1 This Act may be cited as the Public Service Superannuation Act .
Marginal note: Status of males and females
2 Male and female contributors under this Act have equality of status and equal rights and obligations under this Act.
Marginal note: Definitions
means incapable of pursuing regularly any substantially gainful occupation; ( invalide )
means the Royal Canadian Mounted Police; ( Gendarmerie )
, except in the definition “regular force”, means the naval, army or air forces of His Majesty or of any of the Allies of His Majesty during World War I or World War II; ( forces )
means the President of the Treasury Board; ( ministre )
[Repealed, 1999, c. 34, s. 53]
means any employment in respect of which there was an established superannuation or pension fund or plan, approved by the Minister for the purposes of this Part, for the benefit of persons engaged in that employment; ( emploi ouvrant droit à pension )
means any period of service to the credit of the employee in the fund or plan referred to in the definition “pensionable employment” at the time he left the employment therein referred to; ( période d’emploi ouvrant droit à pension )
has the same meaning as in the Canada Pension Plan ; ( régime provincial de pensions )
means the several positions in or under any department or portion of the executive government of Canada, except those portions of departments or portions of the executive government of Canada prescribed by the regulations and, for the purposes of this Part, of the Senate, House of Commons, Library of Parliament, office of the Senate Ethics Officer, office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, Parliamentary Protective Service and office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer and any board, commission, corporation or portion of the federal public administration specified in Schedule I; ( fonction publique )
means the fund established under section 44.2; ( Caisse de retraite de la fonction publique )
means the fund established under section 44.1; ( Fonds de placement du compte de pension de retraite de la fonction publique )
means the regular force of the Canadian Forces and includes
means the Retirement Fund established under Part II of the Civil Service Superannuation and Retirement Act ; ( Fonds de retraite )
means the Civil Service Superannuation Act , chapter 50 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1952; ( Loi sur la pension de retraite )
means a supplementary benefit payable under Part III; ( prestation supplémentaire )
, in relation to a contributor, means
means the war that was declared on August 4, 1914 and that is deemed, for the purposes of this Part, to have terminated on December 31, 1920; ( Première Guerre mondiale )
means the war that was declared on September 10, 1939 and that is deemed, for the purposes of this Part, to have terminated on September 30, 1947. ( Seconde Guerre mondiale )
whose salaries were or are paid out of moneys appropriated by Parliament for use by the Senate or House of Commons shall be deemed to have been or to be employed in the Senate or House of Commons, in respect of periods of service in a category described in paragraph (a) or (b) preceding as well as following June 29, 1984.
Marginal note: Scope of Part I
Marginal note: Persons required to contribute
Marginal note: Contributions not required
Marginal note: Election for part-time employees
5.2 Every person referred to in paragraph 5(1)(c) who is engaged to work on average at least twelve hours a week or the lesser number of hours a week that may be prescribed by the regulations, may, subject to the regulations, elect to contribute to the Superannuation Account or the Public Service Pension Fund in accordance with section 5, beginning on the first day of the month following the month in which that person makes that election.
Marginal note: Election for leave of absence
Marginal note: Election for certain persons over sixty-five years of age
Marginal note: Election
Marginal note: Pensionable service
Marginal note: Amount to be paid
in respect of a salary at the rate authorized to be paid to him or her on the most recent occasion on which he or she became a contributor under this Part, together with interest;
in respect of a salary at the rate authorized to be paid to him or her on the most recent occasion on which he or she became a contributor under this Part, together with interest;
Marginal note: Manner of making elections
that person shall be deemed to have made a valid election for the purposes of the relevant provisions of this Act or the Superannuation Act , as the case may be, on such date and subject to such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the Governor in Council.
Marginal note: Special procedures for certain elections
8.1 Where an election is made to count as pensionable service a period of service specified in clause 6(1)(b)(iii)(M) or (N), section 8 applies in the manner and to the extent set out in the regulations.
Marginal note: Calculation of time for making of certain elections
9 For the purposes of sections 6 and 39, the year within which a contributor may elect to count any service described in those sections as pensionable service for the purposes of this Part shall be deemed to end one year from the day on which written notice is sent by or on behalf of the Minister to that contributor informing him that he has become a contributor under this Part.
