Retirement

Aging is inherent to life, but how you age is influenced by your lifestyle choices. As you grow older, adopting healthy habits can significantly improve your well-being and quality of …

The Canada Pension Plan (CPP) is Canada’s social security system that provides eligible retirees and disabled individuals a basic lifetime income after age 65. It’s a monthly taxable benefit that …

Old Age Security (OAS) is a benefit that helps Canadian seniors cover basic living expenses. Updated every quarter based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI), this taxable monthly pension payment …

Being a senior in Canada opens access to benefits that help support financial stability and quality of life. In this guide, I cover the age you’re considered senior in Canada, …

The Government of Canada provides grants for seniors that help ensure they continue receiving income during their later years. These grants also aim to address various needs of low-income seniors …

As you age, it isn’t just your physical health that you need to maintain. Your cognitive health must also be a top priority when caring for yourself. As the population …

Dental care for seniors without insurance is now available in Ontario through the Ontario Seniors Dental Care Program (OSDCP). It offers free routine dental care for individuals 65 and over …

Being a senior in Saskatchewan makes you eligible for various government benefits.  Apart from federal-wide government pension programs like the CPP, OAS, GIS, and CPP Survivor’s Pension, low-income seniors in …

Maybe you decided to collect CPP early and now realize delaying for a higher payout is a better strategy. Can you then stop CPP and defer to some time in …

Perhaps you have applied for OAS and started receiving the monthly benefits only to realize you don’t need the income now. Can you stop receiving OAS payments after you start? …