Quarterly report of Canada Pension Plan and Old Age Security monthly amounts and related figures - January to March 2016

Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and Quebec Pension Plan (QPP) - Type of benefit
	New benefits Maximum amount 2016		Number of benefits October 2015		Amounts paid October 2015
	CPP	QPP	CPP	QPP	CPP (in millions)	QPP (in millions)
Retirement (at age 65)	$1,092.50	$1,092.50	4,737,078	1,721,086	$2,608.1	$846.0
Post–Retirement Benefit (CPP) (at age 65)^{Footnote 1}	$27.31		1,487,921		$18.0
Retirement Pension Supplement (QPP)^{Footnote 1}		$20.88		464,232		$10.1
Disability	$1,290.81	$1,290.78	332,147	65,118	$291.3	$61.8
Survivor – younger than 65	$593.62	(see Note 1)	225,053	69,085	$87.3	$46.6
Survivor – 65 and older	$655.50	$655.50	862,495	296,453	$269.0	$93.0
Total - Survivor benefits^{Footnote 2}			1,087,548	365,538	$356.3	$139.6
Children of disabled contributor	$237.69	$75.46	72,593	6,700	$17.1	$0.7
Children of deceased contributor	$237.69	$237.69	54,504	13,139	$12.8	$3.1
Death (one-time payment)	$2,500.00	$2,500.00	10,657	3,433	$24.5	$8.4
Total - CPP/QPP benefits^{Footnote 2}			6,294,527	2,175,014	$3,328.1	$1,069.7
Combined benefits
Survivor/retirement (retirement at 65)	$1,092.50	$1,092.50	797,456	256,024	$630.5	$181.6
Survivor/disability	$1,290.81	Not applicable	14,136	2,237	$14.4	$2.5
Total - Combined benefits^{Footnote 2}			811,592	258,261	$644.9	$184.1

Disability and survivor amounts
	Flat amount	Earnings-related portion
CPP disability benefit	$471.43	$819.38
CPP survivor benefit – younger than 65	$183.93	$409.69
QPP disability benefit	$471.40	$819.38

Note 1: Details of QPP benefits
Earnings-related portion	Total
QPP survivor benefit – younger than 45 (Return to note 1)
$409.69	$530.42
$409.69	$847.39
$409.69	$881.09
$409.69	$881.09

Calculation of CPP maximum monthly amounts for new benefits

Retirement:

25% of 1/12 of the average year's maximum pensionable earnings (YMPE) for the last five years

Disability:

(retirement x 0.75) + flat amount ($471.43)

Survivor:

younger than 65: (retirement x 0.375) + flat amount ($183.93)
65 and older: retirement x 0.60

Post Retirement: 1/40 of the retirement benefit

Old Age Security (OAS) - Type of benefit
	January to March 2016				October 2015
	Maximum amount^{Footnote 3}	Income level cut-off^{Footnote 4}		Income level cut-off for top-ups^{Footnote 4}	Number of benefits	Amount paid (in millions)
Old Age Security pension^{Footnote 5}	$570.52	Not applicable			5,646,793	$3,039.2
Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS)
Single	$773.60	$17,304		$4,592	1,090,794	$562.9
Spouse/common-law partner of someone who:
does not receive an OAS pension	$773.60	$41,472	$9,184		85,895	$43.9
receives an OAS pension	$512.96	$22,848	$7,648		599,688	$199.6
is an Allowance recipient	$512.96	$41,472	$7,648		52,758	$23.3
Total - GIS^{Footnote 2}					1,829,135	$829.7
Allowance	$1,083.48	$32,016	$7,648		52,749	$24.3
Allowance for the Survivor	$1,213.00	$23,328	$4,592		21,681	$14.4
Total - Allowance and Allowance for the Survivor^{Footnote 2}					74 430	$38.7

OAS forecasted expenditures, 2014–15 (in millions)
OAS	GIS	Allowance	Total
$33,555	$10,123	$544	$44,222

Other CPP/QPP figures
	CPP	QPP
Year's maximum pensionable earnings (YMPE) (2016)	$54,900.00	$54,900.00
Year's basic exemption (2016)	$3,500.00	$3,500.00
Employee/employer maximum contribution	(4.95%) $2,544.30	(5.325%) $2,737.05
Self-employed maximum contribution	(9.9%) $5,088.60	(10.65%) $5,474.10
Account balance (March 2015)	$269,043 million	$43,149 million
Contributions (2014-2015)	$45,046 million	$12,687 million
Number of contributors (2013)	13.7 million	(estimated) 4.0 million
Indexation rate (January 2016)	1.2%	1.2%

CPP/QPP forecasted expenditures, 2014–15 (in millions)
CPP	QPP
$39,371	$12,700

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Footnotes

Footnote 1

If you are under the age of 70 and working outside of Québec while receiving your CPP or QPP retirement pension, you can make CPP contributions towards the Post-Retirement Benefit (PRB), a fully indexed lifetime benefit that increases your retirement income. If you are eligible, the Post-Retirement Benefit will be automatically paid to you in the years following your contributions. Contributions are mandatory for working retirement pension recipients under age 65, while those aged 65 or above may elect not to contribute.

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Footnote 2

If you work in Québec while receiving a CPP or QPP retirement pension, you may be required to contribute to the QPP Retirement Pension Supplement. If you are eligible, the QPP Retirement Pension Supplement will be automatically paid to you the following year. The number and the amount are included in the retirement pension.

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Footnote 3