CRA has an extensive list of medical expenses that you can claim on your tax returns. The most common medical expenses claimed are prescriptions, dental, optician and physiotherapy etc., however there are others that you may have missed.
Here are a few examples:
- Medical insurance premiums paid personally/not through your employer
- Crutches, wheelchairs, walkers, or other walking aids
- Heart or blood pressure monitoring devices
- Injection pens (such as an insulin pen)
- Travel expenses for medical treatment that cannot be provided to you locally (over 40km from your home)
- Naturopath appointments – supplements are not allowable
- Massage and acupuncture
- Pre-natal and post-natal treatments
- Additional school equipment, facilities, or staff costs for a person’s physical or mental impairment
- Gluten-free food products
- Moving expenses to move a person who has a severe and prolonged mobility impairment, or who lacks normal physical development, to housing that is more accessible.
Some of the above expenses would require a prescription or letter from a physician to be claimed.
You can find the full list and any details of evidence required on the CRA website:
