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I am curious to know about how to claim the Children's Arts and Cultural Activity Tax Credit and the Manitoba’s Fitness Tax Credit..  
 
My kids would be eligible for both, but I have heard from numerous sources that we are no longer able to claim credit like this ever since the the CCB changed. So I never brought it up during tax time (stupid me, I know!) but I am curious if this type of credit is still something I could claim? And how?  
 
Thanks in advance!

try this one.  
https://www.gov.mb.ca/finance/personal/pcredits.html  
If you have internet a search is really simple to find what you are looking for.

Thankyou for stating the obvious..., the whole reason I am asking this question is because of my simple web search, which brought me to the same page you told me to look at.... I've been there, which is why I'm asking more of a clarification of it all....

It looks like you can claim it provincially but not federally. I've never had anything to claim for those lines, so I'm not 100% sure. Do you do your own taxes?

MB fitness tax credit- we used to claim this every year for our kids sports, but the government no longer gives this credit. I think the last year kids fitness was claimable was 2018

Yes you can claim the Childrens Fitness Credit. We did it this year (2019 tax year). It is a provincial credit.

There were two depts federal and provincial that gave credits for these now only one does

Okay ( excuse my ignorance ), so if I keep all my receipts, then come tax time I file them under provincial tax credits? I do my own taxes because they are as basic as they come, but I'm thinking next year I'll get someone to do them so I don't screw it up.  
 
I haven't kept receipts of anything really because I kept getting told I claim anything....darn.... is there a way I can prove my spending without having their receipts?

If the sports/ activities are through a business they can probably reprint the receipts for you. They would've needed some sort of enrollment record. That first link someone added explains on how an activity qualifies. If you just Google both credits (example - manitoba fitness tax credit) it tells you the specific lines to claim them on.

Our tax software has something called a "comprehensive interview method" that literally asks you about every. single. credit. Time consuming (not really, it takes about 10-15 minutes), but that way nothing gets missed.  
 
If you use tax preparation software, see if it has something like that. That way, you can be more confident that you haven't missed anything.  
 
If you do find/get old receipts reprinted, you can ask the CRA for an adjustment to have them i:ncluded on prior returns for up to 3 years after they are filed. Right now we're filing the 2019 return, so you can go back to the 2016 tax year (which was filed in 2017) to have things reassessed.