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Canada Pension Plan Regulations — 45
45 (1) Where no payment of a benefit has been made in respect of an application for a benefit made after May 28, 1975, the applicant may withdraw the application by sending to the Minister a written notice to that effect at any time before the commencement of payment of the benefit. (2) Where an application for a benefit has been withdrawn pursuant to subsection (1), the application shall not thereafter be used for the purpose of determining the applicant’s eligibility for a benefit. (3) An applicant for a division of unadjusted pensionable earnings under section 55 or paragraph 55.1(1)(b) or (c) of the Act may withdraw the application by sending a notice in writing to the Minister not later than 60 days after the date of receipt by the applicant of notification of the decision respecting the application. (4) Where an application for a division of unadjusted pensionable earnings under section 55 or paragraph 55.1(1)(b) or (c) of the Act is withdrawn pursuant to subsection (3), the application shall not thereafter be used for the purpose of determining whether the person in respect of whom the application was submitted is eligible for the division. (5) Where an application for a division of unadjusted pensionable earnings under section 55 or paragraph 55.1(1)(b) or (c) of the Act has been approved and subsequently withdrawn, notice in writing of the withdrawal shall be given by the Minister to the other spouse, former spouse or former common-law partner or to their respective estates, as the case may be. SOR/80-757, s. 2(F); SOR/86-1133, s. 5; SOR/89-345, s. 4; SOR/90-829, s. 16; SOR/93-290, s. 2; SOR/96-522, s. 23; SOR/2000-411, s. 4; SOR/2002-221, s. 1
Canada Pension Plan Regulations — 46
46 (1) A notification required by subsection 55.2(4) of the Act shall be effected by giving notice in writing. (2) A notification required by subsection 55(8) or 55.2(10) of the Act shall be effected by giving notice in writing containing such of the following information as is applicable: (a) the dates of marriage and dissolution of marriage of the persons subject to the division; (b) the period of cohabitation for which the division of unadjusted pensionable earnings has been made; (c) the amount of unadjusted pensionable earnings, prior to the division, of the persons subject to the division; (d) the amount of unadjusted pensionable earnings of the persons subject to the division as a result of the division; (e) the effect of the division on any benefit that is payable to or in respect of the persons subject to the division; (f) a statement of the right to make a request for a reconsideration referred to in subsection 81(1) of the Act; and (g) any other information that the Minister deems necessary. (3) A division referred to in subsection 55.1(5) of the Act may be cancelled pursuant to that subsection within the period of 60 days after the making of the division. SOR/86-1133, s. 6; SOR/90-829, s. 17; SOR/96-522, s. 7; SOR/2000-411, s. 5
Canada Pension Plan Regulations — 46.1
46.1 (1) A notification required by subsection 65.1(5) of the Act shall be effected by giving notice in writing. (2) A notification required by subsection 65.1(12) of the Act shall be effected by giving notice in writing containing the following information: (a) the month with which the assignment commences in accordance with subsection 65.1(10) of the Act; (b) the portion of retirement pension assigned; and (c) a statement of the right to make a request for a reconsideration referred to in subsection 81(1) of the Act. SOR/86-1133, s. 6; SOR/90-829, s. 18; SOR/96-522, s. 8
Canada Pension Plan Regulations — 46.2
46.2 (1) A beneficiary may submit to the Minister, within the interval between the date of commencement of payment of the benefit and the expiration of 12 months after that date, a request in writing that the benefit be cancelled. (2) If an applicant for a disability pension is in receipt of a retirement pension and they are deemed to have become disabled for the purpose of entitlement to the disability pension before the month in which the retirement pension became payable, the application for the disability pension is deemed to be a request for the cancellation of the retirement pension. (2.1) Despite subsection (1), if an applicant for a benefit under a provincial pension plan that is comparable to a disability pension is in receipt of a retirement pension and they are deemed to have become disabled for the purpose of entitlement to the benefit before the month in which the retirement pension became payable, the applicant may request cancellation of the retirement pension by submitting a written request to the Minister within the period beginning on the day of commencement of payment of the retirement