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CPP/OAS Information

January 20, 2023

CPP/Pension

 Canada Pension Plan and Quebec Pension Plan CPP
1. Contribution Rate

 

5.95%
2. Year’s maximum pensionable earnings (YMPE)

 

$66,600.00
3. Basic exemption

 

$3,500.00
 

4. Maximum contributions for:

– employers

– employees

– self-employed

 

 

$3,754.45

$3,754.45

$7,508.90

5. Retirement Benefits (maximum):

– early at age 60

– normal at age 65

– delayed at age 70

 

 

$836.20

$1,306.57

$1,855.33

6. Lump Sum Death Benefit (max.)

 

$2,500.00

 

 Old Age Security (January–March, 2023) – Adjusted Quarterly Maximum Monthly
1. Old Age Security (at age 65-74)

– at age 75 and over

$687.56

$756.32

2. Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS) (single, widowed, divorced person) $1026.96
3. Allowance for the Spouse (if spouse receives full OAS and GIS) $1,305.71
4. Allowance for the Survivor $1,556.51

 

Just a note that the proposed changes by the 2012 Conservative Government to pension eligibility age were fully revoked in 2016, so the age of eligibility remains at 65 years. 

Dr. Erin Carruthers

Dr. Erin Carruthers is the Science Director and Senior Fisheries Scientist with the Fish, Food and Allied Workers Union (FFAW-Unifor), which is the labour union that represents the owner-operator fleet in Newfoundland and Labrador. The FFAW is committed to research and management that supports healthy oceans, fisheries, and coastal communities. Dr. Carruthers received her Ph. D. in Biology from Memorial University in 2011 followed by a postdoctoral fellowship with the Centre for Fisheries Ecosystems Research. Before coming to Newfoundland, Erin worked as a Research Biologist with Fisheries and Oceans Canada at the St. Andrews Biological Station. Her current research program is co-constructed with fish harvesters and includes research on coastal fishing communities, collaborative longline and trap surveys, and best practices for the avoidance, handling and release of unwanted catch.