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Survivor pensions after age 60

C-256 An Act to amend certain Acts in relation to survivor pension benefits

Allows surviving spouses to receive federal pension benefits even if they married or began living together after age 60.

What Bill C-256 would do

The bill would allow a surviving spouse or partner to receive survivor pension benefits even if the relationship began after the pensioner turned 60 or retired. This rule would apply across several federal pension plans, including those for the public service, the Canadian Armed Forces, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, judges, and members of Parliament. The published material gives no further detail.

Official text

Official summary

This enactment amends the Canadian Forces Superannuation Act , the Judges Act , the Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act , the Public Service Superannuation Act , the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act , the Pension Bene­ fits Standards Act, 1985 and the Pooled Registered Pension Plans Act to allow the survivor of an eligible person to receive pension benefits after the death of the person even if the person and the survivor married or began cohabiting in a conjugal relationship after the person attained the age of 60 years or retired.

The government's summary, printed at the front of the bill as introduced.

Kind
Private member's bill
Sponsor
Gord Johns, Member of Parliament (Courtenay—Alberni)
Introduced
in the House of Commons
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  1. ProposedNov 7, 2025 Exact stageOutside the Order of Precedence · since November 7, 2025Introduced, but not debated yet.
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Officially: Outside the Order of Precedence · since November 7, 2025.

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