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• Refund timelines
• Check your refund status
• Transfer your refund

Refund timelines

How you file your return affects when you get your refund.

Check the status of your return in your CRA account

You can view the status of your return using the progress tracker in your CRA account.

Check general processing times for T1 returns

Non-resident returns:

Processed within 16 weeks.

The CRA may take longer if your return is selected for a more detailed review.

Why you may not receive your refund

The CRA may keep all or part of your refund if you have:

• an amount owing (or pending amount owing)
• a garnishment order under the Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act
• certain outstanding federal, provincial, or territorial debts (for example: student loans, EI or social assistance benefit overpayments, immigration loans, training allowance overpayments)
• any outstanding GST/HST returns from a sole proprietorship or partnership
• a refund of $2 or less

Interest on your refund

The CRA pays compound daily interest on your 2025 tax refund in some cases. The interest starts on the latest of:

• 30 days after the balance due date
• 30 days after you file your return
• the day you overpaid your taxes

See Prescribed interest rates.

Check your refund status

How to check your refund status

Wait before contacting the CRA:

• 12 weeks if you reside in Canada
• 16 weeks if you reside outside Canada

Online:

Sign in to My Account for secure access to your tax return information.

Sign in to My Account Register

By phone:

Contact centre agent

Before you call

To verify your identity, have the following ready:

• your social insurance number
• your full name
• your date of birth
• your complete address
• an assessed return, notice of assessment or reassessment, other tax document, or to be signed in to My Account

If you are calling for someone else, you must be an authorized representative.

Telephone number

1-800-959-8281

Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut:
1-866-426-1527

Outside Canada and the United States:
613-940-8495

Hours

Mon to Fri

8 am to 8 pm ET

Sat

9 am to 5 pm ET

Sun

Closed

Public holidays

Closed

Automated line

Before you call

To verify your identity, have the following ready:

• your social insurance number
• your full name
• your date of birth
• your complete address
• amount from line 15000 of your most recent notice of assessment

Telephone number

1-800-959-8281 (select option 4)

Hours

Monday to Sunday 6 am to 3 am ET

No wait time

Transfer your refund

You can transfer your refund to your 2026 instalment account by:

• choosing this option when you file electronically
• attaching a note to your paper return

The CRA will apply the full refund to your instalment account on the date your return is assessed.

It will go toward any amount owing on your tax return.

Learn more: Payments for individuals

Related topic

• Notice of assessment: Understand sections of your notice