Participate in the Federal Child Support Guidelines survey

The Department of Justice Canada invites you to participate in a survey on the Federal Child Support Guidelines.

In Canada, child support is calculated using regulations called child support guidelines. They are a set of rules and tables used to determine child support amounts. The Federal Child Support Guidelines are regulations under the Divorce Act that apply when parents divorce or are divorced. There are also provincial and territorial child support guidelines that apply when married parents separate but do not divorce, or when parents were never married to each other.

The survey will gather views on possible changes to the Federal Guidelines and assist the Department of Justice Canada with its ongoing legal policy work. In particular, survey questions will focus on two areas:

Determining child support amounts in shared parenting time arrangements
Compliance with income disclosure obligations

Please complete the survey by September 25. The survey will take approximately 15 minutes to complete. Note that you will have the opportunity to save the survey and return to it at a later time.

You will have the option of either saving the link or receiving an email with the link to your survey responses. If you would like a PDF copy of the survey for accessibility purposes, please contact rsd.drs@justice.gc.ca.