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

66 (1) For the purposes of paragraph (b) of the definition dependent child in subsection 42(1) of the Act,

• (a) full-time attendance at a school or university, with respect to a child, means that the child attends an educational institution that provides training or instruction of an educational, professional, vocational or technical nature and is enrolled in courses that constitute a course load recognized by the educational institution as full-time study; and

• (b) part-time attendance at a school or university, with respect to a child, means that the child, without being in full-time attendance at a school or university, attends an educational institution that provides training or instruction of an educational, professional, vocational or technical nature and is enrolled in courses that constitute at least 20 per cent of a course load recognized by the educational institution as constituting a full course load.

(2) A child referred to in paragraph (1)(a) or (b) who is absent from the educational institution during any normal period of scholastic vacation is considered to be in full-time or part-time attendance, as the case may be, at the educational institution during that period.

(3) A child referred to in paragraph (1)(a) or (b) who is absent from the educational institution because of illness is, during the period of that absence, considered to be in full-time attendance or part-time attendance, as the case may be, at the educational institution if

• (a) immediately after that absence and during the same academic year, the child resumes full-time or part-time attendance at any educational institution; or

• (b) in the case where the Minister has determined that the child is unable to comply with paragraph (a), the child resumes full-time or part-time attendance at any educational institution in the following academic year.

(4) A child referred to in paragraph (3)(b) is considered to be in full-time attendance or part-time attendance, as the case may be, at the educational institution until the end of the normal period of scholastic vacation that follows the academic year in respect of which the child was determined by the Minister to be unable to resume attendance.

(5) A child referred to in paragraph (1)(a) or (b) who is absent from the educational institution because of illness and who, during this absence, dies or ceases to be a dependent child or disabled contributor’s child is considered to have been in full-time or part-time attendance, as the case may be, at the educational institution until the end of the month in which they die or in which they cease to be a dependent child or disabled contributor’s child.