Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. F-8)

Marginal note:Criteria for eligibility — Canada Social Transfer

• 25.1 (1) In order that a province may qualify for a full cash contribution under sections 24.5 and 24.51 for a fiscal year, the laws of the province must not, in the case of persons described in subsection (2),

  • (a) require or allow a period of residence in the province or Canada to be set as a condition of eligibility for social assistance or for the receipt or continued receipt of social assistance; or

  • (b) make or allow the amount, form or manner of social assistance to be contingent on a period of such residence.

• Marginal note:No minimum residency period

  (2) The persons described for the purpose of subsection (1) are

  • (a) Canadian citizens;

  • (b) permanent residents within the meaning of subsection 2(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act;

  • (c) any person who, under section 24 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, has been determined by an officer to be a victim of human trafficking and who holds a temporary resident permit issued under that section; and

  • (d) protected persons, within the meaning of subsection 95(2) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.