Planning Resources

Links to helpful and interesting sites

Public and Private Pension Plans and Taxes

• CPP, OAS, GIS, Spousal/Common-law Partner Allowance
• For information about QPP
• For information about taxes and related items
• Veterans Affairs Canada
• Mackenzie Tax Guide
• Canada Benefits
• Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

Travel

• Elderhostel
• 50Plus.com
• Department of Foreign Affairs Canada (Information & Assistance for Canadians abroad)

Volunteering

• Doctors Without Borders
• The Coalition of National Voluntary Organizations
• Volunteer Canada
• United Way

Health

• Canadian Health Network
• Health Canada
• Health Canada – Aging and Seniors
• World Health Organization
• The Mayo Clinic
• Women's health matters (Sunnybrook and Women’s College Health Science Ctrs)
• Health Canada (Links to Guide to Government of Canada Services for Seniors)
• My Web MD
• Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating
• Canadian Institutes of Health Research
• Canadian Centre for Activity and Aging
• Canadian Institute for Health Information
• Victorian Order of Nurses

General Interest Sites

• American Association for Retired Persons
• Canadian Association for the 50+ (including CARP)
• Senior Net

Health Research Societies

• The Alzheimer Society of Canada
• Arthritis Canada
• Canadian Cancer Society
• Osteoporosis Society of Canada