How to claim the Ontario Trillium Benefit — and autofill your details with my-id.ca
Claim the Ontario Trillium Benefit without re-entering your personal details
The Ontario Trillium Benefit is claimed on the ON-BEN form as part of your annual tax return — and the personal identity fields are the same name, date of birth, and address you enter on every Ontario government application. This guide is an example of storing those fields in my-id.ca.
Official form and source
Start from the official Ontario source and always use the current version — benefit amounts and rules can change:
- Service page: Ontario Trillium Benefit — ontario.ca
What this benefit is about
The OTB combines three tax credits into monthly payments: the Ontario Energy and Property Tax Credit, the Northern Ontario Energy Credit, and the Ontario Sales Tax Credit. It is claimed by completing Schedule ON-BEN with your annual personal income tax return filed with CRA.
Before you start: what to gather
- Your name, date of birth, and current address.
- Rental or property address for the tax year.
- Rent or property tax paid and any home energy costs.
Confirm current eligibility and benefit amounts on ontario.ca.
How my-id.ca makes it faster
- Store your personal details once. Save your name, date of birth, and address in my-id.ca.
- Autofill the ON-BEN identity fields. Use my-id.ca with your tax software or CRA portal to fill the identity section.
- Enter rental/property and energy details yourself — these change each year.
- File your return by the deadline.
Why do it in my-id.ca
Your name, date of birth, and address repeat identically on every Ontario tax credit, benefit, and government application. Stored once in my-id.ca — in Canada, with no third-party AI — each form starts mostly filled.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the Ontario Trillium Benefit?
- The OTB combines the Ontario Energy and Property Tax Credit, the Northern Ontario Energy Credit, and the Ontario Sales Tax Credit into one monthly benefit. It is claimed by completing the ON-BEN application when you file your personal income tax return.
- How do I claim the Ontario Trillium Benefit?
- Complete Schedule ON-BEN as part of your Ontario personal income tax return filed with CRA each year. Confirm current eligibility and benefit amounts on ontario.ca.
- Does my-id.ca file my tax return?
- No. my-id.ca autofills your personal identity details on the ON-BEN form or in your tax software; you complete and file the return 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.