Canada Pension Plan Regulations (C.R.C., c. 385)

57 A benefit payment may be paid to the estate of a deceased beneficiary, or if there is no estate, to a person or agency designated by the Minister, where

• (a) an amount is payable as a benefit to the deceased beneficiary; or

• (b) a benefit payment made to the beneficiary or made on behalf of the beneficiary by cheque or otherwise is returned to the Minister after the beneficiary’s death.