How to fill the Canada Direct Deposit Enrolment Form — and autofill your details with my-id.ca
Fill the Canada Direct Deposit Enrolment Form without retyping your details
The Canada Direct Deposit Enrolment Form routes your government payments — CRA refunds and benefit payments, public pensions, and Employment Insurance — directly into your bank account. This guide is an example of storing the repeating identity fields in my-id.ca — it is not financial advice, and my-id.ca is not affiliated with the CRA or the Government of Canada.
Official form and source
Start from the official source and always use the current version — links and processes change:
- Enrolment form: Canada direct deposit enrolment form — canada.ca
- Direct deposit for CRA payments: Direct deposit for individuals — canada.ca
What this form is about
Direct deposit replaces mailed cheques. The fastest way to set it up is online — through your financial institution or your CRA account — which updates quickly. The paper form is the backup when you cannot enrol online, and takes longer to process.
Before you start: what to gather
- Your full legal name, address, and SIN.
- Your banking details — branch/transit number, institution number, and account number (a void cheque shows all three).
How my-id.ca makes it faster
- Store your identity once. Save your name, address, and SIN in my-id.ca.
- Autofill the identity fields. Use the my-id.ca Chrome extension on an online form, or fill a PDF from your saved profile inside my-id.ca.
- Enter your banking details yourself — these are specific to your account.
- Review every field before submitting.
Why do it in my-id.ca
Your name, address, and SIN repeat on the direct deposit form, your tax returns, and benefit applications like RC66. Stored once in my-id.ca — in Canada, with self-hosted AI — each form starts mostly filled.
Frequently asked questions
- Should I use the paper form or enrol online?
- Online enrolment through your bank or your CRA account is fastest and updates within about a business day; the paper Canada Direct Deposit Enrolment Form is the slower backup. Confirm the current options on canada.ca.
- What details does the form need?
- Your name, address, SIN, and your banking details (branch/transit, institution, and account numbers, usually shown on a void cheque). my-id.ca can store and autofill your name, address, and SIN.
- Does my-id.ca store my banking information?
- You can store your details in my-id.ca, encrypted and on Canadian servers, and they are shared only when you choose. You always review the banking fields and submit the form yourself.
Fill it once. Reuse it everywhere.
Save your information in my-id.ca once, then autofill this form and the next one — web forms with the Chrome extension, PDFs right in the app. Your data is stored in Canada and AI runs on my-id.ca's own servers, never sent to third-party AI providers.