{"id":46958,"date":"2012-04-24T19:38:08","date_gmt":"2012-04-24T23:38:08","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2026-04-27T12:21:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T16:21:18","slug":"how-are-basic-child-support-amounts-calculated","status":"publish","type":"publications-page","link":"https:\/\/www.cleo.on.ca\/en\/publications-page\/how-are-basic-child-support-amounts-calculated","title":{"rendered":"How is child support calculated?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Child support is usually made up of a <strong>basic monthly amount<\/strong> and an amount for other expenses, called <strong>special or extraordinary expenses<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>Table amount<\/h2>\n<p>Each province and territory has a Child Support Table. The Table shows the basic monthly amounts of child support to cover expenses like clothes, food, and school supplies. The basic amount is also called the table amount.<\/p>\n<p>The table amount is based on the gross annual income of the payor parent and the number of children they have to support.<\/p>\n<p>Gross annual income is the total income a person earns in the year before subtracting taxes and other deductions. It is usually the amount on line 150 on your income tax return.<\/p>\n<p>To find out what a parent in Ontario has to pay in child support, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/justice.gc.ca\/eng\/fl-df\/child-enfant\/2025\/look-rech.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">justice.gc.ca\/eng\/fl-df\/child-enfant\/2025\/lookrech.aspx<\/a>. Enter the annual gross income of the payor parent, the number of children, and select \u201cOntario\u201d for province of residence.<\/p>\n<h2>Special or extraordinary expenses<\/h2>\n<p>Parents may also have to share other expenses like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>child-care fees<\/li>\n<li>medical and dental insurance premiums and expenses<\/li>\n<li>extracurricular activities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These types of expenses are special or extraordinary only if they&#8217;re both:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>reasonable<\/strong>, which means that the parents can afford it, and<\/li>\n<li><strong>necessary<\/strong> for the child&#8217;s best interests.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Parents usually share these expenses based on their income.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-46958","publications-page","type-publications-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How is child support calculated? - CLEO (Community Legal Education Ontario \/ \u00c9ducation juridique communautaire Ontario)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cleo.on.ca\/en\/publications-page\/how-are-basic-child-support-amounts-calculated\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How is child support calculated? - CLEO (Community Legal Education Ontario \/ \u00c9ducation juridique communautaire Ontario)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Child support is usually made up of a basic monthly amount and an amount for other expenses, called special or extraordinary expenses. 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