Consolidated Statutes and Regulations
Consolidated Statutes
Consolidated Regulations
Annual Statutes and Regulations
Annual Statutes
Annual Regulations
Additional information
Québec Official Publisher
What’s new?
Information note
Policy of the Minister of Justice
Laws: Amendments
Laws: Provisions not in force
Laws: Provisions brought into force
Annual Statutes: PDF versions since 1996
Regulations: Amendments
Annual Regulations: PDF versions since 1996
Court Decisions
R-9 - Act respecting the Québec Pension Plan
Section 132
Disposition versions
132. The basic monthly amount of the surviving spouse’s pension is established in accordance with sections 133 to 137 for the month from which such a pension is payable.
Any change for a given month in the situation of the beneficiary shall give rise to a new calculation of the basic monthly amount of his pension.
132. A surviving spouse’s pension payable to the surviving spouse of a contributor is a basic monthly amount which, in the case of a surviving spouse under 55 years of age, is
(a) a flat rate benefit, calculated in accordance with section 124, and
(b) 37.5 % of the amount of the contributor’s retirement pension, calculated in accordance with section 135.
A surviving spouse’s pension payable to the surviving spouse of a contributor is a basic monthly amount which, in the case of a surviving spouse 55 years of age or over but under 65 years of age at the time of the contributor’s death, or who reaches 55 years of age thereafter, is
(a) a flat rate benefit of $275 a month for the year 1984 and, for each subsequent year, a flat rate benefit equal to that of the previous year, adjusted in accordance with section 119, and
(b) 37.5 % of the amount of the contributor’s retirement pension, calculated in accordance with section 135.
Nevertheless, if, at the time of the contributor’s death, the surviving spouse has no dependent children and is not disabled, the amount of the pension provided for in this section must be reduced by 1/120 for each month by which the age of the surviving spouse at the time of the death of the contributor is less than 45 years.
Moreover, if the surviving spouse who is entitled to a surviving spouse’s pension of an amount not affected by the reduction provided for in the third paragraph by reason of disability or of having dependent children ceases, after the death of the contributor, to be disabled or to have dependent children, as the case may be, the amount of the pension provided for in this section must be reduced by 1/120 for each month by which the age of the surviving spouse at that time is less than 45 years.
…
The surviving spouse’s pension payable, after 31 December 1983, to the surviving spouse of a contributor, in the case of a surviving spouse 55 years of age or over but under 65 years of age on 1 January 1984 who became entitled to a pension before that date, is a basic monthly amount calculated in accordance with section 28 of chapter 12 of the statutes of 1983.
… 132. A surviving spouse’s pension payable to the surviving spouse of a contributor is a basic monthly amount which, in the case of a surviving spouse under 65 years of age, is:
(a) a flat rate benefit, calculated in accordance with section 124, and
(b) 37.5% of the amount of the contributor’s retirement pension, calculated in accordance with section 135.
Nevertheless, if, at the time of the contributor’s death, the surviving spouse has no dependent children and is not disabled, the amount of the pension provided for in this section must be reduced by 1/120 for each month by which the age of the surviving spouse at the time of the death of the contributor is less than 45 years.
Moreover, if the surviving spouse who is entitled to a surviving spouse’s pension of an amount not affected by the reduction provided for in the second paragraph by reason of disability or of having dependent children ceases, after the death of the contributor, to be disabled or to have dependent children, as the case may be, the amount of the pension provided for in this section must be reduced by 1/120 for each month by which the age of the surviving spouse at that time is less than 45 years.
132. A surviving spouse’s pension payable to the surviving spouse of a contributor is a basic monthly amount which, in the case of a surviving spouse under 65 years of age, is:
(a) a flat rate benefit, calculated in accordance with section 124, and
(b) 37.5% of the amount of the contributor’s retirement pension, calculated in accordance with section 135.
Nevertheless, if, at the time of the contributor’s death, the surviving spouse has no dependent children and is not disabled, the amount of the pension provided for in this section must be reduced by 1/120 for each month by which the age of the surviving spouse at the time of the death of the contributor is less than 45 years.
Moreover, if the surviving spouse who is entitled to a surviving spouse’s pension by reason of disability or of having dependent children ceases, after the death of the contributor, to be disabled or to have dependent children, the amount of the pension provided for in this section must be reduced by 1/120 for each month by which the age of the surviving spouse at that time is less than 45 years.
