Check if you qualify
Answer a few short questions about yourself. Each answer leads to the next question until we can tell you whether you are likely to qualify, and what to do next. We do not save or send your answers.
Government Pensions
- Do I qualify for Old Age Security (OAS)?
- Do I qualify for the Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS)?
- Do I qualify for a Canada Pension Plan (CPP) retirement pension?
- Can I get the CPP death benefit?
- Do I qualify for a CPP survivor's pension?
- Do I qualify for a Quebec Pension Plan (QPP) retirement pension?
- Do I qualify for the Allowance for the Survivor?
- Do I qualify for the Allowance (ages 60 to 64)?
Money and Taxes
- Will I have to repay OAS (the clawback)?
- Can I claim the age amount on my taxes?
- Do I qualify for the GST/HST credit (now the Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit)?
Health and Care
- Do I qualify for the Canadian Dental Care Plan (CDCP)?
- Does a government plan help pay for my prescriptions?
- Can I get government home care?
- Can I get help paying for hearing aids, eye exams or glasses?
- Can I claim the medical expense tax credit?
Home and Living
- Can I claim the Home Accessibility Tax Credit?
- Can I get help with my property tax as a senior?
- Can I get help paying my rent as a senior?
- Can I get help with my heating or power bills as a senior?
- Do I qualify for the Disability Tax Credit (DTC)?
Problems and Appeals
- Can I ask Service Canada to review (reconsider) a decision?
- Can I appeal to the Social Security Tribunal?
- Can I keep getting my OAS, GIS and CPP if I live outside Canada?