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Pension Payment Dates

Cost-of-Living Adjustment


Information Sheets & Forms

There will be occasions when our administrator, Alberta Pensions Services Corporation (APS), will need information from you to keep your pension record current or to make a pension transaction on your behalf. For example, APS may need to verify your date of birth, you may want to transfer your pension benefits from another plan, provided a reciprocal transfer agreement exists between the plans, or retire.

Instructions

  1. Print the form and complete it by hand.
  2. Sign and date the form.
  3. To be valid, the paper copy of the form must be signed by hand, in ink. No form of electronic signature is acceptable for pension purposes.
  4. Send the form to PSPP's administrator, Alberta Pensions Services Corporation (APS):

    Alberta Pensions Services Corporation
    5103 Windermere Blvd. SW
    Edmonton AB T6W 0S9

 

Retirement

Information Sheet:

Your Pension Choice (801)
Choose a pension that best suits your needs.

Form:

Designation of Beneficiar(ies) (2P)
Use this form to designate your beneficiar(ies) after you have retired and made a pension choice.

Form:

Direct Deposit for Pensioners (170)
Use this form to submit direct deposit authorisation and details of your monthly pension payment.

Information Sheet:

How is Your Pension Calculated? (806)
Estimate your retirement income and prepare for retirement.

Information Sheet:

Pensioners (809)
A number of topics affecting pensioners.

Information Sheet:

Coordinating Your Pension (802)
Coordination is a feature of PSPP offered to members who retire before age 65 that allows for flexible retirement income planning.

Information Sheet:

Working as a Pensioner (818)
Find out about working after your PSPP pension begins.

Information Sheet:

What are Your Pension Options? (814)
Choose the best pension option most suited to your needs.

Form:

Retirement Application Form (21)

Form:

Declaration of Pension Partner Status Form (36)
Note: This form is time sensitive and must be complete and submitted within 90 days of retirement date. Talk to your employer for more information.

Form:

TD1 Personal Tax Credit Return Form
Note: This links to the Canada Revenue Agency website.

Other

Information Sheet:

Appealing Decisions About Your Pension (816)
Understand the process to take if you are denied a request that affects your pension.

Information Sheet:

Payment of a Benefit to a Non-Resident of Canada (830)
Information about applying for a payment of your pension benefit if you are not living in Canada and qualify for non-resident status under the tax act.

PSPP information sheets and forms are available as Adobe Acrobat (PDF) files that you can download using the links below. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the files if you do not already have it. The reader is available free of charge from the Adobe website at www.adobe.com.

Need Assistance?

Feel free to contact APS if you have questions or need help completing these forms.
Phone: 1-877-422-4748
E-mail: pay@pspp.ca