Agreements

2020 Agreement Respecting Multi-Jurisdictional Pension Plans

The Agreement was signed between the governments of Québec, Alberta, British Columbia, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Saskatchewan and the Canadian federal government. It applies to pension plans that fall under any of those governments and have members and beneficiaries subject to the law of more than one of those governments. The Agreement has effect from 1 July 2020.

The Agreement is amended by the 2023 Agreement Amending the 2020 Agreement Respecting Multi-Jurisdictional Pension Plans because the governments of Manitoba and Newfoundland and Labrador have become party to it. The Agreement has been signed by all the governments in Canada that have pension legislation. It applies to pension plans that fall under any of the governments in Canada and that have members and beneficiaries subject to the law of more than one of those governments. The Agreement comes into force on 1 July 2023.

The Agreement replaces, for the governments party to it, both:

• the Memorandum of Reciprocal Agreement, which had applied since 1968 to pension plans whose members' benefits had been governed by the laws of the concerned governments, and all similar agreements
• the 2016 Agreement Respecting Multi-Jurisdictional Pension Plans, signed by the governments of Québec, British Columbia, Nova Scotia, Ontario and Saskatchewan.

See the 2020 Agreement and other related documents on the Canadian Association of Pension Supervisory Authorities (CAPSA) website .