Pension Information Sessions

OPTrust’s pension information sessions are a great way to learn more about your pension plan - directly from an OPTrust representative through live video sessions or recorded webinar.

Live or pre-recorded webinars

Welcome to the OPSEU Pension Plan

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Want to learn a little more about the Plan – what you contribute to it, how your pension grows and how it’s administered?

Watch the pre-recorded webinar 

Leaving your job?

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When you leave your job, you have options. Want to learn a little more about your pension and what happens if you leave your current employer?

Watch the pre-recorded webinar 

Ready, set, retire!

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You've worked hard to save for your pension and now it's time to enjoy it. But first a few things to get you retirement ready.

Attend a live webinar session or watch the pre-recorded webinar 

Health coverage in retirement

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Learn how to qualify for insured benefits and the health coverage plans offered by the Government of Ontario.

Attend a live webinar session or watch the pre-recorded webinar 

Pension topics

What's important

Safeguard your retirement: Get the facts before you act

The video underscores the importance of getting all the facts when making decisions that can impact an individual’s financial future in retirement – before those decisions are made.

Produced in collaboration with Defined benefit (DB) pension plans from across Canada.

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Planning for your loved ones

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Your OPTrust pension provides benefits for your survivors. If you identify who you want to receive those benefits, OPTrust can administer payment of your survivor’s benefits according to your wishes.

This short video explains who is eligible to receive your survivor benefits.

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The early retirement bridge benefit

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If you retire before age 65, the OPSEU Pension Plan provides you with a CPP bridge benefit until the month in which you turn 65.

The bridge benefit is truly that – a bridge for the gap between early retirement and the age you are eligible to begin receiving your full CPP pension. We encourage you to watch the video.

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Buying pension service

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Are you a new OPTrust member? Have you taken an unpaid leave of absence recently? If so, applying to buy back pension service in the Plan could be one of the best financial decisions you can make.

This short video explains how eligible periods of past service can increase the value of your pension.

Watch the video