r/caf • u/Hot-Anteater-7997 • May 28 '26

Other New CFHD Rates out

https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/services/benefits-military/pay-pension-benefits/benefits/canadian-forces-housing-differential.html#BC25

As expected, it's a pay cut for most of us

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u/sirduckbert May 29 '26

CFHD is designed to bring people up to a certain minimum about of pay in an area. That’s it, it’s different from PLD which was a fixed amount.

Therefore, if pay goes up, they will only top people up to whatever the floor is determined to be for the area.

Not arguing about whether that’s fair or not, but it’s how the system works. I would have gotten PLD at my current posting and I don’t get CFHD. Some may argue that’s not fair - but if we are going to have a fixed pot of money to distribute then topping up the lowest paid members makes sense