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Canadian Pension Plan What Is it?


So I know what it stands for just wondering since I have been working since I was 16 does that mean all the money that has been taken from my pay and put in CPP will be paid out to me when i Retire?.since january i have 33.53 in my CPP is there a bulk account where all of my CPP goes and I get it when i retire and is there a place i can see how much i have accumulated since starting working since i have worked at 3 jobs..I am 20 and live in Ontario Canada

No. CPP will be paid out to you based on a formula that does include factors of how long and how much you contributed but you don't simply get all your money back.

When you file for CPP you'll get an amount that will be calculated based on many factors. There is also a maximum monthly amount.

The average payment for someone who is 65 today is about $450/month.

check out the CPP website, it has a page that lets you request your Statement of Contributions, which will show how much you've contributed over the years. As mentioned, your payment is based on calculations done at the time of retirement, you can think of it more as an insurnace policy, where the results of everyone in the country contributing, and the investments made with the money (by the CPP investment board), and factoring in age, yearly contributions, etc etc etc, all determine how much you'll get.

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