Why MyEligible?

Canada runs benefit programs at the federal level, in the provinces and territories, and sometimes locally. Each program has its own eligibility rules, application process, and source of authoritative information. If you're new here, short on time, or already stretched thin, knowing where to start and what applies to your situation can be a real challenge.

A lot of benefit dollars never get claimed. In practice that hits newcomers in their first year, households on a tight budget, refugees, and people living with disability hardest, because those are often the same people who cannot spend an afternoon piecing together eligibility from a handful of sites and phone lines.

MyEligible models about 1254+ federal, provincial, territorial, and municipal benefits and supports across Canada's 13 jurisdictions (10 provinces and 3 territories), with municipal-level detail for 212 communities. It has full English and French support, with translated navigation in 19 more languages. It is a short quiz in your browser. It points to programs that might fit your situation, gives rough dollar amounts where possible, and links to where you apply.

I am a solo developer in Edmonton, one person and not a company or a government agency. For about fifteen years I worked in government, and part of that work brought me into contact with many elderly and vulnerable residents. I have spoken with thousands of them over the years.

Many have no family nearby. Caseworkers and community helpers are often wonderful, but even their resources are fragmented. Benefits sit across federal, provincial, and municipal programs that rarely connect, so it is hard to know what you qualify for unless you already know the system.

One woman asked me to help with her taxes simply because I had said I worked for government. I could not do her return, but the request stayed with me: she was reaching for any door that might open.

That is why I built MyEligible: federal, provincial, and municipal benefits in one place, with every program linked to its official source. It stays free, with no account and no stored quiz answers. The sections below explain how that works and why I am not selling your data.

Some people fill potholes in their neighbourhood. This is the gap I can fill.

It is not perfect. I improve it constantly, and notes about what is wrong, missing, or confusing help make it better for the next person.

If you are skeptical that anything free online is selling you something, that is fair. MyEligible does not work that way. I am not paid when you click a benefit, and I do not sell your quiz answers.

Right now the site is mostly self-funded volunteer work. I am pursuing sponsorship, grants, and a charitable structure so it can stay free for users without charging fees or monetizing people who use the quiz. There are no ads, no user accounts, no lead generation, and no mailing list built from your answers.

The quiz runs in your browser. Your answers are not stored on my server. If you bookmark or share results, they are encoded in the page address you choose to share, not in a profile I keep. I use cookieless, aggregate page-view analytics only to see which pages are useful, not to track you as an individual. Details are in the privacy policy and on the sources and methodology page.

You do not need an account. The quiz runs on your device. Your answers are not stored on my server, sold, or used for advertising. They are folded into the results URL if you want to bookmark or share your own summary.

The rules behind each estimate come from public Government of Canada, provincial, territorial, and municipal sources. Open the sources page for every link I relied on. Each benefit also shows when I last checked the rule or amount.

The quiz includes an optional question where you can choose to see First Nations, Inuit, and Métis programs. It asks only whether you would like these shown; it does not ask for or verify status, band membership, or registration. If you opt in, relevant programs such as Jordan's Principle, Non-Insured Health Benefits, and First Nations and Métis housing can appear in your results. You can also browse all of them, along with organizations and regional referrals, in the Indigenous-serving programs and organizations section on the Sources page. That list is a starting point, not a complete picture of every Indigenous program in Canada.

What you see here are estimates based on what you told me and the public rules I have on hand. Only the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), a province, a territory, a municipality running a program, or another responsible agency can say for sure. If a number matters for a real-life decision, confirm it with them.

The quiz asks whether you are a veteran **or the surviving spouse of one** for Veterans Affairs Canada. CPP and QPP survivor pensions still appear when a partner has died regardless of military service; VAC survivor cards also use your answers on the deceased spouse’s veteran status.

If you work in settlement, social services, or community navigation, you might use this as a quick first pass before a longer conversation, something a client can take home, or a way to notice a program that was not on your radar.

I am still improving the individual experience and I welcome notes from organizations. Reach me by email.