pension and ending 90 days after the day on which the applicant receives notice of the decision deeming them to be disabled. (2.2) An applicant referred to in subsection (2) may request cancellation of the disability pension and reinstatement of the retirement pension by submitting a written request to the Minister within 60 days after receipt of notice of their entitlement to the disability pension. (3) The Minister shall grant a request submitted in accordance with subsection (1), (2.1) or (2.2) or deemed to be made under subsection (2). (4) If a request referred to in subsection 66.1(2) of the Act is granted under this section, the amount described in that subsection shall be repayable within the time beginning on the granting of the request and ending on the expiration of 12 months following the month in which the request is granted. SOR/86-1133, s. 6; SOR/90-829, s. 19; SOR/93-290, s. 3; SOR/96-522, ss. 9, 23; SOR/99-192, s. 3; SOR/2018-281, s. 3 SOR/2020-206, s. 1
Canada Pension Plan Regulations — 47
47 (1) Subject to subsections (2) to (4) and sections 49 and 50, the Minister must determine a person’s age and identity for the purposes of the Act on the basis of (a) a birth certificate, a copy of one or a copy of an act of birth, or (b) any information made available to the Minister by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission under subsection 28.2(5) of the Department of Employment and Social Development Act . (2) If there are reasonable grounds to doubt the validity of the copy of a birth certificate or act of birth referred to in paragraph (1)(a), the Minister may require that the original birth certificate or, if applicable, a copy of the act of birth issued by the competent authority be furnished. (3) If there are reasonable grounds to believe that none of the documents referred to in paragraph (1)(a) are available, the Minister may determine the person’s age and identity on the basis of any other information or evidence respecting the person’s age and identity. (4) If the Minister is unable to determine the person’s age and identity under any of subsections (1) to (3), the Minister may, if possible, determine them on the basis of any information obtained from Statistics Canada under section 87 of the Act. SOR/86-1133, s. 7; SOR/90-829, s. 20; SOR/96-522, s. 23; SOR/2004-249, s. 4; 2013, c. 40, s. 236; SOR/2013-20, s. 1 SOR/2025-230, s. 1
Canada Pension Plan Regulations — 49
49 If a person’s age has been determined under the Old Age Security Act or a provincial pension plan, the Minister may accept that determination for the purposes of the Act. SOR/96-522, s. 10 SOR/2025-230, s. 2
Canada Pension Plan Regulations — 50
50 At any time after the age of a person has been determined pursuant to these Regulations, the Minister may, where facts not previously taken into account in determining the age of the person come to his attention, make a new determination of the age of the person. SOR/96-522, s. 23
Canada Pension Plan Regulations — 51
51 For the purposes of section 87 of the Act, the following are prescribed as the conditions subject to which any information specified in that section respecting the age of any applicant or beneficiary or the applicant’s or beneficiary’s spouse, former spouse, common-law partner or former common-law partner is obtainable from Statistics Canada on request and for the purpose specified in that section: (a) the request to Statistics Canada must (i) be made in a form prescribed by the Chief Statistician, (ii) bear the signed consent of the applicant, beneficiary, spouse, former spouse, common-law partner or former common-law partner or of the person or agency that made the application on their behalf or, where there is no such person or agency, any other person or agency who would have been entitled to make the application on their behalf, and (iii) provide such information as may be necessary to enable a proper search to be made of the census records for the purpose of obtaining the information requested; and (b) information obtained under section 87 of the Act must not be disclosed to any person other than an officer, clerk or employee of the Department of Employment and Social Development or other than as required by an agreement entered into under section 105 of the Act. SOR/86-1133, s. 9; SOR/90-829, s. 21; SOR/96-522, s. 24; SOR/2000-411, s. 6 SOR/2025-230, s. 3
Canada Pension Plan Regulations — 53