Marginal note: Definitions
minus an amount equal to the amount by which
means an annuity that becomes payable to the contributor at the time he or she reaches 60 years of age, in the case of a Group 1 contributor described in subsection 12(0.1), or 65 years of age, in the case of a Group 2 contributor described in subsection 12.1(1); ( pension différée )
means an annuity that becomes payable to the contributor immediately on his becoming entitled thereto; ( pension immédiate )
means a person to whom any benefit is or is about to become payable under this Part or out of the Retirement Fund; ( prestataire )
means a return of
to the extent that the amount remains to his or her credit in the Superannuation Account or the Public Service Pension Fund, together with interest, if any, calculated pursuant to subsection (9); ( remboursement de contributions )
means a lump sum amount, representing the value of the contributor’s pension benefits, as determined in accordance with the regulations. ( valeur de transfert )
Marginal note: Computation of annuities
multiplied by the lesser of
there shall be deducted from the amount of any annuity to which that contributor is entitled under this Part an amount equal to the percentage, as set out in subsection (2.1), of
whichever is the earlier, and for each of the four preceding years; ( moyenne des maximums des gains ouvrant droit à pension )
has the same meaning as in the Canada Pension Plan . ( maximum des gains annuels ouvrant droit à pension )
the amount of the annuity payable to him under this Part shall, on application therefor by him in the manner prescribed by the regulations, be increased by the amount of the difference effective from such day as is determined in accordance with the regulations.
is deemed to have received, during that period in World War I or World War II, a salary at a rate equal to the rate of salary authorized to be paid to him immediately prior to his enlistment, except that in the case of a person who was employed in the public service immediately prior to his enlistment in the forces during one of those wars but was not so employed immediately prior to his enlistment in the forces during the other war, the rate of salary that is deemed to have been received by that person during the period in which he was on active service in the forces during the other war is the initial rate of salary authorized to be paid to him on subsequently becoming employed in the public service;
is deemed to have received during that period a salary at a rate equal to the initial rate of salary authorized to be paid to him on subsequently becoming employed in the public service;
Marginal note: Group 1 contributors
but the total amount of the allowances paid under paragraph (b) shall not exceed four-fifths of the basic allowance or, if the contributor died without leaving a survivor, the survivor is dead or the survivor is not entitled to receive an allowance under this Part, other than an immediate annual allowance under section 13.1, eight-fifths of the basic allowance.
Marginal note: Group 2 contributors
However, the total amount of the allowances paid under paragraph (b) shall not exceed 4/5 of the basic allowance or, if the contributor died without leaving a survivor, the survivor is dead or the survivor is not entitled to receive an allowance under this Part, other than an immediate annual allowance under section 13.1, 8/5 of the basic allowance.
Marginal note: Group 1 contributors with two or more years of pensionable service
whichever is the greater,
except that in any such case the whole or any part of the reduction provided for by this clause may be waived by the Treasury Board, or
which allowance shall be equal to the amount of the deferred annuity referred to in clause (A) reduced by the product obtained by multiplying
that is within a period of two years immediately before the contributor’s retirement from the public service.
Marginal note: Group 2 contributors with two or more years of pensionable service
whichever is the greater,
except that in any such case the whole or any part of the reduction provided for by this clause may be waived by the Treasury Board, or
which allowance shall be equal to the amount of the deferred annuity referred to in clause (A) reduced by the product obtained by multiplying
that is within a period of two years immediately before his or her retirement from the public service.
Marginal note: Transfer value
Marginal note: Return of contributions where previous transfer value
13.02 Where a contributor is entitled to a return of contributions in respect of a period of service described in clause 6(1)(b)(iii)(M) for which the contributor has made an election, the return of contributions in respect of that service shall be paid in accordance with subsection 13.01(2).
Marginal note: Return of contributions where payment by previous employer
the return of contributions in respect of that period shall be paid in accordance with subsection 13.01(2).
