- (a) 25% of their average monthly pensionable earnings,
- (b) 8.33% of their first additional monthly pensionable earnings, and
- (c) 33.33% of their second additional monthly pensionable earnings.
- (a) the aggregate of
- (i) the portion of the basic monthly amount of the retirement pension calculated in accordance with paragraph (1)(a) that would be payable to the contributor had their base unadjusted pensionable earnings not been subject to the division, multiplied by the number of months that have been excluded from the contributor’s contributory period by reason of disability, and
- (ii) the portion of the basic monthly amount of the retirement pension calculated in accordance with paragraph (1)(a) that would be payable following the division, multiplied by the number of months in the contributor’s contributory period calculated in accordance with section 49
- (b) the aggregate of
- (i) the number of months that have been excluded from the contributor’s contributory period by reason of disability, and
- (ii) the number of months in the contributor’s contributory period calculated in accordance with section 49.
- (a) an amount equal to what the adjustment factor referred to in subsection (3) or (3.1), as the case may be, would have been if the retirement pension had commenced in the month in which the increase commences to be payable, and
- (b) 1;
- (a) the amount by which the survivor’s pension has been reduced
- (b) the ratio that the Pension Index for the year in which the retirement pension first commenced to be payable bears to the Pension Index for the year in which the survivor’s pension is reduced.
- R.S., 1985, c. C-8, s. 46
- R.S., 1985, c. 30 (2nd Supp.), s. 15, c. 18 (3rd Supp.), s. 29
- 1991, c. 44, s. 5
- 2009, c. 31, s. 33
- 2016, c. 14, s. 21
Marginal note: Amount of average monthly pensionable earnings
47 Where a retirement pension becomes payable to a contributor commencing with any month before January, 1976, his average monthly pensionable earnings are an amount calculated by dividing his total pensionable earnings by the basic number of contributory months.
- R.S., c. C-5, s. 47
Marginal note: Average monthly pensionable earnings in case of pension commencing after December, 1975
- 48 (1) Subject to subsections (2), (3) and (4), where a retirement pension becomes payable to a contributor commencing with any month after December, 1975, his average monthly pensionable earnings are an amount calculated by dividing his total pensionable earnings by the total number of months in his contributory period or by the basic number of contributory months, whichever is the greater.
- Marginal note: Deductions in calculating average monthly pensionable earnings of certain months during child raising years (2) In calculating the average monthly pensionable earnings of a contributor in accordance with subsection (1) for the purpose of calculating or recalculating benefits payable for a month commencing on or after January 1, 1978, there may be deducted
- (a) from the total number of months in a contributor’s contributory period, those months during which he was a family allowance recipient and during which his pensionable earnings were less than his average monthly pensionable earnings calculated without regard to subsections (3) and (4), but no such deduction shall reduce the number of months in his contributory period to less than the basic number of contributory months, except
- (i) for the purpose of calculating a disability benefit in respect of a contributor who is deemed to have become disabled for the purposes of this Act after December 31, 1997, in which case the words “the basic number of contributory months” shall be read as “48 months”,
- (i.1) for the purpose of calculating a disability benefit in respect of a contributor who is deemed to have become disabled for the purposes of this Act in 1997, in which case the words “the basic number of contributory months” shall be read as “24 months”, and
- (ii) for the purpose of calculating a death benefit and a survivor’s pension, in which case the words “the basic number of contributory months” shall be read as “thirty-six months”; and
- (a) from the total number of months remaining in his contributory period, the number of months therein after he reached sixty-five years of age or by which the total exceeds the basic number of contributory months, whichever is the lesser; and
- (b) from the contributor’s total pensionable earnings remaining after the deduction under paragraph (2)(b), the aggregate of the contributor’s pensionable earnings for a number of months equal to the number of months deducted under paragraph (a), for which months that aggregate is less than — or, if not less than, then equal to — the aggregate of the contributor’s pensionable earnings for any other like number of months in the contributor’s contributory period other than for months for which a deduction has already been made under subsection (2).
