Canada Pension Plan

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The Canada Pension Plan is a mandatory public retirement and disability insurance program that provides income benefits to eligible workers and their families across most of Canada.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form As subject As object
Canada Pension Plan Act 0 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf public pension plan
social insurance program
abbreviation CPP
administeredBy Employment and Social Development Canada
Service Canada
benefitFormula earnings-related calculation based on contributory period
benefitType children’s benefit
death benefit
disability benefit
retirement pension
survivor’s pension
contributionBase pensionable earnings
contributionLimit year’s maximum pensionable earnings
coordinatedWith Quebec Pension Plan
country Canada
covers workers in Canada outside Quebec
disabilityDefinition severe and prolonged disability
earliestRetirementPensionStartAge 60
eligibilityCriterion minimum contributory period
valid contributions based on employment earnings
enactedBy Parliament of Canada
excludes most workers in Quebec
fundedBy employee contributions
employer contributions
self-employed contributions
governedBy federal-provincial agreements
hasFeature indexation to inflation
hasFund Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
surface form: Canada Pension Plan Fund
indexationMeasure Consumer Price Index
surface form: Consumer Price Index of Canada
investmentManagedBy Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
jurisdiction Canadian federal government (Ottawa)
surface form: Government of Canada
language English
French
latestRetirementPensionStartAge 70
legalBasis Canada Pension Plan self-linksurface differs
surface form: Canada Pension Plan Act
paysTo contributors
dependent children of disabled or deceased contributors
estates of deceased contributors
surviving spouses or common-law partners
purpose provide disability income protection
provide retirement income
provide survivor income benefits
reform enhancement measures phased in from 2019
retirementPensionNormalStartAge 65
startDate 1966-01-01
type contributory pension plan
disability insurance program
earnings-related pension plan
mandatory public retirement program

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Lester B. Pearson introducedPolicy Canada Pension Plan
Canada Pension Plan legalBasis Canada Pension Plan self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Canada Pension Plan Act