Finance committee  All Canada pension plan benefits are associated with a retroactive period of 12 months, and that applies to everyone. Even if a person applies for a pension at the age of 67 and would like the pension to be retroactive to the age of 65, the limit of the retroactive period is nev

Finance committee  The criteria are set forth in the act. You must have contributed to the Canada pension plan. If the department knows an individual is receiving another pension, such as old age security or the survivor's pension, or that the individual filed an income tax return the previous year