When Someone Dies - Pensions, Benefits and Personal Finance
Compensations, Pensions and Benefits
The executor should contact former employers of the deceased for company pensions. The executor should also contact the following applicable offices to either find out eligibility for or to cancel benefits:
- Old Age Security Program and Additional Information for Survivors
- Canada Pension Plan and Additional Information for Survivors
- International Benefits
- Quebec Pension Plan
- Guaranteed Annual Income System
- Veterans Affairs Disability Program Benefits
- Veterans Affairs Funeral, Burial and Gravemarking Assistance
- Ontario Disability Support Program
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Board Benefits
- Ontario Works
- National Defence Disability and Death Benefits
- Goods and Services Tax (GST) Credit
- Canada Child Tax Benefits (CCTB)
- Ontario Drug Benefits
- Trillium Drug Program
- Canada Savings Bonds
- Ontario Savings Bonds
Income Tax
The executor must still complete an income tax form for the deceased:
- Guides and forms for completing a tax return for a deceased person
- More information available from the Canada Revenue Agency site
Contact the accountant referral service for financial information:
Banks, Financial Institutions, and Credit Cards
The executor should contact the person's banks and financial institutions:
Family Responsibility
The executor should contact the following applicable office for information:
Government Cards/Registries
The executor should contact the government offices that apply:
- Canadian citizenship
- Canadian passport
- Driver's licence
- Firearms licences
- Foreign passports
- Indian Status
- Outdoors Card
- Permanent Resident Card (PR Card)
- Social Insurance Number
- Immigration Record of Landing
What to do about a deceased person's Health Card:
What to do about a deceased person's Birth Certificate:
Residents
Businesses