Canada Pension Plan Disability Program – An Overview
On November 24, 2021 Lupus Canada hosted the “Canada Pension Plan Disability Program – An Overview” webinar. Our thanks to Brooke Besley, with the Canada Pension Plan Disability (CPPD) Program at the Department of Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) for providing an overview of the Canada Pension Plan Disability Program and for answering audience questions.
Note: This webinar was not recorded but a brief summary with resource links can be found below.
The Canadian Pension Plan (CPP) is a contributory social insurance program that provides contributors and their families with modest income replacement upon the retirement, disability, or death of a contributor.
Part of the CPP, the Canada Pension Plan Disability Program (CPPD) is Canada’s largest disability insurance program and the largest federal income security program for people with disabilities.
The Canada Pension Plan Disability (CPPD) program is a taxable, monthly benefit providing partial earnings replacement for eligible CPP contributors who cannot work due to a severe and prolonged disability.
Applications for CPPD can be completed using either a paper application or online through My Service Canada Account and are submitted to Service Canada to process.
The Canadian Pension Plan Disability Program Toolkit is a valuable source of information which should be consulted prior to the application process.
Designed for not only for clients, but also anyone supporting clients in their application by providing all required program information in a single document, with the intention to simplify the application process. For more information on the CPPD toolkit please visit:
For additional information on the Canadian Pension Plan Disability Program (CPPD) please visit :
https://www.canada.ca/en/services/benefits/publicpensions/cpp/cpp-disability-benefit.html
Brooke Besley has twenty years of experience spanning both the Ontario provincial and federal governments on a diverse range of subject matter, including the environment, learning, and disability. She is currently a senior policy analyst at the Canada Pension Plan Disability (CPPD) Program at the Department of Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), where she has spent the last 12 years working on legislative and regulatory change, policy development and stakeholder engagement. A graduate of Trent University, she has an honours degree in Economics; and currently lives in Ottawa with her husband and three children. When she isn’t busy working or sleeping, she can be found at either the baseball diamond or the hockey rink cheering her kids on at their games.
Brooke Besley, Senior Policy Analyst – Canada Pension Plan Disability (CPPD) Program at the Department of Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)