Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations

Marginal note:Income calculation rules

• 134 (1) For the purpose of subparagraph 133(1)(j)(i), the total income of the sponsor shall be determined in accordance with the following rules:

  • (a) the sponsor’s income shall be calculated on the basis of the last notice of assessment, or an equivalent document, issued by the Minister of National Revenue in respect of the most recent taxation year preceding the date of filing of the sponsorship application;

  • (b) if the sponsor produces a document referred to in paragraph (a), the sponsor’s income is the income earned as reported in that document less the amounts referred to in subparagraphs (c)(i) to (v);

  • (c) if the sponsor does not produce a document referred to in paragraph (a), or if the sponsor’s income as calculated under paragraph (b) is less than their minimum necessary income, the sponsor’s Canadian income for the 12-month period preceding the date of filing of the sponsorship application is the income earned by the sponsor not including

    • (i) any provincial allowance received by the sponsor for a program of instruction or training,

    • (ii) any social assistance received by the sponsor from a province,

    • (iii) any financial assistance received by the sponsor from the Government of Canada under a resettlement assistance program,

    • (iv) any amounts paid to the sponsor under the Employment Insurance Act, other than special benefits,

    • (v) any monthly guaranteed income supplement paid to the sponsor under the Old Age Security Act, and

    • (vi) any Canada child tax benefit paid to the sponsor under the Income Tax Act; and

  • (d) if there is a co-signer, the income of the co-signer, as calculated in accordance with paragraphs (a) to (c), with any modifications that the circumstances require, shall be included in the calculation of the sponsor’s income.

• Marginal note:Change in circumstances

  (2) If an officer receives information indicating that the sponsor is no longer able to fulfil the sponsorship undertaking, the Canadian income of the sponsor shall be calculated in accordance with paragraph (1)(c) on the basis of the 12-month period preceding the day the officer receives that information rather than the 12-month period referred to in that paragraph.