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The Liberals overhauled child benefits in their budget in March, replacing the income-tested Canada Child Tax Benefit (CCTB) and Universal Child Care Benefit (UCCB) with the CCB — a move that the government has maintained will increase benefits to about 90 per cent of Canadian families.

If you go to the calculator, after filling in the taxation year for 2015, you’ll be asked what providence or territory you live in, your marital status and your date of birth and that of your partner’s if you have one. It is worth going through the online form because it will alert you to whether you’re eligible for additional grants from your provincial or territorial government.

Generally, the amount you will be getting from Ottawa will depend on your household income, how many children you have, the ages of the kids and whether any of them have a disability.

The CCB will provide a maximum annual benefit of up to $6,400 per child under the age of 6 and up to $5,400 per child for those aged 6 through 17. Families with less than $30,000 in net income will receive the maximum benefit. For the disabled, there is an additional $2,730 per eligible child for the Disability Tax Credit.

Jamie Golombek, managing director of tax and estate planning with CIBC, said his bank has done some modeling using the web calculator and generally agrees with Liberals assessments that about nine of out of 10 Canadian families will be better off under the new system.