Do you have to contribute to the CPP?

As a CPP working beneficiary, you have to pay CPP contributions, unless you are in one of the following situations:

• You are an employee working in Quebec.
• Your employment income is not subject to the CPP.
• You are self-employed and a resident of Quebec.
• You are at least 65 years of age, but under 70, and have elected to stop paying CPP contributions.

For more information on the requirement to pay CPP contributions, go to Service Canada.

Forms and publications

• CPT30, Election to Stop Contributing to the Canada Pension Plan, or Revocation of a Prior Election
• Schedule 8 - Canada Pension Plan Contributions and Overpayment for 2016
• RC381, Inter-Provincial Calculation for CPP and QPP Contributions and Overpayments for 2016

Government partners

• Service Canada
• Employment and Social Development Canada

Date modified:

2017-01-04