Ontario Energy and Property Tax Credit

This credit helps low- to moderate-income individuals with property taxes and the sales tax on energy. The credit is part of a single benefit called the Ontario Trillium Benefit.

How much money could I receive?

For the 2014 benefit year, you could get:

• up to $973* if you are a non-senior ($757* to help with property taxes and $216* to help with sales tax on energy)
• up to $1,108* if you are a senior ($892* to help with property taxes and $216* to help with sales tax on energy)
• up to $216* if you live on a reserve or in a public long-term care home
• $25 for the time you lived in a designated college, university or private school residence in 2013

*These amounts are adjusted for inflation each year.

Do I qualify?

You may qualify for the 2014 credit if, on December 31, 2013, you resided in Ontario, and:

• rent or property tax for your principal residence was paid by or for you for 2013
• you lived in a student residence
• you lived in a long-term care home, or
• you lived on a reserve and home energy costs were paid by or for you for your principal residence on the reserve for 2013, and
• at the beginning of the payment month, you are:
  • a resident of Ontario, and
  • 18 years of age or older, or have or previously had a spouse or common-law partner, or are a parent who lives or previously lived with your child.