Disability Tax Credit
The Disability Tax Credit (DTC) provides financial support to individuals and families living with severe or prolonged impairments.
If you are eligible, you can apply for the credit through the Canada Revenue Agency by having a qualified medical practitioner complete and sign form T2201.
Below is a list of common medical conditions that may qualify for the DTC - however it's important to note that CRA evaluates each application on a case-by-case basis and not all conditions listed will automatically qualify. Factors that will influence CRA's decision include 1) whether the condition results in "marked restrictions" in daily activities (e.g. walking, feeding, speaking, dressing, hearing, mental functions, elimination, vision) and 2) whether the impairment is severe and prolonged (lasting 12 months or longer).
Commonly approved conditions include:
- Amputation
- Alzheimer's Disease
- ALS (Lou Gehrig's)
- Anorexia
- Asperger Syndrome
- Asthma
- Autism
- Bipolar Disorder
- Blindness
- Cancer
- Cerebral Palsy
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- COPD
- Chronic pain
- Chrone's Disease
- Deafness
- Dementia
- Depression
- Diabetes types 1 and 2
- Emphysema
- Epilepsy
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
- Fibromylagia
- Hearing loss
- Hepatitis
- HIV
- Huntington's Disease
- Hypothyroidism
- Life-sustaining therapy
- Neurological disorders
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Osteoarthritis
- Parkinson's Disease
- PTSD
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Speaking impairments
- Schizophrenia
- Tourette Syndrome
CRA's website.here.