Applying for a pension
The Canada Pension Plan retirement application, Old Age Security and the guaranteed income supplement, and the disability benefit package.
Somebody approaching retirement, or applying on behalf of a parent. Two different programs with two different applications, and most people need both.
The CPP retirement pension
Based on what you contributed while working. It is a separate program from Old Age Security and a separate application.
Old Age Security and the supplement
Based on how long you have lived in Canada rather than on contributions. The guaranteed income supplement is applied for on the same form.
The disability benefit
A package rather than a form, and it comes with a medical report a physician completes separately.
Keeping your details current
A pension is paid to an address and an account, and the CRA holds its own record of where you live.
- RC325 Address change request41 boxes
Worth knowing
When to start a pension, how much you will receive, and whether it is worth waiting are decisions with real money attached and nothing here knows your situation. Service Canada publishes estimates and a financial adviser can model it. We fill in the application you name.
These applications are long and ask for the same identifying details several times over. That is what makes them worth filling from one description.
Fill in the copy you have
Already downloaded it? Bring that file and we'll fill it in. It works the same for a form nobody publishes: a benefits enrolment, an employer's payroll form, anything with boxes in it.