For your appointment
Take this to your appointment.
The medical part of the form is where most applications are won or lost, and doctors charge for the time. This page puts what the form actually asks beside room for your own answers, so you arrive ready.
Press Ctrl + P, or Command + P on a Mac, to print this sheet. The same window will save it as a PDF.
Check the date on the form before it is filled in. Since 8 September 2026 the Canada Revenue Agency has not accepted any Form T2201 dated before 2023 — including blank copies kept on file. Downloading a fresh one takes a minute; a refused application costs months.
This works better after the check
Answer a few questions first and this sheet will list only the parts that apply to you, in the form’s own words. You can also print it as it is and fill in everything by hand.
Every area the form asks about
We do not have any answers from you, so every area is listed below — cross out the ones that do not apply. Either you have not done the check, or your answers have expired: they are kept in your browser for six hours and never stored on our side.
Everyday thinking — remembering, deciding, concentrating, or managing the day
Do you need help from another person with everyday thinking — remembering, deciding, concentrating, judging a situation, or managing yourself day to day?
- How long does this take you on an ordinary day?
- What help or equipment do you need?
- What happens on a bad day, and how often are those?
Walking a short distance on flat ground
Can you walk a short distance on flat ground without help, and in a normal amount of time?
- How long does this take you on an ordinary day?
- What help or equipment do you need?
- What happens on a bad day, and how often are those?
Dressing yourself
Can you dress yourself without help, and in a normal amount of time?
- How long does this take you on an ordinary day?
- What help or equipment do you need?
- What happens on a bad day, and how often are those?
Preparing a simple meal and eating it
Can you feed yourself — preparing a simple meal and eating it — without help, and in a normal amount of time?
- How long does this take you on an ordinary day?
- What help or equipment do you need?
- What happens on a bad day, and how often are those?
Bowel or bladder function
Do you have difficulty with bowel or bladder function — needing help, or far more time than most people?
- How long does this take you on an ordinary day?
- What help or equipment do you need?
- What happens on a bad day, and how often are those?
Hearing someone you know, in a quiet room
Can you understand someone who knows you, in a quiet room?
- How long does this take you on an ordinary day?
- What help or equipment do you need?
- What happens on a bad day, and how often are those?
Being understood when you speak, in a quiet room
Can someone who knows you understand you when you speak, in a quiet room?
- How long does this take you on an ordinary day?
- What help or equipment do you need?
- What happens on a bad day, and how often are those?
Seeing, even with glasses or contact lenses
Even with glasses or contact lenses, is your vision severely limited?
- How long does this take you on an ordinary day?
- What help or equipment do you need?
- What happens on a bad day, and how often are those?
Before you go — four things worth knowing
- The form asks what you CANNOT do, not what you have. A diagnosis on its own does not answer it.
- It asks about almost all of the time — not only your worst days.
- It counts you as you are WITH your medication, glasses, hearing aids and equipment. Not without them.
- If more than one area is hard, say so together. Two that are each significant can add up to the same thing in law, but only if they are described as a whole.
About the form itself
- It is called the T2201, Disability Tax Credit Certificate.
- You fill in Part A. A practitioner fills in Part B — a doctor or nurse practitioner for any section, or the specialist who already treats you for the one you are applying on.
- Some practitioners charge for completing it. Ask what it costs before the appointment.
- It can be sent to the Canada Revenue Agency online or by mail.
What this costs — and what comes back
The CRA charges nothing to consider your application. Your doctor may charge to fill in the form, and there is no set fee — it can be anywhere from nothing to a few hundred dollars. Ask what it will be when you book, not when you arrive.
Two things that give it back
- $150
- is paid once, specifically toward the cost of getting the Disability Tax Credit. The rules take effect on 1 September 2026, and the government says the payments start in the autumn. You do not apply for it — if you qualify for a monthly Canada Disability Benefit payment, it comes.
- Employment and Social Development Canada, published 2026 · from 1 September 2026 (opens in a new tab) Checked August 29, 2026
And the fee itself is claimable. The CRA says that if a medical practitioner charged you for completing the application or providing information, you may be able to claim it as a medical expense on lines 33099 or 33199 of your return. Keep the receipt.
And it can reach backwards
If you are approved, the credit can be applied to as many as 10 previous years. There is a box on the T2201 asking the CRA to adjust those returns — tick it. If you miss it, you have to write to them separately afterwards, which is the same money and considerably more work.
If the fee is what is stopping you, say so out loud at the clinic. Some doctors waive it, some bill it differently, and some have never been asked.
The wording the form is built on
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Income Tax Act 118.4(1)(a) (opens in a new tab)
an impairment is prolonged where it has lasted, or can reasonably be expected to last, for a continuous period of at least 12 months
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Income Tax Act 118.4(1)(b) (opens in a new tab)
an individual's ability to perform a basic activity of daily living is markedly restricted only where all or substantially all of the time, even with therapy and the use of appropriate devices and medication, the individual is blind or is unable (or requires an inordinate amount of time) to perform a basic activity of daily living
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Income Tax Act 118.4(1)(b.1) (opens in a new tab)
an individual is considered to have the equivalent of a marked restriction in a basic activity of daily living only where all or substantially all of the time, even with therapy and the use of appropriate devices and medication, the individual's ability to perform more than one basic activity of daily living (including for this purpose, the ability to see) is significantly restricted, and the cumulative effect of those restrictions is tantamount to the individual's ability to perform a basic activity of daily living being markedly restricted
Full text of these provisions: laws-lois.justice.gc.ca
This sheet is a prompt for your own notes, not medical or legal advice. Nothing here tells your practitioner what to write — only they can judge and certify what they observe.