Please note that the list provided below highlights some of the medical conditions that qualify for the Disability Tax Credit (DTC). However, it is not a complete list and does not include all eligible medical conditions. If you do not find your specific medical condition here, please reach out to us for further guidance. It is important to understand that eligibility for the disability tax credit is assessed on an individual basis, based on the symptoms experienced by each person, not on the diagnosis itself.
Medical Conditions that Qualify for Disability Tax Credit
- Alzheimer’s Disease
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Anxiety
- Arthritis
- Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
- Bipolar Disorder
- Bladder Disease
- Borderline Personality Disorder
- Bowel Disorder
- Brain Tumour
- Cancer
- Cerebral Palsy (CP)
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease (CMT)
- Chronic Pain
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary (COPD)
- Cognitive Impairment (CI)
- Colitis
- Coronary Artery Disease (CAD)
- Crohn’s Disease
- Cystic Fibrosis (CF)
- Degenerative Disc Disease (DDD)
- Dementia
- Depression
- Developmental Delay
- Diabetes Type 1 and Type 2
- Epilepsy
- Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD)
- Fibromyalgia
- Gastrointestinal Disease
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
- Global Developmental Delay
- Hearing Impairment
- Heart Disease
- Herniated Disc
- Huntington’s Disease
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
- Intellectual Disability
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
- Juvenile Arthritis
- Learning Disability
- Lou Gehrig’s (ALS)
- Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)
- Mental Condition
- Mobility Impairment
- Motor Vehicle Accident (MVA)
- Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Neurological Disorders
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Osteoarthritis (OA)
- Parkinson’s Disease (PD)
- Physical Impairment
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Psoriatic Arthritis
- Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)
- Schizophrenia
- Stroke or stroke-related effects
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
- Trisomy 13 (Patau syndrome)
- Trisomy 18 (Edwards syndrome)
- Trisomy 21 (Down syndrome)
- Visual Impairment
Basic Activities of Daily Living
If you experience difficulty with performing any of the following Basic Activities of Daily Living, you may qualify for the Disability Tax Credit in Canada.
- Walking
- Getting Dressed
- Eliminating (Bowel/Bladder)
- Hearing
- Speaking
- Vision
- Feeding / Meal Preparation
- Life-Sustaining Therapy
- Cumulative Effects of Limitations
- Mental Functions Necessary for Everyday Life
Keep in mind that this is not a comprehensive list of medical conditions that qualify for the Disability Tax Credit (DTC). If you are affected by a condition not listed here, you can contact us for guidance.
To find out if your medical condition qualifies for the Disability Tax Credit, request a Free Eligibility Assessment. During the assessment, we will review your eligibility for the Disability Tax Credit, Canada Caregiver Credit, Child Disability Benefit, Registered Disability Savings Plan (RDSP), and more.
You can read more about the Benefits of The Disability Tax Credit here.