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===The Child Support Guidelines===
The [[Child Support Guidelines]], often referred to as just "the Guidelines," are a federal regulation that standardizes child support orders throughout Canada, except in Quebec. The Guidelines talk about how income is calculated and how children's special expenses are shared between parents, and provide a series of tables, one for each province and territory, which set out how much child support should be paid based on the payor's income and the number of children support is being paid for.
The Child Support Guidelines apply to anyone who is required to pay or entitled to receive child support, whether or not they are a married spouse, an unmarried spouse, a parent or a guardian.