 2026, legislation passed that makes the small-business rebate non-taxable for all fuel-charge years. That is a tax-status change for amounts already in the corporate system. It is not a new consumer credit, and it is not paid to an individual who is not claiming it through an eligible corporation. The corporate page is the place to see whether an amendment is required. This article will not invent a corporate dollar amount.
What should you stop waiting for?
Stop waiting for a quarterly carbon deposit in 2026. File an old return if a past year was never assessed and you lived in a listed province. Do not confuse the June 5, 2026 GST/HST credit top-up, or the July 2026 groceries benefit, with a revived rebate. Those payments have their own names in My Account. Provincial energy and sales-tax credits, including the Ontario Trillium Benefit, also continued on their own calendars. They are not a carbon replacement either. The map of what still pays, and from which return, is the stacking map plus the provincial programs guide.
Frequently asked questions
Did a new benefit replace the carbon rebate?
Not on the pages that closed it. Finance removed the consumer fuel charge. CRA closed the individual rebate after April 2025. The Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit is the renamed and increased GST/HST credit. It is aimed at low and modest incomes, it uses adjusted family net income, and it is paid in every province under the same federal rules. It is not calculated from the old carbon table, and it is not limited to the eight provinces in that table.
I did not file 2024 yet. Can I still get the April 2025 payment?
CRA says yes, if you were eligible, once the 2024 return is assessed. The same is true for an unfiled 2023, 2022, or 2021 return and the base year that return supports. File. There is no separate carbon application. Direct deposit, if it is set up for the refund, is how the catch-up arrives. This does not create a 2026 quarter.
Why was my amount different from my sibling's in another province?
The April 2025 base amounts were provincial, because the federal fuel charge and its proceeds differed by province. Alberta's family-of-four base was $456. Ontario's was $302. Prince Edward Island's $220 already included the rural supplement. A rural tick added 20% elsewhere. A couple's payment went to the spouse who filed first. Comparing net deposits without those facts is not a comparison.
I live in British Columbia or Quebec. Why is there no row?
Finance's April 2025 table lists Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. British Columbia and Quebec are not on it. The federal rebate returned proceeds of the federal fuel charge, and those two provinces were not in that system. This page does not state what, if anything, those provinces pay under their own carbon rules. Read the provincial page for that question.
Is the small-business credit the same cheque?
No. It is a corporate refundable credit for eligible Canadian-controlled private corporations. The final fuel-charge year is 2024-25. Legislation passed on March 26, 2026 made it non-taxable for every fuel-charge year. An unincorporated household does not receive it. A corporation that already included it in income should read CRA's tax-treatment page before amending.
Will the rebate come back if the carbon price comes back?
This page will not predict legislation. As of September 2026, CRA's individual page is closed, the quarterly schedule has no 2026 date, and Finance's announcement of the removal stands as the reason. If a future government reopened a consumer price and a rebate, the payment would be a new specification. Until that page exists, a budget rumour is not a deposit.
Sources
- CRA, closed page, Canada Carbon Rebate for individuals
- CRA, payment timing, including late filers
- Department of Finance, removal of the consumer carbon price and the April 2025 amounts
- CRA, payments for years not yet filed
- CRA, Canada Carbon Rebate for Small Businesses, including the March 26, 2026 tax-status change
- Canada.ca benefits calendar, where the rebate is marked closed
A closed rebate is a filing question only if an old year is still open.
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