- (a) from the number of months remaining, a number of months equal to the lesser of
- (i) subject to subsection (5), if the retirement pension or other benefit becomes payable commencing with a month before January 2012, fifteen per cent of the number remaining — and sixteen per cent commencing with a month after December 2011 and before January 2014 and seventeen per cent commencing with a month after December 2013 — and, if that per cent includes a fraction of a month, the fraction shall be taken to be a complete month, and
- (ii) the number of months by which the number remaining exceeds one hundred and twenty; and
- R.S., 1985, c. C-8, s. 48
- R.S., 1985, c. 30 (2nd Supp.), s. 16
- 1997, c. 40, s. 70
- 2009, c. 31, s. 34
- 2012, c. 31, s. 196
Marginal note: First additional monthly pensionable earnings
48.1 The first additional monthly pensionable earnings of a contributor are an amount calculated by
- (a) in the case where their first additional contributory period is less than or equal to 480 months, dividing their total first additional pensionable earnings by 480; or
- (b) in the case where their first additional contributory period exceeds 480 months, dividing the aggregate of their 480 highest first additional pensionable earnings for a month by 480.
- 2016, c. 14, s. 22
Marginal note: Second additional monthly pensionable earnings
48.2 The second additional monthly pensionable earnings of a contributor are an amount calculated by
- (a) in the case where their second additional contributory period is less than or equal to 480 months, dividing their total second additional pensionable earnings by 480; or
- (b) in the case where their second additional contributory period exceeds 480 months, dividing the aggregate of their 480 highest second additional pensionable earnings for a month by 480.
- 2016, c. 14, s. 22
Marginal note: Contributory period
49 The contributory period of a contributor is the period commencing January 1, 1966 or when he reaches eighteen years of age, whichever is the later, and ending
- (a) where a benefit other than a disability pension commences before the end of 1986, when he reaches sixty-five years of age, or if he makes a contribution for earnings after he reaches sixty-five years of age, with the month for which he last made such a contribution, and in any case not later than the month in which he dies, or
- (b) where a benefit other than a disability pension or a post-retirement disability benefit commences after the end of 1986, with the earliest of
- (i) the month preceding the month in which he reaches seventy years of age,
- (ii) the month in which he dies, or
- (iii) the month preceding the month in which the retirement pension commences,
- (c) any month that was excluded from the contributor’s contributory period under this Act or under a provincial pension plan by reason of disability, and
- (d) in relation to any benefits payable under this Act for any month after December, 1977, any month for which the contributor was a family allowance recipient in a year for which the contributor’s base unadjusted pensionable earnings were equal to or less than the contributor’s basic exemption for the year.
- R.S., 1985, c. C-8, s. 49
- R.S., 1985, c. 30 (2nd Supp.), s. 17
- 2016, c. 14, s. 23
- 2022, c. 10, s. 417
Marginal note: First additional contributory period
49.1 The first additional contributory period of a contributor is the period commencing January 1, 2019 or when they reach 18 years of age, whichever is the later, and ending with the earliest of
- (a) the month preceding the month in which they reach 70 years of age,
- (b) the month in which they die, and
- (c) the month preceding the month in which the retirement pension commences.
- 2016, c. 14, s. 24
Marginal note: Second additional contributory period
49.2 The second additional contributory period of a contributor is the period commencing January 1, 2024 or when they reach 18 years of age, whichever is the later, and ending with the earliest of
- (a) the month preceding the month in which they reach 70 years of age,
- (b) the month in which they die, and
- (c) the month preceding the month in which the retirement pension commences.
- 2016, c. 14, s. 24
- (a) from the total number of months in a contributor’s contributory period, those months during which he was a family allowance recipient and during which his pensionable earnings were less than his average monthly pensionable earnings calculated without regard to subsections (3) and (4), but no such deduction shall reduce the number of months in his contributory period to less than the basic number of contributory months, except