Help - Application for Family Allowance

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Lexique

Account number (folio)

The account number or folio number must consist of digits only or a group of digits and a dash.

Bank or caisse number

The bank or caisse number must consist of digits only.

Branch number (transit number)

The branch number or transit number must be made up of digits only.

Civil union

Person officially in a civil union.

Foster family

You are a foster family if a youth centre has placed a child or children in your home or care.

Percentage of custody time a month

Examples :

  • Every second week = 50 %
  • 4 days a week = 60 %
  • 3 days a week = 40%
Permit

For example: Visitor Record, Work Permit, Study Permit or temporary resident permit.

Protected person

A protected person within the meaning of the Immigration and Refugees Act (formerly "refugee under the Geneva Convention").

Return Sheet

The Return Sheet indicates the documents that must be provided. It also contains your identification information, which helps us locate your file to process your application. You must send us the return sheet and enclose with it all requested documents and forms.

Street number

The street number is the part of an address used to indicate the exact location of a house or building on a street. Some people refer to this as the door number.