{"id":27654,"date":"2022-08-31T14:46:42","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T18:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/t3_x2lb45"},"modified":"2022-08-31T14:46:42","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T18:46:42","slug":"what-happens-to-your-pension-when-you-die","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.andrewwbradley.ca\/index.php\/2022\/08\/31\/what-happens-to-your-pension-when-you-die\/","title":{"rendered":"What happens to your pension when you die?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- SC_OFF --><\/p>\n<div class=\"md\">\n<p>Okay this is gonna sound really stupid but I am having a hard time wrapping my head around this. I just can&#039;t seem to get a clear answer.<\/p>\n<p>Taking CPP as an example here, let&#039;s say you have $50k in pension and likewise for your spouse. For the context of this scenario let&#039;s say you have kids. You just retired and are receiving your monthly pension amounts and so is your spouse. <\/p>\n<p>1 month into retirement you kick the bucket. Now at this moment I know that your spouse would receive payment amounts from your pension to make up the difference from her pension to the ma monthly amount. So if she was receiving $1200\/month and the max is $1500\/month, she would get $300 from your pension correct? There is also a one-time $2500 death benefit that she would be eligible for. <\/p>\n<p>With me so far?<\/p>\n<p>Now let&#039;s say you both die immediately upon retirement. What happens to your pension amounts? Do the kids get it in a lump sum? Does the government keep it? Where does the money go if it hasn&#039;t been exhausted?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Edit: I guess wanting to educate yourself and get a better understanding earns you downvotes? This sub is weird sometimes.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- SC_ON --> &#032; submitted by &#032; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/hussienalimohaidly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> \/u\/hussienalimohaidly <\/a> <br \/> <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/PersonalFinanceCanada\/comments\/x2lb45\/what_happens_to_your_pension_when_you_die\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[link]<\/a><\/span> &#032; <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/PersonalFinanceCanada\/comments\/x2lb45\/what_happens_to_your_pension_when_you_die\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[comments]<\/a><\/span><a href=\"\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay this is gonna sound really stupid but I am having a hard time wrapping my head around this. I just can&#039;t seem to get a clear answer. Taking CPP as an example here,&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24127,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.andrewwbradley.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27654"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.andrewwbradley.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.andrewwbradley.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.andrewwbradley.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.andrewwbradley.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.andrewwbradley.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27654\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.andrewwbradley.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.andrewwbradley.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.andrewwbradley.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.andrewwbradley.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}