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New Brunswick Health Card, Licence and Benefits

A plain-language guide to the main New Brunswick services: renewing your New Brunswick Medicare card, renewing your driver's licence, and provincial benefits.

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At a glance

ServiceIn short
Health cardMedicare card; renew by phone or at SNB
Driver's licenceOnline, by phone or at SNB, up to a year early
Benefits paid by the CRANB child tax benefit, NB HST credit

Health card

New Brunswick Medicare cards can't be renewed online. To renew or replace your card, call Service New Brunswick TeleServices at 1-888-762-8600 or visit a Service New Brunswick office. If your card expired more than 2 years ago, you need to apply again as a new applicant. Full guide: How to Renew Your New Brunswick Medicare Card.

Driver's licence

You can renew a New Brunswick driver's licence online, by phone through TeleServices, or at a Service New Brunswick centre, up to one year before it expires. Class 5 licences are renewed every four years. Allow at least 14 days for the new licence to arrive by mail. Full guide: How to Renew a New Brunswick Driver's Licence.

Provincial benefits

The CRA pays these for the province:

  • New Brunswick child tax benefit: a basic $20.83 a month per child, reduced when family net income is over $20,000. Families with work income may also get the working income supplement (up to $20.83 a month per family), and some get a school supplement each July.
  • New Brunswick harmonized sales tax credit.

Related

How to Renew Your New Brunswick Medicare Card New Brunswick Medicare cards can't be renewed online. To renew or replace your card, call Service New Brunswick TeleServices at 1-888-762-8600 or visit a Service New Brunswick office. If your card expired more than 2 years ago, you need to apply again as a new applicant. How to Renew a New Brunswick Driver's Licence You can renew a New Brunswick driver's licence online, by phone through TeleServices, or at a Service New Brunswick centre, up to one year before it expires. Class 5 licences are renewed every four years. Allow at least 14 days for the new licence to arrive by mail. Provincial Services: Health Cards, Licences, Benefits Plain-language guides to renewing your health card and driver's licence in each of Canada's 10 provinces, and the provincial benefits paid along with your federal benefits. Canada Child Benefit (CCB): How Much You Get in 2026-2027 From July 2026 to June 2027, the Canada child benefit pays up to $8,157 a year ($679.75 a month) for each child under 6 and up to $6,883 a year ($573.58 a month) for each child aged 6 to 17. You get the full amount if your 2025 adjusted family net income is $38,237 or less; above that it is reduced.

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