ChildSupportCalculator.ca

Child Support Calculator

The child support calculator can be used to calculate the amount of child support money a parent has to pay to the other parent as part of a separation and or divorce settlement. 

By using this calculator you may save a few minutes of time in legal costs once and if you should seek the assistance of legal counsel.  If you are going to be the parent who is paying the child support, and seek the assistance of qualified legal counsel, you may be at a significant advantage knowing what your payment obligations might be when the time comes and a settlement is reached in your case.

Use this Child Support Calculator to calculate your payment amounts*:

Important: to save big and fire your lawyer - select your province in this Do-it-yourself Separation Agreement Wizard.

When children are still not "of age", then parents are still by law held responsible for the raising of their children and their financial obligations to those children are supposed to remain intact.  Parents have the legal fiduciary duty to provide for their children until they become of age and become non-dependent on their parents. 

The child support guidelines contained within The Federal Divorce Act is the defining matrix chart on how child support payments are to be calculated and the total amounts that are to be disbursed to the receiving parents.  The guidelines are in place to try and ensure some kind of fairness and equality based on the amount of money parents earn with some consideration of their expenses taken in. 

Child support guidelines are enforceable anywhere in the country.  If a parent fails to make their child support obligations they can be held accountable to the court system for failure to make those payments.  This can result in serious legal consequences for the parent failing on those obligations.  Most important to note is that the children can ultimately suffer if there is a financial shortfall resulting from a parent’s failed paying obligations.

 

This child support calculator is efficient and very user-friendly. Simply pick the province you are residing in as the province you would be expecting to pay from on the drop-down menu.  In the second line of the child support calculator, enter your total gross annual income per year.  No commas are necessary in your entries.  Finally, select the number of children you have from the drop-down menu in the final line.  Once all of your information is in, then hit the calculate button to get a number of what your support obligations would be per month.

For parents receiving child support payments, this child support calculator can be a guideline and give you an idea as to what you might be receiving as monthly payments for child support.  The payment receiving parents may not have an exact total on what the paying parent grosses per year, but even if they have a rough idea it is something to start with. The amount calculated by the child support calculator can assist you as a payment receiver in budgeting expenses and costs that you will incur paying for the necessities your children will require.



NOTE: The information contained within and on this website is meant for informative purposes only.  This child support calculator and website are not meant to replace the information and advice of legal counsel. Ultimately, the courts may have the final say as to what a parents financial child support obligations should and would be.  For clarification on Child Support Calculations, and any other matters related to Divorce and Family Law, you are encouraged to seek assistance of qualified legal counsel in your area.  If you think you might not be able to afford legal counsel, you should contact the local Legal Aid Office where you live for further information.