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Social Assistance Rates

Each time the provincial government makes a change to the amount of money provided to people receiving Ontario Works (OW) and Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) benefits, we produce a new “rates sheet”.

We hope that this information is useful to people receiving OW and ODSP and the agencies and organizations that work with them.

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  • OW and ODSP Rates and the OCB Fall 2020 / Les taux d’OT, du POSPH et de la POE l’ automne 2020 October 22, 2020 - – la version française suit dessous – Ontario Works (OW) and Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) rates have not increased this year. However, the Ontario Child Benefit (OCB), for people who have children, has been increased slightly with inflation. The increase to OCB came into effect in July 2020. As in past years, we have ...
  • OW and ODSP Rates and the OCB March 2020 / Les taux d’OT, du POSPH et de la POE Mars 2020 March 10, 2020 - – la version française suit dessous – Ontario Works (OW) and Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) rates have not increased this year. However, the Ontario Child Benefit (OCB), for people who have children, has been increased slightly with inflation. The increase to OCB came into effect in July 2019. As in past years, we have ...
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