Quarterly report of Canada Pension Plan and Old Age Security monthly amounts and related figures - October to December 2018

Quarterly report of Canada Pension Plan and Old Age Security monthly amounts and related figures - October to December 2018
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**Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and Quebec Pension Plan (QPP) - Type of benefit**
	CPP	QPP	CPP	QPP	CPP (in millions)	QPP (in millions)
	New benefits maximum amount 2018		Number of benefits July 2018		Amounts paid July 2018
Retirement (at age 65)	$1,134.17	$1,134.17	5,171,044	1,873,424	$2,981.8	$960.8
Post–Retirement Benefit (CPP) (at age 65)^{Footnote 1}	$28.35	not applicable	3,228,603	not applicable	$43.1	not applicable
Retirement Pension Supplement (QPP) ^{Footnote 1}	not applicable	$21.58	not applicable	642,345	not applicable	$17.8
Disability	$1,335.83	$1,335.80	340,019	61,923	$311.5	$60.2
Survivor – younger than 65	$614.62	(see Note ^{Footnote 1})	218,096	63,541	$88.1	$44.4
Survivor – 65 and older	$680.50	$680.50	905,022	308,265	$285.1	$98.3
Total - Survivor benefits^{Footnote 2}	not applicable	not applicable	1,123,118	371,806	$373.2	$142.7
Children of disabled contributor	$244.64	$77.67	88,033	6,690	$21.6	$0.7
Children of deceased contributor	$244.64	$244.64	67,192	12,544	$16.5	$3.1
Death (maximum one-time payment)	$2,500.00	$2,500.00	13,231	4,532	$30.1	$11.2
Total - CPP/QPP benefits^{Footnote 2}	not applicable	not applicable	6,802,637	2,330,919	$3,777.7	$1,196.5
Combined benefits
Survivor/retirement (retirement at 65)	$1,134.17	$1,134.17	854,499	275,012	$706.0	$204.2
Survivor/disability	$1,335.83	not applicable	14,110	1,971	$14.8	$2.3
Total - Combined benefits	not applicable	not applicable	868,609	276,983	$720.8	$206.5

**Disability and survivor amounts**
	Flat amount	Earnings-related portion	Total
CPP disability benefit	$485.20	$850.63	$1,335.83
CPP survivor benefit – younger than 65	$189.31	$425.31	$614.62
QPP disability benefit	$485.17	$850.63	$1,335.80

**Details of QPP benefits**
QPP survivor benefit – younger than 45 (Return to note ^{Footnote 1})
	Flat amount	Earnings-related portion	Total
Not disabled, no child	$124.26	$425.31	$549.57
Not disabled, with child	$450.49	$425.31	$875.80
Disabled	$485.17	$425.31	$910.48
QPP survivors - age 45 to 64	$485.17	$425.31	$910.48

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 ($485.20)

Survivor:

younger than 65: (retirement x 0.375) + flat amount ($189.31)
65 and older: retirement x 0.60

Post Retirement:

1/40 of the retirement benefit

**Old Age Security (OAS) - Type of benefit**
	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)
	October to December 2018			July 2018
Old Age Security pension (at age 65) ^{Footnote 5}, ^{Footnote 6}	$600.85	not applicable	not applicable	6,159,583	$3,472.6
Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS)
Single	$897.42	$18,216	$8,672	1,153,193	$665.0
Spouse/common-law partner of someone who:
does not receive an OAS pension	$897.42	$43,680	$17,344	92,997	$50.2
receives an OAS pension	$540.23	$24,048	$7,840	644,891	$221.8
is an Allowance recipient	$540.23	$43,680	$7,840	48,729	$23.0
Total - GIS ^{Footnote 2}	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable	1,939,810	$959.9
Allowance	$1,141.08	$33,696	$7,840	48,730	$24.0
Allowance for the Survivor	$1,360.20	$24,552	$8,672	21,644	$16.0
Total - Allowance and Allowance for the Survivor ^{Footnote 2}	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable	70,374	$40.0

**Other CPP/QPP figures**
	CPP	QPP
Year's maximum pensionable earnings (YMPE) (2018)	$55,900.00	$55,900.00
Year's basic exemption (2018)	$3,500.00	$3,500.00
Employee/employer maximum contribution	(4.95%) $2,593.80	(5.4%) $2,829.60
Self-employed maximum contribution	(9.9%) $5,187.60	(10.8%) $5,659.20
Account balance (December 2017)	$340,333 million	$52,059 million
Contributions (2017 to 2018)	$48,452 million	$14,700 million
Number of contributors (2016)	14.1 million	(estimated) 4.1 million
Indexation rate (January 2018)	1.5%	1.5%

**OAS and CPP/QPP forecasted expenditures, 2018 to 2019 (in billions)**
OAS	CPP	QPP
$53.7	$47.2	$14.9

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Footnotes

Footnote 1

Each year a valid contribution is made to the CPP while a retirement pension is being received, the person becomes eligible for a post-retirement benefit (PRB) in January of the following year and thus can receive more than one PRB. Since the PRB is a supplementary benefit which enhances the retirement benefit, the number of PRBs is not included in the total CPP benefits. This exclusion applies to the Retirement Pension Supplement for the total QPP benefits.

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Footnote 2

Total may not add up due to rounding.

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Footnote 3

The maximum amount includes the top-ups for the GIS and the Allowances.

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Footnote 4

The income level cut-offs do not include the OAS pension and the first $3,500 of employment income.

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Footnote 5

The OAS pension repayment range in 2018 is from $75,910 to $123,386.

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Individuals can defer receiving the OAS pension beyond age 65 in exchange for a higher pension. The monthly OAS pension is increased by 0.6% for every month it is delayed up to a maximum of 36% at age 70.

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Date modified:: 2018-11-05

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