Canada Pension Plan

Marginal note:Commencement of pension

72 Subject to section 62, if payment of a survivor’s pension is approved, the pension is payable for each month commencing with the month following

• (a) the month in which the contributor died, in the case of a survivor who at the time of the death of the contributor had reached thirty-five years of age or was a survivor with dependent children,

• (b) the month in which the survivor became a survivor who, not having reached sixty-five years of age, is disabled, in the case of a survivor other than a survivor described in paragraph (a), or

• (c) the month in which the survivor reached sixty-five years of age, in the case of a survivor other than a survivor described in paragraph (a) or (b).

However, in no case is the pension payable earlier than for the twelfth-month preceding the month following the month in which the application was received.