2 (1) Subject to this Act and the regulations, a monthly benefit may be paid for any month after the month of June, 1977 to every person who is not eligible on the 30th day of June, 1977 to be paid an increment and who, (a) has attained sixty-five years of age or such lesser age as may be prescribed; (b) is actually resident in Ontario and is entitled to receive a partial monthly pension authorized to be paid under subsection 3 (2) of the Old Age Security Act (Canada) and to receive a supplement that is paid to the person or to his or her credit through the Ontario regional office of the Income Security Programs Branch of Human Resources Development Canada; (c) has resided in Canada, after attaining eighteen years of age and prior to the day on which his or her application is approved, for a period or periods the aggregate of which is not less than ten years and not more than forty years; and (d) has resided in Ontario for a period of one full year immediately prior to the date on which his or her application is approved or, after attaining eighteen years of age and prior to the date on which his or her application is approved, has resided in Ontario for a continuous period of, or for periods the aggregate of which is, at least twenty years.  R.S.O. 1990, c. O.17, s. 2 (1); 1999, c. 9, s. 169. Idem (2) A person who is not entitled to an increment under this Act on or before the 30th day of June, 1977 is eligible to be paid a monthly benefit under this section only when on or after the 1st day of July, 1977, the person becomes entitled to receive a supplement and if, on the day preceding the day on which his or her application is approved, the person is a Canadian citizen residing in Ontario or, if not a Canadian citizen, is then legally resident in Canada and is residing in Ontario.  R.S.O. 1990, c. O.17, s. 2 (2). Additional residence irrelevant (3) A person whose application for a monthly benefit under this section has been approved shall not become entitled to receive a payment in an amount greater than the monthly benefit under this section on the basis of periods of residence in Canada subsequent to the approval of his or her application under this section.  R.S.O. 1990, c. O.17, s. 2 (3). Amount of monthly benefit (4) “monthly benefit” means the payment authorized by subsection (1) and is an amount equal to the maximum increment payable for the month under this Act to a person in receipt of a supplement, minus the applicable amount set out in subsection (4.1) for every full, (a) $24.00 of the income for the base calendar year of the person to whom the monthly benefit is paid, if the person is unmarried and is not in a common-law partnership; (b) $48 of the aggregate of the incomes for the base calendar year of the person and his or her spouse or common-law partner, if the person to whom the monthly benefit is paid is married to a spouse or is in a common-law partnership with a person who is entitled to receive in the month a monthly benefit or an increment under this Act; or (c) $48 of the amount by which the aggregate of the incomes for the base calendar year of the person and his or her spouse or common-law partner exceeds the product of 12 times the maximum amount of pension that is authorized to be paid in the month under the Old Age Security Act (Canada) to an unmarried person or a person who is not in a common-law partnership, if the person to whom the monthly benefit is paid is married to or in a common-law partnership with either a person  who is not entitled to receive in the month an increment, a pension, a supplement or a monthly benefit, or a person who is entitled to receive in the month an allowance.  R.S.O. 1990, c. O.17, s. 2 (4); 2000, c. 42, s. 82; 2001, c. 23, s. 172; 2023, c. 8, Sched. 8, s. 3 (1, 2). Same (4.1) The amount mentioned in subsection (4) is, (a) for a month before July 2024, $1.00; and (b) for July 2024 and subsequent months, $0.50. 2023, c. 8, Sched. 8, s. 3 (3). Agreements with foreign countries (5) Despite subsections (1) to (4), where the result of an international agreement concluded in accordance with section 40 of the Old Age Security Act (Canada) is that a person resident in Ontario becomes entitled to receive a supplement, the Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations respecting the manner in which this Act shall apply to any such case or class of cases affected by the agreement, for adapting this Act thereto, and for determining such person’s or class of persons’ entitlement to, and the amount of, a monthly benefit under this Act, as appears to the Lieutenant Governor in Council to be necessary and advisable.  R.S.O. 1990, c. O.17, s. 2 (5). Definition (6) In the definitions of “applicant”, “application” and “beneficiary” set out in subsection 1 (1) and in sections 3 to 17, “increment” shall, unless the context otherwise requires, include the monthly benefit authorized to be paid by this section.  R.S.O. 1990, c. O.17, s. 2 (6); 2009, c. 33, Sched. 16, s. 10. Regulations (7) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations respecting the meaning of legal residence for the purpose of this section.  R.S.O. 1990, c. O.17, s. 2 (7). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 1999, c. 9, s. 169 - 14/12/1999 2000, c. 42, s. 82
- 01/07/2000 2001, c. 23, s. 172
- 01/07/2000 2009, c. 33, Sched. 16, s. 10 - 15/12/2009 2023, c. 8, Sched. 8, s. 3 (1-3) - 18/05/2023