- Description
- Provides financial benefits to retired seniors
Canada Pension Plan (CPP)- Provides a monthly taxable benefit to retired contributors
- Provides CPP information online
Old Age Security (OAS)- Provides a monthly benefit available to most Canadians 65 years of age who meet the Canadian legal status and residence requirements
- Provides OAS information online
Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS)- Provides a monthly non-taxable benefit to low-income OAS recipients living in Canada
- Eligibility
- Individuals 60 years of age and up
Canada Pension Plan (CPP)- Must have worked; and
- Must have made at least one valid contribution to the CPP: and are
- either 65 or older or
- between 60 and 65 and want the retirement pension payments to begin within 11 months
- Must be 65 years of age or older
- Must live in Canada and be a Canadian citizen or a legal resident at the time the pension application is approved
- Must have lived in Canada for at least 10 years after turning 18
- Must be 65 years of age or older
- Must have been a Canadian citizen or a legal resident of Canada the day before leaving Canada
- Must have lived in Canada for at least 20 years after turning 18
- Low-income OAS recipients living in Canada
- Application Process
- Canada Pension Plan (CPP)
- Begin application six months before wishing to receive benefits
- Apply online, or print and complete an application from the website and mail it, or drop off completed forms at a Service Canada office
- Must have Social Insurance Number to apply
- Begin application six months before turning 65
- Apply online, or print and complete an application from the website and mail it, or drop off completed forms at a Service Canada office
- If not born in Canada or have not been living continuously in Canada since age 18, must submit citizenship or immigration papers as well as a statement of all the dates arrived in and departed Canada from age 18 to present
- Apply online, or print and complete an application from the website and mail it, or drop off completed forms at a Service Canada office
- Documents Required
- Social Insurance Number
- Office
- 1-800-277-9914 - (English); 1-800-277-9915 (French)
- TTY
- 1-800-255-4786
- Web Site
- https://www.canada.ca/en/services/benefits/publicpensions.html
- Languages
- English, French
- Fees
- None
- Topic(s)
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- Agency Information
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- Copyright
- 211 Ontario North
- Last Updated On
- December 11, 2025
- Last Verified On
- December 11, 2025
- Address
- 13 Government Rd W
Kirkland Lake, ON, P2N 2C9
Located on Government Rd W and Prospect Ave
Open in Google Maps - Accessibility
- Fully Accessible
- Hours of Operation
- Mon-Fri 8:30 am-4 pmMon8:30 am to 4:00 pmTue8:30 am to 4:00 pmWed8:30 am to 4:00 pmThu8:30 am to 4:00 pmFri8:30 am to 4:00 pm
- Service Area(s)
- Kirkland Lake
- Timiskaming District
