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4-6-1 Current Transfer Payment Benefits

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Social Programs

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Social Assistance

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Instructions

 CURRENT TRANSFER PAYMENT BENEFITS

4-6-1

Effective: July 1, 2000


Revised: November 1, 2007

Authorized by:


Director of Social Assistance

 

 

 



 

 PROGRAMS STATUS   MONTHLY RATES
   Single/widow/widower  $ 1237.80
 War Veterans Allowance  Single/widow/widower - blind  $ 1288.05
   Widow/widower - one child  $ 1882.79
 October 31, 2007  Married  $ 1882.79
           - December 31, 2007  Married - blind or spouse blind  $ 1932.88
   Additional - each dependent child  $   214.74
    Each orphan  $   643.49

 

 

Canada Pension Plan (CPP)    - Payment Rates    
January - December 2007        
        
Canada Pension Plan rates are adjusted every January if there are increases in the cost of living as measured by the Consumer Price Index. The table below lists the maximum and average monthly rates for Canada Pension Plan benefits for 2007.

   CPP Payment Rates

Average monthly benefit

(October 2006)

Maximum monthly benefit

- 2007  
Type of benefit    
Disability benefit  $  772.88 $  1,053.77
Retirement pension (at age 65)  $  473.09 $  863.75
Survivors benefit (under age 65) $  347.89 $  482.30
Survivors benefit (age 65 and over) $  293.75 $  518.25
Children of disabled contributors benefit $  200.47 $  204.68
Children of deceased contributors benefit $  200.47 $  204.68
Combined survivors & retirement benefit
(pension at age 65)   		 $  667.48 $  863.75
Combined survivors & Disability benefit  $  911.00 $1,053.77
Death benefit (max lump sum)  $2,227.82 $2,500.00

                       
Old Age Security (OAS) Payment Rates            
October - December 2007                
                
The following chart shows the maximum and average monthly rates for Old Age Security (OAS), Guaranteed Income Supplement and the Allowance, as well as the maximum annual  income to be eligible for these benefits.
                
For detailed monthly rates, please refer to the Tables of Rates for Old Age Security, Guaranteed Income Supplement and the Allowance.
               

Old Age Security benefit rates are reviewed in January, April, July and October to reflect increases in the cost of living as measured by the Consumer Price Index.
                
The term "spouse" includes a common-law partner.            
                
Pensioners are not eligible for benefits if their income, or the combined income of them and their spouse, is more than the maximum income shown on the chart.
                
The Allowance stops being paid at $28,176 while the GIS stops being paid at $36,528.    
                
Old Age Security Benefit Payment Rates            
October - December 2007
 

 

 Type of monthly benefit 

Recipient
Maximum Monthly
(July 2007)

Average 
Maximum Benefit

 Annual Income  Benefit

 Old Age Security Pension

  All recipients.....................  $472.12  $502.31  See note
 Guaranteed Income Supplement    Single person......................  $429.32  $634.02  $15,240 
   Spouse of pensioner............  $267.07  $418.69  $20,112
   Spouse of non-pensioner....    $415.89  $634.02  $36,528
   Spouse of Allowance recipient....     $348.58  $418.69  $36,528
         
 Allowance   All recipients........................  $363.07  $921.00  $28,176
         
 Allowance for the survivor  All recipients.....................  $555.63  $1,020.91  $20,520
         


Note - Pensioners with an individual net income above $63,511 must repay part or
           all of the maximum Old Age Security pension amount. The repayment
           amounts are normally deducted from their monthly payments before they
           are issued. The full OAS pension is eliminated when a pensioner's net income
           is $103,191 or above.      


    

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