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Service Canada - Rainy River District
Canada Pension Plan and Old Age Security
- Description
- Provides financial benefits to retired seniors
Canada Pension Plan (CPP)- Provides a monthly taxable benefit to retired contributors
- Provides a monthly benefit available to most Canadians 65 years of age who meet the Canadian legal status and residence requirements
- Provides a monthly non-taxable benefit to low-income OAS recipients living in Canada
- Eligibility
- Individuals 60 years of age and up
Canada Pension Plan (CPP)- Must have worked; and
- Must have made at least one valid contribution to the CPP: and are
- either 65 or older or
- between 60 and 65 and want the retirement pension payments to begin within 11 months
Old Age Security (OAS)
People living in Canada- Must be 65 years of age or older
- Must live in Canada and be a Canadian citizen or a legal resident at the time the pension application is approved
- Must have lived in Canada for at least 10 years after turning 18
People living outside Canada- Must be 65 years of age or older
- Must have been a Canadian citizen or a legal resident of Canada the day before leaving Canada
- Must have lived in Canada for at least 20 years after turning 18
Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS)- Low-income OAS recipients living in Canada
- Must have worked; and
- Application Process
- Canada Pension Plan (CPP)
- Begin application six months before wishing to receive benefits
- Apply online, print and complete an application and mail it, or call to have an application kit mailed
- Must have Social Insurance Number to apply
- Begin application six months before turning 65
- Pick up application at a Service Canada location, print application and mail, or call to have an application kit mailed
- If not born in Canada or have not been living continuously in Canada since age 18, must submit citizenship or immigration papers as well as a statement of all the dates arrived in and departed Canada from age 18 to present
- Phone for an application at 1-800-277-9914 (TTY: 1-800-255-4786)
- Re-apply by filing income tax return
- Office
- 1-800-277-9914 - (English); 1-800-277-9915 (French)
- Fax
- 807-468-6209
- TTY
- 1-800-255-4786
- Web Site
- https://www.canada.ca/en/services/benefits/publicpensions.html
- Mailing Address
- 301 Scott St
Fort Frances, ON, P9A 1H1
Canada - Languages
- English, French
- Fees
- None
- Documents Required
- Completed applications required
- Accessibility
- Fully Accessible ; Elevator to first floor where office is located
- Topic(s)
- Agency Information
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- Copyright
- 211 Ontario North
- Last Verified On
- March 4, 2023
- Address
- 301 Scott St
Fort Frances, ON, P9A 1H1- Located at Scott St within the Canada Post Office building
- Enter through side entrance of Post Office building
- Closest intersection is at Scott St and Portage Ave
Open in Google Maps - Hours of Operation
- Mon0830 to 1600Tue0830 to 1600Wed0830 to 1600Thu0830 to 1600Fri0830 to 1600
Mon-Fri 8:30 am-12 noon, 12:30 pm-4 pm - Service Area(s)
- Rainy River District
