The consumer Canada Carbon Rebate is over. The federal fuel charge ended on April 1, 2025, and the final rebate went out starting April 22, 2025. There aren't any 2026 payment dates, and any site listing them isn't current.
No. The Canada Carbon Rebate ended when the federal fuel charge was removed on April 1, 2025. The final consumer payment went out starting April 22, 2025, and the CRA hasn't scheduled anything for 2026. Late 2024 tax filers can still receive that final payment.
The final payment started going out on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. Canadians who filed their 2024 tax return electronically by April 2, 2025 received it on that date, by direct deposit or cheque depending on their CRA setup. Anyone who filed later doesn't lose it; the CRA pays it out once the return is assessed.
That filing condition is the detail that still matters in 2026. The rebate didn't expire for people who missed it; the CRA holds the money until a 2024 return gets assessed. The quarterly schedule itself, which paid on the 15th of April, July, October and January, ended permanently with that April deposit.
The rebate began as the Climate Action Incentive on 2018 tax returns, moved to quarterly direct deposits in July 2022, and took the Canada Carbon Rebate name in 2024. Seven payment cycles ran on the quarterly calendar before the program closed.
The April 22, 2025 payment used the 2025-26 rates announced before the program ended. Alberta received the most at $228 for a first adult, and the rural supplement added 20% on top in eligible communities.
| Province | First adult | Family of four | With rural top-up (family) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alberta | $228 | $456 | $547.20 |
| Saskatchewan | $206 | $412 | $494.40 |
| New Brunswick | $165 | $330 | $396.00 |
| Ontario | $151 | $302 | $362.40 |
| Manitoba | $150 | $300 | $360.00 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | $149 | $298 | $357.60 |
| Nova Scotia | $110 | $220 | $264.00 |
| Prince Edward Island | $110 | $220 | $264.00 |
A second adult received 50% of the first-adult amount and each child under 19 received 25%, and that's why the family-of-four figure is exactly double the single figure. BC and Quebec never received the federal rebate because both provinces priced carbon under their own systems.
The rebate existed to return fuel charge revenue to households. Once the Government of Canada removed the consumer fuel charge on April 1, 2025, there wasn't any revenue left to redistribute, so the rebate ended with it.
The consumer carbon price ended on April 1, 2025 across all 8 provinces where the federal system applied. Pump prices dropped the same week.
The government issued one last rebate on April 22, 2025 so households kept the payment covering the quarter the charge was collected in.
The separate Canada Carbon Rebate for Small Businesses also issued final payments, and the CRA confirmed they're tax free.
Yes, and it's the part most outdated pages miss. Filing your 2024 tax return in 2026 still triggers the final April 2025 rebate once the CRA assesses the return. The same applies to earlier unclaimed quarterly payments tied to your 2023 return, which the CRA issues retroactively after assessment.
Direct deposit details decide how fast the money lands. A stale bank account on file sends the payment as a mailed cheque instead, which adds weeks. Confirm your account in CRA My Account when you file; it's the same check that keeps GST and Groceries Benefit payments arriving on schedule.
The deposit label on your statement reads Canada Carbon Rebate or CCR. Older retroactive payments appear as Climate Action Incentive. Neither uses the Canada FPT label that covers the GST credit and Canada Child Benefit, so you won't confuse it with those deposits.
No program replaced it dollar for dollar. The closest successor in spirit is the Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit, which replaced the GST/HST credit in July 2026 with a 25% increase locked in for 5 years. It's paid quarterly, on the same rhythm the carbon rebate used.
See the new benefit's payment datesProgram status and dates come from the Department of Finance announcement removing the consumer carbon price and the CRA's closed Canada Carbon Rebate pages on canada.ca. Last verified July 8, 2026. This page stays up because Canadians still search these dates, and the honest answer is that the program ended.