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Many Canadians are unaware that they qualify for the DTC, especially if their condition is not traditionally associated with disability.

The Canadian Disability Tax Credit (DTC) is a non-refundable tax credit designed to help Canadians with disabilities or their supporting family members reduce the amount of income tax they owe. As you mentioned, eligibility for the DTC is not based on the specific diagnosis but rather on how the condition impacts the individual's daily life. Here’s a breakdown of the key points you raised:

Key Eligibility Criteria:

  • Severe and Prolonged Impairment:

    • The condition must cause a severe restriction in the individual’s ability to perform basic activities of daily living. The impairment must have lasted, or be expected to last, for a continuous period of at least 12 months.

  • Certification by a Medical Practitioner:

    • TA qualified medical practitioner (e.g., family doctor, specialist, psychologist, occupational therapist, etc.) must complete and sign the T2201 form (Disability Tax Credit Certificate). This form outlines the nature and severity of the impairment.

Impact on Daily Life:

The condition must significantly affect one or more of the following areas:

  • Mental functions (e.g., memory, problem-solving, judgment).

  • Physical functions (e.g., walking, feeding, dressing).

  • Vision

  • Hearing

  • Speaking

  • Elimination functions (e.g., bowel or bladder control)

  • Life-sustaining therapy (e.g., dialysis, insulin therapy)

The DTC is a valuable financial support for Canadians with severe and prolonged disabilities, but many eligible individuals miss out due to lack of awareness or difficulty navigating the application process. If you or someone you know has a condition that significantly impacts daily life, it’s worth exploring whether the DTC could provide financial relief.

Disabilities that are accepted

  • Addictions (illegal or prescription meds)

  • ADHD combined type (ADHD-C)

  • ADHD Primarily Hyperactive/Impulsive (ADHD, ADHD-PH/I)

  • ADHD Primarily Inattentive (ADD, ADHD-PI)

  • Agoraphobia (anxiety disorder)

  • Alzheimer's disease

  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease)

  • Angina

  • Anorexia nervosa

  • Anxiety

  • Arthritis

  • Asperger's syndrome

  • Ataxia (Cerebellar Dysfunction)

  • Auditory Processing Disorder (APD)

  • Autism

  • Behçet's disease

  • Bi-polar disorder (mood disorder)

  • Borderline personality disorder (BPD)

  • Bowel Incontinence

  • Bulimia nervosa

  • Cerebral Palsy (CP)

  • Chromosome Abnormality

  • Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)

  • Chronic pain Disorder

  • Colitis

  • Conduct Disorder (CD)

  • Coronary artery disease (CAD)

  • Cri-du-Chat syndrome (Deletion 5p Syndrome)

  • Crohn's disease (Regional Enteritis)

  • De Vivo Disease (GLUT1 deficiency syndrome)

  • Dementia

  • Depression (Clinical, Major, Unipolar)

  • Developmentally Delayed (DD)

  • Diabetes

  • Dissociative Identity Disorder

  • Down Syndrome

  • Dressing (can't dress or takes significantly longer)

  • Dysgraphia

  • Epilepsy

  • Feeding (can't feed themselves or takes significantly longer)

  • Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS)

  • Fibromyalgia (FM)

  • Gambling Addiction

  • Gender identity disorder

  • Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)

  • Glaucoma

  • Global Developmental Delay (GDD)

  • Hearing Disorder (unable to hear or takes significantly longer)

  • Hepatitis C

  • Huntington's disease

  • Hypermobility syndrome

  • Hypothyroidism

  • Hypotonia

  • Infantile Spasms (Infant Epilepsy)

  • Intellectual Disability

  • Irritable Bowel syndrome (IBS)

  • Learning Disabilities (Special needs)

  • Mania

  • Mental illness

  • Microcephaly

  • Mild Intellectual disability (MID)

  • Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

  • Myotonic Myopathy

  • Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)

  • Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD)

  • Osteoarthritis

  • Panic Disorder

  • Parkinson's disease

  • Personality disorder

  • Pervasive developmental disorder (PDD)

  • Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

  • Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS)

  • Psychosis

  • Quadriplegic

  • Retinoschisis

  • Schizophrenia

  • Scoliosis

  • Seizure Disorder

  • Sleep Apnea

  • Sleep disorder

  • Speech disorder (unable to speak or takes significantly longer)

  • Specific developmental disorder (SDD)

  • Stroke

  • Substance Abuse

  • Tic disorder

  • Tourette syndrome

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