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Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act

Version of section 25.1 from 2014-12-16 to 2024-05-01:


Marginal note:Criteria for eligibility — Canada Social Transfer

  •  (1) In order that a province may qualify for a full cash contribution under sections 24.5 and 24.51 for a fiscal year, the laws of the province must not, in the case of persons described in subsection (2),

    • (a) require or allow a period of residence in the province or Canada to be set as a condition of eligibility for social assistance or for the receipt or continued receipt of social assistance; or

    • (b) make or allow the amount, form or manner of social assistance to be contingent on a period of such residence.

  • Marginal note:No minimum residency period

    (2) The persons described for the purpose of subsection (1) are

  • 2003, c. 15, s. 8
  • 2012, c. 19, s. 402
  • 2014, c. 39, s. 173

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