Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) Direct Deposit
Enrol for direct deposit to get your government payments quicker
When you sign up for Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) direct deposit you can get all your eligible government payments and benefits deposited quickly and securely to your Scotiabank account. No need to wait for cheques in the mail.
Examples of payments from the CRA that you can register to include:
- Canada Child Benefit
- Canada Recovery Benefit
- Canada Recovery Caregiving Benefit
- Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit
- Canada Workers Benefit
- Goods and Services Tax/Harmonized Sales Tax (GST/HST) Credit
- Income Tax Refund
- Ontario Trillium Benefit
- For a full list of eligible benefits please visit the Canada Revenue Agency.
To be eligible to enrol for government payments direct deposit with the Canada Revenue Agency you must have filed at least one income tax return in the past.
If you have never filed a Canadian tax return, you must first call 1-800-959-8281 to register your Social Insurance Number with the CRA. You will not be able to apply for government payments like CERB/CESB or set up direct deposit until you call and register your Social Insurance Number.
Enrol for CRA Direct Deposit
Here’s how direct deposit works.
If you already have direct deposit set up with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), you don't need to enrol again unless you‘d like to update the deposit account.
To enrol in direct deposit with CRA:
- From the home page, select your account
- Select Account settings from the side navigation menu
- Under CRA direct deposits select Manage
- Follow the steps