Ontario Trillium Benefit Payment Dates 2025: Check the Payout Schedule!

The Ontario Trillium Benefit helps beneficiaries pay for energy costs, sales, and property tax through credits. Ontarians who qualify for the OTB must wonder about their 2025 payment dates, as we are just one month away from 2025. Such recipients can check the 2025 OTB payment dates here and mark them on their calendars.

Ontario Trillium Benefit Payment Dates 2025

The Canada Revenue Agency administers the Ontario Trillium Benefit on behalf of the Ontario province government. This combined benefit covers three credits: the Northern Ontario Energy Credit, the Ontario Energy and Property Tax Credit, and the Ontario Sales Tax Credit. 

The OTB payments for 2025 are based on the 2023 income tax, so the final entitlement of the OTB is divided by 12 to present the monthly payments. The agency processes the OTB payments on the 10th of each month for the 2024-25 financial year (July 2024- June 2025). 

If the 10th day of the month falls on a public holiday or weekend, the agency will process the payment on the last business day before the payment day. The OTB recipients can mark the payment schedule from below:

What makes you eligible for the Ontario Trillium Benefit 2025?

The Ontarians qualify for the OTB when they meet the eligibility of one of the credits: the Northern Ontario Energy Credit, the Ontario Energy and Property Tax Credit, and the Ontario Sales Tax Credit. Here are the eligibility requirements for the three credits:

• Northern Ontario Energy Credit

• You lived in Northern Ontario on 31 Dec 2023 and you have paid your rent or property tax for your prime residence,
• You have paid the accommodation cost in a non-profit or profit long-term care home.
• You have paid the home energy costs for your principal residence
• You are 18 years of age or older or you have or had a common law partner and a spouse, or you are a parent whose child lives/ lived with you

• Ontario Energy and Property Tax Credit 
• You have paid the property tax for your principal residence in Ontario, accommodation costs for 2023, or home energy costs,
• You lived in a designated college, university, or private school residence in 2023.
• Ontario Sales Tax Credit

• You should be at least 19 years of age or older, or
• Your child lives or lived with you during the tax year, or
• You were or are married or in a common-law relationship and paid the sales tax.

How much will you receive in OTB 2025?

As we have mentioned, the OTB is the combined payment of three credits, so the OTB payout will be the total amount of credits you qualify for, if you qualify for only two credits, you will get a payment total of two credits. 

The credit amount depends on your family, age, and other factors, so the recipient’s payment differs from person to person. The recipients can calculate the OTB maximum payment based on the three credits given below:

• Northern Ontario Energy Credit

• For single individuals, you can receive the maximum credit up to $180
• Families can receive the maximum credit of up to $277

• Ontario Energy and Property Tax Credit 

• If your age is between 18 and 64 years old, you can receive payments up to $1248
• If your age is 65 or older, you can receive payments up to $1421
• If you live in a public or reserved long-term care home, you may receive maximum credit to a maximum credit of $277
• If you lived in a private school residence, designated college, or University in the tax year, you may receive up to $25.

• Ontario Sales Tax Credit 

• Under sales tax credit, you may receive payment of up to $360
• You can receive additional credit up to $360 if you have a spouse or common-law partner and a dependent child under 19 years of age living with you.

How will the OTB payouts be paid?

The OTB recipients receive the OTB payments by direct deposit, if you have not signed up for direct deposit, you may receive it through the traditional method. The recipients receive the payment in lump sum amounts one-time or monthly depending on the following conditions:

• If you receive the OTB benefit of more than $360, you can choose between two options – (i) you will receive monthly payments, (ii) you will receive the benefit payment as a single payment in June 2025
• If your OTB payout is $360 or less, you may have already received the lump sum payment in July 2024.
• If your OTB total is more than $2 but less than $10, your payment may be $10.
• If your OTB payout is $2 or less, you will not qualify for the OTB payments.

How to claim the OTB payment?

The OTB recipients do not have to apply separately for the payout if they have filed their income tax and benefit return for the tax year. The CRA will use your tax information from your filed income tax return. 

If you wish to receive all the components of the OTB payments, you need to make sure you have applied for all the credits when you meet the eligibility. To apply for the OEPTC/ NOEC, you should apply through Form ON-BEN. 

So, if you wish to receive your OTB benefits make sure you file your income tax return on time even if you have no income to report to the authority. The agency will notify the eligible OTB residents with a notice about their OTB eligibility and payment. 

The CRA will issue the OTB payment for 2024-2025 on behalf of the Ontario government if you have filed the income tax return for the 2023 tax year.