Canada Pension Plan

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 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,

but excluding

• (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.