Marginal note: Election for contributors
14 [Repealed, 1992, c. 46, s. 11]
Marginal note: Definitions
15 In sections 16 to 24,
means a contributor who is or was licensed as an air traffic controller pursuant to regulations made under paragraph 8(1)(a) of the Aeronautics Act ; ( contrôleur de la circulation aérienne )
means service of a kind designated in the regulations made under paragraph 42(1)(rr) to be operational service and includes such periods of time spent away from such service as are specified under those regulations. ( service opérationnel )
Marginal note: Where employment ceases voluntarily
Marginal note: When employment ceases otherwise than voluntarily
Marginal note: Computation of benefit under subsection 13(1)
18 Where a person is entitled to a benefit under subsection 13(1) and exercises an option under section 16 or 17, the number of years of pensionable service to his credit shall, for the purpose of computing the benefit to which he is entitled under subsection 13(1), be deemed to be
Marginal note: Additional amount to be contributed by air traffic controllers
19 Subject to subsection 5(6), every person employed in operational service and required to contribute to the Public Service Pension Fund under subsection 5(2) is, except in the circumstances described in subsection 5(3), required to contribute to the Public Service Pension Fund by reservation from salary or otherwise, in addition to any other amount required under this Act, 2% of his or her salary.
Marginal note: Contributions for elective service
Marginal note: Option
21 If an air traffic controller is entitled to a benefit under section 16 or subsection 17(1), and if he or she becomes re-employed in the public service without having exercised an option under section 16 or subsection 17(1) and is required to contribute to the Superannuation Account or the Public Service Pension Fund, he or she ceases to be entitled to exercise the option until the time that he or she ceases to be so re-employed.
Marginal note: Option
Marginal note: Where annual allowance to be adjusted
23 Where an air traffic controller who is receiving an annual allowance payable under section 16 or subsection 17(1) or (5) is subsequently re-employed in the public service, the amount of any annuity or annual allowance to which he may become entitled under this Part on again ceasing to be employed in the public service shall be adjusted in accordance with regulations made under paragraph 42(1)(x) to take into account the amount of any annual allowance he has received.
Marginal note: References to certain sections
24 A reference in subsection 10(6) to section 13 shall be read as including a reference to sections 16 and 17 and a reference in subsection 13(2) or (3) to subsection 13(1) shall be read as including a reference to section 16 and subsections 17(1) and (5).
Marginal note: Definition of
24.1 In sections 24.2 to 24.4, means service of a kind designated in the regulations that is carried out in the institution or other premises designated in those regulations in respect of that kind of service, and includes such periods of time spent away from that service as are specified in those regulations.
Marginal note: Special pension plan
24.2 Any person who is employed in operational service by the Correctional Service of Canada on or after March 18, 1994 and who was required by subsection 5(1.1) or (1.2), as it read on December 31, 2012, to contribute to the Superannuation Account or the Public Service Pension Fund or is required by subsection 5(2) to contribute to the Public Service Pension Fund is entitled, at his or her option on ceasing to be employed in the public service, in respect of the operational service that is pensionable service to his or her credit, to an immediate annuity or annual allowance calculated in the manner prescribed by the regulations, in the circumstances and subject to the terms and conditions prescribed by those regulations, in lieu of any benefit to which that person is otherwise entitled under subsection 13(1) or 13.001(1) in respect of that service.
Marginal note: Computation of benefit under subsection 13(1) or 13.001(1)
24.3 If a person is entitled to a benefit under subsection 13(1) or 13.001(1), and section 24.2, the number of years of pensionable service to his or her credit is, for the purpose of computing the benefit to which he or she is entitled under subsection 13(1) or 13.001(1), deemed to be
Marginal note: Additional amount to be contributed
Marginal note: References to certain sections
24.5 A reference in subsection 10(6) to a benefit specified at the contributor’s option under section 13 or 13.001 shall be read as including a reference to an immediate annuity or annual allowance at the contributor’s option under section 24.2, and a reference in subsection 13(2) or (3) or 13.001(2) or (3) to the immediate annuity, deferred annuity or annual allowance to which the contributor was entitled under subsection 13(1) or 13.001(1) shall be read as including a reference to the contributor’s entitlement to an immediate annuity or annual allowance under section 24.2.
