Organizations providing disability benefits navigation services
The Disability Benefit Navigation (DBN) program funds not-for-profit community-based organizations to help address long-standing barriers related to awareness and take-up of benefits for persons with disabilities, including the Disability Tax Credit, the Canada Disability Benefit, and other provincial and territorial disability benefits.
Funded organizations provide accessible, individualized disability benefits navigation support on a one-to-one basis.
The following is a list of organizations funded by ESDC to provide direct disability benefit navigation services to persons with disabilities and their families and caregivers. Contact information and details on how to access these services are available through the links provided, which will be updated periodically.
Under each province and territory, you will find a list of national organizations. You may contact national organizations from any province or territory for assistance.
National organizations
- Canadian Association of the Deaf
- Disability Alliance British Columbia / Disability Alliance Canada
- Independent Living Nova Scotia
- Inclusion Canada
- Indigenous Disability Canada / British Columbia Aboriginal Networks on Disability Society
- Mood Disorders Society of Canada
- Plan Institute
- Vision Loss Rehabilitation Canada
Organizations by region
Alberta
Provincial organizations
National organizations
British Columbia
Provincial organizations
National organizations
Manitoba
National organizations
New Brunswick
Provincial organizations
- Independent Living Nova Scotia (serving Atlantic Canada)
National organizations
Newfoundland and Labrador
Provincial organizations
- Independent Living Nova Scotia (serving Atlantic Canada)
National organizations
Northwest Territories
Territorial organizations
National organizations
Nova Scotia
Provincial organizations
National organizations
Nunavut
Territorial organizations
National organizations
Ontario
National organizations
Prince Edward Island
Provincial organizations
National organizations
Quebec
Provincial organizations
National organizations
Saskatchewan
National organizations
Yukon
Territorial organizations
National organizations
Contact details
Audition Quebec
- Region: Quebec
- Language: French and English
- Email: coord.entraide@auditionquebec.org
- Website: Audition Quebec (French only)
Canadian Association of the Deaf
- Region: National
- Language: English and French
- Email: info@cad-asc.ca
- Phone number: 1-613-518-2944
- Website: Canadian Association of the Deaf
Disability Alliance British Columbia / Disability Alliance Canada
- Region: National
- Language: English, French or language of choice
- Email:
- British Columbia: dtc@dabc.ca
- All locations excluding British Columbia: info@disabilityalliancecanada.ca
- Website:
Finautonome
- Region: Quebec, Francophones nationally
- Language: French and English
- Email: aide@finautonome.org
- Phone number: 1-833-866-7334
- Website: Finautonome (French only)
Independent Living Nova Scotia
- Region: Atlantic
- Language: English and French
- Email: dtc@ilns.ca
- Phone number: 1-902-453-0004 Option 4 or 1-800-725-6585
- Website: Independent Living Nova Scotia
Inclusion Canada
- Region: National
- Language: English and French
- Email: Contact Our Navigators
- Phone number: 1-855-661-9611 (Toll-Free)
- Website: Inclusion Canada: Barrier-Free Benefits
Indigenous Disability Canada (IDC) / British Columbia Aboriginal Networks on Disability Society (BCANDS)
- Region: National
- Language: English and French
- Email: ninsadmin@bcands.bc.ca
- Phone number:
- Main/General British Columbia: 1-250-381-7303
- National Coordinator Ottawa:1-613-899-6893
- Website: Indigenous Disability Canada/BCANDS
Mood Disorders Society of Canada
- Region: National
- Language: English and French
- Email: info@BenefitsPathway.ca
- Phone number: 1-888-975-9990
- Website: Mood Disorders Society of Canada: Pathway to Benefits
Nunavummi Disabilities Makinnasuaqtiit Society
- Region: Nunavut and the North
- Language: English, French and Inuktut
- Email: connect@nuability.ca
- Phone number: 1-867-979-2228 or 1-877-354-0916 (Toll-free)
- Website: Nunavummi Disabilities Makinnasuaqtiit Society
NWT Disabilities Council
- Region: Northwest Territories
- Language: English
- Email:
- General: admin@nwtdc.net
- Navigation services: info@nwtdc.net
- Phone number:
- Phone: 1-867-873-8230
- Toll-free: 1-800-491-8885
- Fax: 1-867-873-4124
- Website: NWT Disabilities Council
Plan Institute
- Region: National
- Language: English, French, or interpretive services available in any language of choice
- Email: helpline@planinstitute.ca
- Phone number: 1-844-311-7526
- Website: Plan Institute: Disability Planning Helpline
ResourceAbilities
- Region: Prince Edward Island
- Language: English and French
- Email:
- General: admin@resourceabilities.ca
- Kings County: montague@resourceabilities.ca
- Queens County: amerah@resourceabilities.ca and kerry@resourceabilities.ca
- Prince County: summerside@resourceabilities.ca
- Phone number:
- Kings County Office - Montague: 1-902-838-5879
- Queens County Office - Charlottetown: 1-902-892-9149 Ext: 222 and 1-902-902-9149 Ext: 224
- Prince County - Summerside: 1-902-436-1296
- Website: ResourceAbilities
Vision Loss Rehabilitation Canada
- Region: National
- Language: English and French
- Email: Contact Us
- Phone Number: 1-844-887-8572
Website: Vision Loss Rehabilitation Canada: The GAIN Program
Voice of Albertans with Disabilities
- Region: Alberta
- Language: English
- Email: vad@vadsociety.ca
- Phone number: 1-780-488-9088
- Website: Voice of Albertans with Disabilities