To what extent do newcomers receive the Canada child benefit? Insights from newly landed immigrants with employment income in Canada

Description: The Office of the Auditor General of Canada has called for an examination of the degree to which Canada’s hard-to-reach populations receive the government benefits they are entitled to. This study assesses the degree to which immigrant couples who landed in Canada with young children from 2016 to 2019 received the Canada child benefit (CCB) in the year following landing.

Issue Number: 2024007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.25318/36280001202400700004-eng