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
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dependent children of disabled or deceased contributors → estates of deceased contributors → surviving spouses or common-law partners → |
| purpose |
provide disability income protection
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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 → |
Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
Canada Pension Plan Act