53 For the purposes of determining whether any months during which a contributor was a family allowance recipient should not be included in his contributory period, the applicant shall, in the application or thereafter in writing when requested to do so by the Minister, set out or furnish the Minister with such of the following additional information or evidence as is applicable: (a) the name and date of birth of all children in respect of whom the contributor received family allowance benefits or Canada child benefits; (b) the Social Insurance Number, if any, of each of those children; (c) the periods during which the contributor received family allowance benefits or Canada child benefits in respect of those children; (d) the province in which the contributor resided while in receipt of family allowance benefits or Canada child benefits in respect of those children; (e) the Social Insurance Number of the contributor to whom family allowance benefits or Canada child benefits were paid in respect of those children; (f) if known, the name and Social Insurance Number of any other person who received family allowance benefits or Canada child benefits in respect of those children; and (g) such additional documents, statements or records that are in the possession of the applicant or are obtainable by him that will assist the Minister in ascertaining the accuracy of the information and evidence referred to in paragraphs (a) to (f). SOR/93-11, s. 2; SOR/96-522, s. 23; 2016, c. 12, s. 87
Canada Pension Plan Regulations — 54
dity of the copy of a certificate or act of marriage referred to in paragraph (1)(d) or (2)(b), the Minister may require that the original certificate of marriage or, if applicable, a copy of the act of marriage issued by the competent authority be furnished. SOR/80-757, s. 3; SOR/86-1133, s. 11; SOR/90-829, s. 22; SOR/96-522, s. 23; SOR/2000-411, s. 8 SOR/2025-230, s. 4
Canada Pension Plan Regulations — 54.1
54.1 (1) For the purpose of determining whether an application for an assignment of a portion of a retirement pension under section 65.1 of the Act may be approved, the applicant must set out in the application, or furnish in writing when requested to do so by the Minister, the information required under section 52, with any modifications that the circumstances require, as well as the following information or evidence, as is applicable: (a) the name at birth and present name, the sex, address and Social Insurance Number of the applicant’s spouse or common-law partner; (b) the date and place of birth of the applicant’s spouse or common-law partner; (c) whether the applicant’s spouse or common-law partner is or was in receipt of or has applied for a benefit under the Act or under a provincial pension plan; (d) the date and place of marriage of the spouses and their certificate of marriage, a copy of that certificate or a copy of their act of marriage; (e) the month in which the spouses or common-law partners commenced to live together in a conjugal relationship; (f) the dates of any periods when the spouses or common-law partners did not live together and whether the separations or any of them were for any reason set out in paragraph 78(2)(a) or subsection 78.1(3); (g) documentary evidence of the dissolution of any previous marriage of the applicant, including the decree absolute of divorce, the judgment granting a divorce under the Divorce Act or the judgment of nullity; and (h) such additional documents, statements or records that are in the possession of, or are obtainable by, the applicant as will assist the Minister in ascertaining the accuracy of the information and evidence referred to in paragraphs (a) to (g). (2) If there are reasonable grounds to doubt the validity of the copy of a certificate or act of marriage referred to in paragraph (1)(d), the Minister may require that the original certificate of marriage or, if applicable, a copy of the act of marriage issued by the competent authority be furnished. SOR/86-1133, s. 11; SOR/90-829, s. 23; SOR/96-522, ss. 11(F), 23; SOR/2000-411, s. 9 SOR/2025-230, s. 5
Canada Pension Plan Regulations — 54.2
54.2 (1) For the purposes of the Act, (a) the effective date of the taking place of a division of unadjusted pensionable earnings is the last day of the month in which the information prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 55.1(1)(a) of the Act, and that is listed in subsection 54(2), is received by the Minister; or (b) the effective date of the approval of a division of unadjusted pensionable earnings is the last day of the month in which the application referred to in paragraph 55.1(1)(b) or (c) of the Act is received. (2) The effective date of the attribution of pensionable earnings following the division is the first day of the month following the month in which the effective date of the taking place or approval of the division falls. SOR/86-1133, s. 11; SOR/90-829, s. 24; SOR/93-290, s. 4
Canada Pension Plan Regulations — 54.4