Marginal note: When annuity or annual allowance to be adjusted
24.6 If a person who was employed in operational service by the Correctional Service of Canada and who is receiving an annual allowance payable under section 24.2 is subsequently re-employed in the public service, the amount of any annuity or annual allowance to which he or she may become entitled under this Part on again ceasing to be employed in the public service shall be adjusted in accordance with regulations made under paragraph 42(1)(x.1) to take into account the amount of any annual allowance that he or she has received.
Marginal note: Lump sum payments
Marginal note: Marriage, etc. after retirement
Section 2 does not apply in respect of this subsection.
Section 2 does not apply in respect of this subsection.
26.1 [Repealed, 1999, c. 34, s. 77]
Marginal note: Minimum benefits
If, on the death of such a contributor, there is no person to whom an allowance provided in this Part may be paid, or if the persons to whom that allowance may be paid die or cease to be entitled to that allowance and no other amount may be paid to them under this Part, any amount by which the amount of a return of contributions exceeds the aggregate of all amounts paid to those persons and to the contributor under this Part and the Superannuation Act shall be paid, as a death benefit, to the contributor’s estate or succession or, if less than $1,000, as the Minister may direct.
shall be paid, as a death benefit,
Marginal note: Disability payments
28 Where a contributor who
is certified, in accordance with the regulations, to have regained his health or to be capable of performing the duties of his former position in the public service or any other position in the public service commensurate with his qualifications, he ceases to be entitled to that annuity and thereupon is entitled to a deferred annuity.
Marginal note: Persons re-employed
29 If a person who is entitled, under any of subsections 12(1), 12.1(2), 13(1) or 13.001(1) or any regulations made for the purposes of section 24.2, to an annuity or an annual allowance is re-employed in the public service and becomes a contributor under this Part, whatever right or claim that he or she may have to the annuity or annual allowance shall be terminated without delay, but the period of service on which the benefit was based, except any period specified in clause 6(1)(a)(iii)(C) or (E), may be counted by that person as pensionable service for the purposes of subsection 6(1), except that if that person, on ceasing to be so re-employed, exercises his or her option under this Part in favour of a return of contributions, or is not entitled under this Part to any benefit other than a return of contributions, the amount so returned shall not include any amount paid into the Superannuation Account or the Public Service Pension Fund to his or her credit at any time before the time when he or she became re-employed, but whatever right or claim that, but for this section, he or she would have had to the annuity or annual allowance on ceasing to be so re-employed shall then be restored to him or her.
Marginal note: Failure to apply for re-employment
30 Where, in any Act of Parliament, it is provided that a contributor who leaves the public service for employment outside of it continues to be a contributor under this Part during that employment and is eligible, in the event of being retired from that employment, to be re-employed in the public service, if the contributor, having been retired from that employment but not having reached sixty years of age and not being disabled, fails to apply for re-employment in the public service or refuses to accept a position in the public service that, in the opinion of the Minister, is commensurate with his or her qualifications, he or she is deemed to have ceased to be employed in the public service, not having reached sixty years of age, for a reason other than disability.
Marginal note: Medical examination requirements
is void, in so far as it is an election to pay for any period of service prior to becoming a contributor, except any period immediately prior to becoming a contributor during which he was employed in the public service, unless the person by whom the election is made has been medically examined, as prescribed in the regulations.
is void unless the person by whom the election is made has passed a medical examination, as prescribed in the regulations, within such time immediately before or after the making of the election as is prescribed in the regulations.
Marginal note: Diversion of payments to satisfy financial support order
Marginal note: Presumption of death
34 [Repealed, 1999, c. 34, s. 83]
Marginal note: Definitions
in a service of the Government of Newfoundland that has been taken over by Canada pursuant to the Terms of Union of Newfoundland with Canada and who became an employee of the Government of Canada pursuant to an offer of employment made in accordance with the Terms of Union. ( employé transféré de Terre-Neuve ayant droit à pension )
whichever period is the shorter.
Marginal note: Diplomatic and consular representatives
36 A person who, being a diplomatic or consular representative of Her Majesty in right of Canada, was a contributor under this Part immediately prior to his appointment, is deemed for the purposes of this Part to be employed in the public service.
