Canadian Forces Superannuation Act

Marginal note:Benefits payable on death of retired member

• 25 (1) On the death of a contributor who, at the time of their death, was entitled under this Part to an annuity or an annual allowance, the survivor and children of the contributor are entitled to the following allowances, computed on the basis of the product obtained by multiplying the average annual pay received by the contributor during the period specified in subparagraph 15(1)(a)(ii) by the number of years of pensionable service to the contributor’s credit, one one-hundredth of the product so obtained being referred to in this section as the “basic allowance”:

  • (a) in the case of a survivor, an immediate annual allowance equal to the basic allowance; and

  • (b) in the case of each child, an immediate annual allowance equal to one-fifth of the basic allowance or, if the contributor died without leaving a survivor, the survivor is dead or the survivor is not entitled to receive an allowance under this Part, other than an immediate annual allowance under section 25.1, two-fifths of the basic allowance.

• Marginal note:Total child allowance

  (2) The total amount of the allowances paid under paragraph (1)(b) shall not exceed four-fifths of the basic allowance or, if the contributor died without leaving a survivor, the survivor is dead or the survivor is not entitled to receive an allowance under this Part, other than an immediate annual allowance under section 25.1, eight-fifths of the basic allowance.

• Marginal note:Apportionment of total among children

  (3) If, in computing the allowances to which the children of a contributor are entitled under subsections (1) and (2), it is determined that there are more than four children of the contributor entitled to an allowance, the total amount of the allowances shall be apportioned among the children in such shares as the Minister considers just and proper under the circumstances.

• Marginal note:Benefits payable on death of serving member — more than two years

  (4) On the death of a contributor who has to their credit two or more years of pensionable service and was a member of the regular force at the time of death, the survivor and children of the contributor are entitled to the annual allowances to which they would have been entitled under subsections (1), (2) and (3) had the contributor, immediately before death, become entitled under this Part to an annuity or an annual allowance.

• Definition of child

  (5) For the purposes of subsections (1) to (4), child means a child of the contributor who

  • (a) is less than eighteen years of age; or

  • (b) is eighteen or more years of age but less than twenty-five years of age, and is in full-time attendance at a school or university as defined in the regulations.

• Marginal note:Benefits payable on death of serving member — less than two years

  (6) On the death of a contributor who has to their credit less than two years of pensionable service and was a member of the regular force at the time of death, the survivor and children of the contributor, in any case where the contributor died leaving a survivor or a child less than eighteen years of age, are entitled jointly to a death benefit equal to the greater of

  • (a) a return of contributions, and

  • (b) an amount equal to one month’s pay for each year of pensionable service to the credit of the contributor, computed on the basis of the rate of pay authorized to be paid to them at the time of their death.