54.4 For the purposes of subsection 58(7) of the Act, where the applicant would be financially prejudiced on account of payment to the applicant of a survivor’s pension as referred to in subsection 58(6) of the Act and would not be financially prejudiced on account of payment to the applicant of a disability pension pursuant to subsection 58(7) of the Act, the Minister’s powers may be exercised in accordance with subsection 58(7) of the Act. SOR/86-1133, s. 11; SOR/90-829, s. 24
Canada Pension Plan Regulations — 55
55 (1) Where the Minister is satisfied, on such information or evidence as is presented to him or as he may require, that a beneficiary, by reason of infirmity, illness, insanity or other cause, is incapable of managing his own affairs, the Minister may direct that the benefit be paid on behalf of such beneficiary to any person or agency that the Minister is satisfied is authorized by or pursuant to any law of Canada or of a province to manage that beneficiary’s affairs or, where it appears to the Minister that there is no person or agency so authorized, to a person or agency approved by the Minister. (2) Where the Minister directs, pursuant to subsection (1), that a benefit be paid on behalf of a beneficiary to a person or agency referred to in that subsection, no such benefit shall be paid to such person or agency until the person or agency, as the case may be, has undertaken in an agreement with the Minister (a) to administer and expend the benefit on behalf of the beneficiary in accordance with the terms of the agreement; and (b) to furnish any information or evidence and to do anything that the Act or these Regulations require the beneficiary to furnish or do. (3) Any person or agency to whom a benefit is paid pursuant to this section on behalf of a beneficiary shall account, in a form approved by the Minister and at such time or times as he directs, to the Minister for the benefit payments received and the disbursements made of the payments. SOR/89-345, s. 6(F); SOR/96-522, s. 23
Canada Pension Plan Regulations — 56
56 Where any benefit the basic monthly amount of which is less than $2 becomes payable to a person to whom no pension is then payable under the Old Age Security Act , the Minister may direct that the benefit shall be paid in arrears at intervals, not greater than yearly, specified by the Minister. SOR/96-522, s. 23
Canada Pension Plan Regulations — 57
57 A benefit payment may be paid to the estate of a deceased beneficiary, or if there is no estate, to a person or agency designated by the Minister, where (a) an amount is payable as a benefit to the deceased beneficiary; or (b) a benefit payment made to the beneficiary or made on behalf of the beneficiary by cheque or otherwise is returned to the Minister after the beneficiary’s death. SOR/96-522, s. 12
Canada Pension Plan Regulations — 58
58 (1) For the purposes of paragraph 89(1)(j) of the Act, where the Government of Canada paid a benefit in December 1974 to a person in respect of contributions made under the Act and under the Quebec Pension Plan , the Minister may direct that a single monthly payment be made by cheque or otherwise for as long as the beneficiary remains entitled to the benefit. (2) Where a single monthly payment is made in respect of a beneficiary, that portion of the payment calculated as provided in the Quebec Pension Plan shall, in accordance with paragraph 108(3)(b) of the Act, be charged to the Canada Pension Plan Account and the amount remitted by the Government of the Province of Quebec in respect of the benefit payable to that beneficiary under the Quebec Pension Plan shall, in accordance with paragraph 108(2)(b) of the Act, be credited to the Canada Pension Plan Account. SOR/90-829, s. 25; SOR/93-290, s. 5; SOR/96-522, s. 23
Canada Pension Plan Regulations — 59
59 (1) Where evidence is required under the Act or these Regulations to determine the eligibility or continuing eligibility of any beneficiary to receive any amount payable as a benefit and where the Minister has requested such evidence and the beneficiary has not complied with the request or the Minister is not satisfied with the evidence furnished by that beneficiary, the Minister may, on 30 days written notice, withhold payment of the benefit until such time as the beneficiary has furnished the evidence and the Minister is satisfied as to the eligibility of that beneficiary to receive benefits. (2) Where payment of a benefit that has been withheld under subsection (1) is resumed, the benefit shall be paid for any portion of the period of withholding during which the beneficiary was entitled to receive benefits. SOR/80-757, s. 4; SOR/96-522, s. 23
Canada Pension Plan Regulations — 61
61 An applicant for a retirement pension shall, in addition to any other information or material that these Regulations require him to file or furnish, file with the Minister a statement of the amount of his contributory salary and wages and of his contributory self-employed earnings (a) for the year in which the application is made; and (b) if the Minister so requires, for the year preceding the year in which the application is made. SOR/96-522, s. 23
