AISH lands 4 business days before each month begins, so every deposit is the coming month's support. Here's the verified 2026 schedule, the $1,940 rate, and what July's ADAP transition changed.
The next AISH payment arrives on Tuesday, July 28, 2026, and it's August's support paid in advance. Direct deposits land at midnight, 4 business days before the month starts, and ADAP payments follow the same calendar.
Every payment lands 4 business days before the 1st of the month it covers, which means January 2027's money arrives on December 22, 2026, and January 2026's arrived back in December 2025.
| Payment date | Day of week | Covers | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 27, 2026 | Tuesday | February 2026 | Paid |
| February 24, 2026 | Tuesday | March 2026 | Paid |
| March 26, 2026 | Thursday | April 2026 | Paid |
| April 27, 2026 | Monday | May 2026 | Paid |
| May 26, 2026 | Tuesday | June 2026 | Paid |
| June 25, 2026 | Thursday | July 2026 | Paid |
| July 28, 2026 | Tuesday | August 2026 | Upcoming |
| August 26, 2026 | Wednesday | September 2026 | Upcoming |
| September 24, 2026 | Thursday | October 2026 | Upcoming |
| October 27, 2026 | Tuesday | November 2026 | Upcoming |
| November 25, 2026 | Wednesday | December 2026 | Upcoming |
| December 22, 2026 | Tuesday | January 2027 | Upcoming |
Alberta launched the Alberta Disability Assistance Program (ADAP) on July 2, 2026, and moved most AISH clients into it automatically. ADAP's core benefit is $1,740 per month, and transitioning clients keep their full $1,940 through a $200 monthly transition benefit guaranteed until December 31, 2027.
AISH itself continues for four groups: people with severe developmental disabilities, those with palliative or terminal conditions, residents of continuing care, and clients 60 or older. Nobody needed to apply for the switch, the payment dates stayed identical, and the deposit amount didn't change for anyone this year.
The honest caveat sits in 2028: the transition benefit's guarantee runs to the end of 2027, and Alberta hasn't published what happens after that. We'll update this page the moment the province does, the same way our carbon rebate page tracked that program's wind-down.
The 2026 living allowance is $1,940 per month, a 2.05% increase from $1,901 under Alberta's CPI indexation. Child benefits and the ADAP transition amount stack on top for those who qualify.
$1,940 per month in 2026 for AISH, and effectively the same for transitioned ADAP clients: $1,740 core plus the $200 transition benefit until the end of 2027.
$227 per month for the first child and $114 for each additional child, paid inside the same deposit on the same dates.
Employment income, CPP disability and other benefits reduce the payment under AISH's income rules, with CPP-D deducted dollar for dollar as non-exempt income.
Those are program maximums, not a promise of your entitlement; your caseworker's calculation from your income and assets is the real number. Albertans receiving CPP disability alongside AISH see two deposits on two calendars: the federal pension on July 29, the provincial support on July 28 this month, a rare week where Alberta pays first.
Direct deposits post at midnight on the payment date, so money missing at breakfast usually means a banking detail problem rather than a payment run issue. Your caseworker fixes account changes, and a switch made close to the payment run applies the following month.
Cheques mail 6 business days before the 1st and add delivery time on top, which makes direct deposit the single biggest timing upgrade available. A payment that's genuinely absent after the date is a caseworker call, since AISH and ADAP flow through Alberta's system rather than the CRA or Service Canada.
Dates and program changes come from alberta.ca's AISH and Income Support pages. Last verified July 8, 2026, re-checked quarterly, corrected within 24 hours when anything changes.