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Status in Canada and Income Information for the Canada Child Benefits Application
Canada Revenue Agency
Supplements the RC66 with citizenship, residency, and income details for newcomers and temporary residents applying for child benefits.
Reviewed July 2026
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Form RC66SCH, Status in Canada and Income Information for the Canada Child Benefits Application, is the companion schedule to Form RC66. It collects citizenship and immigration status details and income information for periods before you became a resident of Canada, which the CRA needs to confirm eligibility and calculate benefits for newcomers and temporary residents.
You can complete the RC66SCH in the Universal PDF editor, fill in the status and income sections for yourself and your spouse or common-law partner, sign it, and download the PDF to mail with your RC66 application.
What is Form RC66SCH used for
Canada Child Benefit eligibility depends on residency and immigration status, and payments are calculated from family net income. For people who recently became residents, the CRA has no Canadian tax returns covering earlier periods, so this schedule captures immigration status and the income earned in those periods, converted to Canadian dollars as the instructions direct.
The CRA uses the information to determine when eligibility begins and to calculate payment amounts for benefit periods that rely on income years without a Canadian return on file.
Who files Form RC66SCH
You complete it alongside Form RC66 when the RC66 checklist requires it: typically applicants or spouses who are not Canadian citizens, who are permanent residents, protected persons, or temporary residents as the instructions define them, or who became residents of Canada within the recent period the form describes.
If both you and your spouse or common-law partner are in one of those situations, the schedule collects details for both of you. Canadian citizens who have always been residents generally do not need it.
How to fill out Form RC66SCH
The schedule has a few focused sections:
- Applicant identification: your name and social insurance number, matching your RC66.
- Status in Canada: your citizenship or immigration status, such as permanent resident, protected person, or temporary resident, with the dates the form asks for.
- Residency dates: when you became a resident of Canada for tax purposes.
- Income before residency: income for the periods the form specifies, stated in Canadian dollars using the conversion approach in the instructions.
- Spouse or partner sections: the same status and income details for your spouse or common-law partner where required.
- Signature: sign and date the schedule before mailing it with the RC66.
Where to send it
Send the completed RC66SCH together with Form RC66 to the tax centre that serves your area; the current mailing addresses are listed on the official CRA website. Sending the two forms together avoids processing delays caused by an incomplete application.
Frequently asked questions
No. It is required only in the situations the RC66 checklist describes, mainly newcomers, temporary residents, and applicants who are not Canadian citizens.
Benefit amounts are calculated from family net income for specific base years. When there is no Canadian return covering those years, the schedule supplies the income information instead.
Report the amounts in Canadian dollars, converting them the way the form's instructions describe.
The schedule collects status and income details for your spouse or common-law partner when they are also a newcomer or non-citizen as described in the instructions.
Some temporary residents become eligible after meeting the conditions in the official rules, including a residency period the instructions describe. The schedule is how the CRA confirms those conditions.
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