DEATH BENEFITS

Summary

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If you die before you retire, your Beneficiary will receive a lump sum death benefit equal to the minimum death benefit required under Applicable Legislation, which is equal to the commuted value of the pension you earned on or after January 1, 1987.

If you had reached Retirement Age (53 or older), the lump sum death benefit would not be less than 120 times the monthly pension you would have received as if you had retired on that day.

If your Beneficiary is your Spouse, the death benefit can be paid as a:

  • a lump sum cash payment (subject to withholding tax), or,
  • transfer to a registered retirement savings plan, or,
  • transfer to an insurance company to purchase an annuity, or,
  • as a monthly payment to your Spouse.

Note that by law this pre-retirement death benefit has to be paid to your Spouse, regardless of whom you designate as your Beneficiary. Your Spouse may, however, waive the right to this entitlement by signing a prescribed waiver form

Summary

If you die before you retire, your Beneficiary will receive a lump sum death benefit equal to the minimum death benefit required under Applicable Legislation, which is equal to the commuted value of the pension you earned on or after January 1, 1987.

If you had reached Retirement Age (53 or older), the lump sum death benefit would not be less than 120 times the monthly pension you would have received as if you had retired on that day.

If your Beneficiary is your Spouse, the death benefit can be paid as a:

  • a lump sum cash payment (subject to withholding tax), or,
  • transfer to a registered retirement savings plan, or,
  • transfer to an insurance company to purchase an annuity, or,
  • as a monthly payment to your Spouse.

Note that by law this pre-retirement death benefit has to be paid to your Spouse, regardless of whom you designate as your Beneficiary. Your Spouse may, however, waive the right to this entitlement by signing a prescribed waiver form

Forms

Contact the Plan Administration Office to be sent a Death Benefit Package