Marginal note: Definitions
Marginal note: Service with corporation included in Part IV of Schedule I
Marginal note: Service that may be counted
together with simple interest at four per cent per annum on any amount paid to him under that Act at any time before the making of the election, from the time when the payment was made until the first day of the month in which the election was made;
in respect of a salary at a rate equal to the rate authorized to be paid to him or her on the most recent occasion on which he or she became a contributor under this Part, together with interest, as defined in subsection 7(2); and
in respect of a salary at a rate equal to the rate authorized to be paid to him or her on the most recent occasion on which he or she became a contributor under this Part, together with interest, as defined in subsection 7(2).
Marginal note: Definition of
less any amounts previously paid in respect of the contributor under subsection (12).
the Minister may pay to that employee an amount not exceeding that difference.
shall be paid out of the Superannuation Account or the Public Service Pension Fund to an approved employer for the purpose of any superannuation or pension fund or plan established for the benefit of employees of that employer if that fund or plan is not subject to the Pension Benefits Standards Act, 1985 or a provincial law.
Marginal note: Divestiture of service
Marginal note: Definition of
Marginal note: Transitional
Marginal note: Advisory committee established
Marginal note: Regulations
Marginal note: Regulations
Marginal note: Payments out of Superannuation Account
Marginal note: Amounts to be credited in each year
Marginal note: Establishment of Public Service Superannuation Investment Fund
Marginal note: Establishment of Public Service Pension Fund
Marginal note: Amounts to be paid on basis of actuarial valuation report
Marginal note: No more deposits if non-permitted surplus
Marginal note: Costs
44.5 The costs of the administration of this Act, as determined by the Treasury Board, with respect to benefits payable under this Act in respect of pensionable service that comes to the credit of contributors on or after April 1, 2000 shall be paid out of the Public Service Pension Fund.
45 In accordance with the Public Pensions Reporting Act , a cost certificate, an actuarial valuation report and an assets report on the state of each of the Superannuation Account, the Public Service Superannuation Investment Fund and the Public Service Pension Fund shall be prepared, filed with the Minister designated under that Act and laid before Parliament.
Marginal note: Annual report
46 The Minister shall cause to be laid before each House of Parliament each year a report on the administration of this Part and Part III during the preceding fiscal year, including a statement showing the amounts paid into and out of the Superannuation Account, the Public Service Superannuation Investment Fund and the Public Service Pension Fund during that year, by appropriate classifications, the number of contributors and the number of persons receiving benefits under this Part and Part III, together with the additional information that the Governor in Council may by regulation require.
Marginal note: Definitions
46.1 The definitions in this section apply in this Part.
means the Canada Post Corporation within the meaning of the Canada Post Corporation Act . ( Société )
means a person to whom the plans referred to in section 46.3 or 46.4 apply. ( membre )
Marginal note: Deemed deletion
46.2 The repeal of subsection 13(2) of the Canada Post Corporation Act by section 227 of the Public Sector Pension Investment Board Act is deemed to constitute a deletion from Schedule I of the Corporation, within the meaning of subsection 42(4), on the day on which that section comes into force.
Marginal note: Establishment of pension plans
Marginal note: Establishment of group life insurance plan
Marginal note: No alteration of plans before October 1, 2001
Marginal note: No longer a participant under Part II
46.6 Notwithstanding section 51, a person ceases to be a participant for the purposes of Part II on the day on which section 227 of the Public Sector Pension Investment Board Act comes into force.
Marginal note: Definitions
whichever is the greater,
means the amount payable in respect of a participant under section 54; ( prestation )
means a Crown corporation as defined in section 83 of the Financial Administration Act , except any such corporation specified in Part I of Schedule I to this Act; ( société d’État )
, as applied to a participant, means that the participant comes within paragraph (c) or (d) of the definition “participant” in this section; ( volontaire )
means an annual allowance payable within thirty days after the day on which a participant ceases to be employed in the public service after March 31, 1995, or ceases to be required to contribute to the Retirement Compensation Arrangements Account by section 8 or 9 of the Retirement Compensation Arrangements Regulations, No. 1 ; ( allocation annuelle immédiate )
but does not include an employee of a Crown corporation or public board excluded from the operation of this Part by the regulations; ( participant )
means a board, commission or corporation specified in Schedule I; ( office public )
means a person who is a participant under Part II of the Canadian Forces Superannuation Act ; ( participant de la force régulière )
Marginal note: Application
Marginal note: Crown corporation employees
48 A participant who is employed by a Crown corporation shall for the purposes of this Part be deemed to be employed in the public service.
