Mr. Speaker, with respect to my colleague’s question, what follows is the response from the Canada Revenue Agency as of May 27, 2024, that is, the date of the question.
Some individuals received the Canada Carbon Rebate, or CCR, Rural Supplement despite living in urban ridings, mainly due to the mailing address of the recipient at the time of payment.
Mailing addresses were used when generating the data for Q-3051 because it aggregates how many people received the CCR payment at the time of the quarterly issuance in each federal electoral district. The mailing address is what is used to aggregate benefits data in past publications and reports. For consistency purposes, this address type was chosen.
Note 11 in the original response to Q-3051 is as follows: “The Federal Electoral District information is based on the recipient’s mailing address(es) of the benefit year. This data captures recipients across the four quarters of the benefit year, thereby reflecting movement between federal electoral districts.”
Eligibility and entitlements of the CCR and the Rural Supplement are based on the province of residence indicated on a recipient’s tax return for that benefit year, qualifying them for CCR throughout the year. The Rural Supplement is calculated by using both the recipient’s mailing and home address postal codes. If one of these postal codes is considered outside a Census Metropolitan Area, or CMA, based on our CMA validation table, the recipient is entitled to the Rural Supplement.
CCR entitlements are calculated based on the province of residence on the first day of the payment month. If an individual lived in a rural area when the CCR entitlement was calculated, but moved to an urban area, it could appear as though they were issued a rural supplement amount while living in an urban area.