Canada Pension Plan Regulations — 62
62 (1) When the basic monthly amount of a benefit is adjusted annually pursuant to subsection 45(2) of the Act, (a) the product obtained by multiplying the amount referred to in paragraph 45(2)(a) of the Act by the ratio referred to in paragraph 45(2)(b) thereof shall be adjusted to the nearest cent in accordance with subsection (2); and (b) any quotient obtained from the ratio referred to in paragraph 45(2)(b) of the Act shall be expressed as a decimal fraction in accordance with subsection (3). (2) Where the product referred to in paragraph (1)(a) contains a fractional part of a dollar represented by three or more digits, and (a) where the third digit is less than five, the third and subsequent digits shall be dropped; and (b) where the third digit is five or greater than five, the second digit shall be increased by one and the third and subsequent digits shall be dropped. (3) Where the quotient referred to in paragraph (1)(b) contains a fraction that is less than one, that fraction shall be expressed as a decimal fraction of four digits after the decimal point, and (a) where the fourth digit after the decimal point is less than five, the third digit after the decimal point shall remain unchanged and the fourth digit shall be dropped; and (b) where the fourth digit after the decimal point is five or greater than five, the third digit after the decimal point shall be increased by one and the fourth digit shall be dropped. SOR/86-1133, s. 12
Canada Pension Plan Regulations — 63
63 (1) To determine whether a person is the spouse, common-law partner, child or parent of an applicant, contributor or other person subject to a division or whether a person is deceased, the Minister must use (a) any information or evidence obtained under subsections (2) to (4); (b) any information made available to the Minister by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission under subsection 28.2(5) of the Department of Employment and Social Development Act ; or (c) any other information that the Minister may obtain. (2) The applicant or beneficiary must furnish the Minister with any certificate of marriage, birth, baptism or death, a copy of any such document, or a copy of any act of marriage, birth, baptism or death, as the case may be, that may enable the Minister to make a determination referred to in subsection (1). (3) If there are reasonable grounds to doubt the validity of the copy of a document referred to in subsection (2), the Minister may require that the original of the document or, if applicable, the copy of the act issued by the competent authority be furnished. (4) For the purposes of subsection (1), if none of the documents referred to in subsection (2) are available or adequate, the applicant or beneficiary must, at the Minister’s request, furnish the Minister with any other information or evidence that is available respecting their relationship with the person referred to in subsection (1). SOR/86-1133, s. 13; SOR/96-522, s. 23; SOR/2000-411, s. 10; SOR/2002-221, s. 2(F) SOR/2025-230, s. 6
Canada Pension Plan Regulations — 64
64 (1) If paragraph 71(2)(a) of the Act applies or the estate of a deceased contributor has not applied for the death benefit within 60 days after the contributor’s death, or if the amount of the death benefit is less than two thirds of 10% of the Year’s Maximum Pensionable Earnings for the year in which the contributor died, in the case of a death that occurred before January 1, 1998, or less than $2,387, in the case of a death that occurred after December 31, 1997 and before January 1, 2019, a direction under subsection 71(2) of the Act may, subject to subsections (2) and (3), be given for payment of the death benefit (a) to the individual or institution who has paid or is responsible for the payment of the deceased contributor’s funeral expenses; (b) in the absence of an individual or institution described in paragraph (a), to the survivor of the deceased contributor; or (c) in the absence of an individual or institution referred to in paragraph (a) and a survivor referred to in paragraph (b), to the next of kin of the deceased contributor. (2) No amount in excess of the actual funeral expenses shall be paid pursuant to paragraph (1)(a). (3) Where, by virtue of subsection (2), an amount paid pursuant to paragraph (1)(a) is less than the amount of the death benefit, a direction pursuant to subsection (1), in so far as it relates to the remainder of the death benefit, may be given as if in the absence of an individual or institution described in that paragraph. SOR/86-1133, s. 14; SOR/90-829, s. 27; SOR/96-522, s. 15(E); SOR/99-192, s. 6; SOR/2000-411, ss. 11, 18; SOR/2018-281, s. 4