Marginal note: Apportionment
49 If a benefit payable under Part I is apportioned between two survivors under subsection 25(2) or (10), the benefit payable to a person referred to in subsection 55(2) is apportioned in the same manner.
Marginal note: Service to be counted
50 For the purposes of sections 51 and 53,
Marginal note: Election to continue as participant
Marginal note: Elections to reduce benefits
Marginal note: Amount of contributions
53 Every participant shall contribute to the Consolidated Revenue Fund at the rate of fifteen cents per month for every thousand dollars in the amount of the participant’s basic benefit (reduced, if the participant has attained the age of sixty-five years and is employed in the public service, having been so employed substantially without interruption for two years or more or having been a participant under this Part without interruption for two years or more, by one dollar and fifty cents per month, commencing as of the time that the regulations prescribe, being the contribution otherwise payable under this Part for the basic benefit in the amount of ten thousand dollars referred to in the definition “basic benefit” in subsection 47(1)) or, in the case of elective participants and participants who are absent from duty, any contribution that the regulations prescribe.
Marginal note: Payment of benefit
Marginal note: To whom benefits paid
Marginal note: Account in Consolidated Revenue Fund
Marginal note: Elective participants
Marginal note: Benefits not assignable, etc.
Marginal note: Valuation and assets reports
Marginal note: Annual report
60 The Minister shall lay before Parliament each year a report on the administration of this Part during the preceding fiscal year, including a statement showing the amounts that during such year were credited to or charged against the Public Service Death Benefit Account.
Marginal note: Regulations
Marginal note: Ineligibility
if that person, on or before November 1, 1954, in such manner and form as the regulations prescribe, has elected not to come under this Part.
made an election under subsection (1) in purported compliance therewith that was invalid by reason only that the person was not, on July 1, 1954, a participant within the meaning of this Part, that election shall be deemed to have been made validly under and in accordance with subsection (1).
Marginal note: Double payment avoided
63 Notwithstanding anything in this Part, no benefit is payable in respect of a deceased participant where ex gratia compensation in lieu of a benefit has been approved by the Governor in Council in respect of that deceased participant.
Marginal note: Definitions
64 In this Part,
[Repealed, 1999, c. 34, s. 107]
means any pension, annual allowance or annuity payable under Part I; ( pension )
means a person who is in receipt of a pension, but does not include a person who is in receipt of an immediate annuity or annual allowance under section 16 or 24.2 unless
65 [Repealed, 1999, c. 34, s. 108]
Marginal note: Contributions for elective service
67 [Repealed, 1999, c. 34, s. 110]
Marginal note: Benefit payable
68 Subject to this Part, a supplementary benefit is payable to every recipient.
Marginal note: Calculation of benefit
Marginal note: Manner of payment of benefit
Marginal note: Regulations
Marginal note: Regulations
Marginal note: Power of Minister
73 The Minister may use electronic means to create, communicate, make available, collect, receive, store or otherwise deal with documents or information under this Act.
Marginal note: Regulations — electronic means
Age of participant nearest birthday | Amount of Single Premium | |
---|---|---|
Males | Females | |
65 | $310 | $291 |
66 | 316 | 298 |
67 | 323 | 306 |
68 | 329 | 313 |
69 | 336 | 320 |
70 | 343 | 328 |
71 | 349 | 335 |
72 | 356 | 342 |
73 | 362 | 349 |
74 | 369 | 356 |
75 | 375 | 363 |
76 | 381 | 370 |
77 | 387 | 377 |
78 | 393 | 383 |
79 | 398 | 389 |
80 | 403 | 395 |