Social Assistance is Stuck in Time: Time to move forward together!
For the eighth year in a row, Ontario Works rates have not increased. Inflation has eaten away at the already low $733 that a single person on OW can receive monthly. The government cannot stay stuck in time – it’s time to accept the economic realities of the day and pin Ontario Works rates to inflation.
We advance the systemic interests and rights of low-income and equity-seeking communities and meaningfully support Indigenous Peoples and communities, with a focus on improving income security programs and ending low-wage precarious employment.
Updates
ISAC’s 2026 Ontario Works (OW) & Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) Rates and Ontario Child Benefit (OCB) Rates Sheet is now available. The Rates Sheet includes: Download the rates sheet by clicking here. French version…
The Canada Disability Benefit (CDB) is a federal monthly payment for people with disabilities who are between 18 and 64 years old. If you are eligible and approved, you will start getting payments in the…
ISAC recently released a new policy report called In Their Own Words: The State of Social Assistance in Ontario. You can read more about the report here. Join us for the online community launch of…
In 2020, Ontario began to introduce a host of changes to the administration of social assistance, including rolling out a new Centralized Intake model with the purpose of modernizing access to social assistance. With this…
ISAC has been actively monitoring and providing feedback to the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO)’s consultations on proposed changes to its Rules of Procedure since a series of consultations began in November 2024. In…
After years of advocacy from workers’ groups, the federal government created the Employment Insurance Board of Appeal (EI BOA). The EI BOA will take over responsibility from the Social Security Tribunal (SST) – General Division…
Updates
ISAC’s 2026 Ontario Works (OW) & Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) Rates and Ontario Child Benefit (OCB) Rates Sheet is now available. The Rates Sheet includes: Download the rates sheet by clicking here. French version…
The Canada Disability Benefit (CDB) is a federal monthly payment for people with disabilities who are between 18 and 64 years old. If you are eligible and approved, you will start getting payments in the…
ISAC recently released a new policy report called In Their Own Words: The State of Social Assistance in Ontario. You can read more about the report here. Join us for the online community launch of…
In 2020, Ontario began to introduce a host of changes to the administration of social assistance, including rolling out a new Centralized Intake model with the purpose of modernizing access to social assistance. With this…
ISAC has been actively monitoring and providing feedback to the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO)’s consultations on proposed changes to its Rules of Procedure since a series of consultations began in November 2024. In…
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