Child support

A child have a right to a life in keeping with the parents’ economic means. Parents who separate or divorce are required to contribute to the needs of their children.

About child support

Parents who separate or divorce are required to contribute to the needs of their children. A decision must be made concerning how, and in what proportion, each parent will make a contribution.

Child Support Payments Calculation tool

Child Support Payments Calculation Tool has been designed to help you estimate the amount you should pay or receive for your children, depending on your situation.

Québec model for the determination of child support payments

The Québec model for the determination of child support payments has specified the rules used to calculate child support payments when two parents separate or divorce.

Tables to determine the basic parental contribution

See the basic parental contribution tables for the last five years.

Collection and remittance of support payments outside Québec

If you do not regularly receive the support payments to which you are entitled under a judgment rendered in Québec, you can have the judgment enforced outside of the province.

Service administratif de rajustement des pensions alimentaires pour enfants (SARPA)

The Service administratif de rajustement des pensions alimentaires pour enfants (SARPA) recalculates support payments for minor children in simple cases.

Homologation Assistance Service (HAS)

The Homologation Assistance Service helps parents to make changes to a court judgment on child custody, access rights, child support payments, or child and spousal support payments.

Cancellation of child support payments

You can request the cancellation of support payments if your child meet certain conditions.

Last update: April 16, 2023