Canada Garnishments

Quebec - Summons and Federal Garnishment exemption updates [Effective April 1, 2026]

Quebec has released the new Exemption amounts for QC Summons and Federal. Note that QC has discontinued exemption amounts on Support garnishments.

Below is a chart of the NEW exemption amounts by pay frequency. These new amount are effective as of any payrolls committed on or after April 1, 2026. GPTCI-89842

Pay Period	Basic Amount (Old) April 1 2025	Basic Amount (New) April 1 2026	Amt for 1st dependent (Old) April 1 2025	Amt for 1st Dep (New) April 1 2026	Amt for other dep (Old) April 1 2025	Amt for other dep (New) April 1 2026
Weekly	$373.27	$380.19	$149.31	$152.08	$74.65	$76.04
Biweekly	$746.54	$760.38	$298.61	$304.16	$149.31	$152.08
Semimonthly	$808.75	$823.75	$323.50	$329.50	$161.75	$164.74
Monthly	$1,617.50	$1647.50	$647.00	$659.00	$323.50	$329.50
Yearly	$19,410.00	$19770.00	$7,764.00	$7908.00	$3882.00	$3954.00

Quebec - Support Garnishment Seizure rate and exemption updates [Effective April 1, 2026]

As of April 1, 2026, Revenu Québec (RQ) is introducing two changes for calculating the seizable portion of income for Support payments in Québec GPTCI-88714 :

Seizure rate is 30% of gross income (reduced from 50% before).

Removal of exemption/subsistence amounts - no protected amount will be deducted.