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HR Vendors Guide 2015
Pensions
Employment and Skills
Development Canada
(formerly Human Resources and Skills
Development Canada)
Ottawa, ON
(800) 622-6232
TTY: (800) 926-9105
Website: www.esdc.gc.ca
Administers the Canada Pension
Plan and Old Age Security. Website
contains descriptions of the latest
legislative changes, FAQs and contri-
bution rates.
Joint Forum of Financial Market
Regulators
Toronto, ON
(416) 590-7526 Fax: (416) 590-7070
Email: jointforum@fsco.gov.on.ca
Website: www.jointforum.ca
Established as a mechanism through
which pension, securities and insur-
ance regulators co-ordinate, harmo-
nize and streamline the regulation
of financial products and services in
Canada.
MEPP — Management Employees
Pension Plan
Edmonton, AB
(877) 391-3675 Fax: (780) 415-9598
Email: employerservices@apsc.ca
Website: www.mepp.ca
Plan for managers within the Alberta
provincial public service, approved
agencies, boards and commissions.
New Brunwick – Office of the
Superintendent of Pensions
Fredericton, NB
(506) 462-5100 Fax: (506) 453-3651
Email: justice.comments@gnb.ca
Website: www.gnb.ca/0307/index-e.asp
Responsible for the enforcement of
standards prescribed under the Pen-
sion Benefits Act and for the investi-
gation of alleged violations.
Newfoundland and Labrador –
Service NL (Pension Regulation)
St. John's, NL
(709) 729-4834
Email: servicenlinfo@gov.nl.ca
Website: www.servicenl.gov.nl.ca/pen-
sions/index.html
Regulates employer-sponsored pen-
sion plans, including review and ap-
proval of all locked-in retirement sav-
ings arrangement contracts offered by
financial institutions, and assists in
dispute resolution.
Northwest Territories – Education,
Culture and Employment (Income
Security)
Yellowknife, NT
(866) 973-7252
Website: www.ece.gov.nt.ca/incomes-
security
Includes information on the Senior
Supplementary Benefit Program and
Income Support Guide for Seniors.
Also includes information on pro-
grams for adults, children, seniors
and students as well as public hous-
ing information.
Nova Scotia Pension Services
Corporation
Halifax, NS
(902) 424-5070 Fax: (902) 424-0662
(800) 774-5070 (Nova Scotia)
Email: pensionsinfo@gov.ns.ca
Website: www.novascotiapension.ca
A non-profit corporation replacing the
former Nova Scotia Pension Agency.
Jointly owned by the Teachers' Pen-
sion Plan Trustee Inc. (TPPTI) and the
Public Service Superannuation Plan
Trustee Inc. (PSSPTI).
Nova Scotia – Pension Regulation
Division
Halifax, NS
(902) 424-8915 Fax: (902) 424-0648
Email: pensionreg@gov.ns.ca
Website: www.gov.ns.ca/lae/pensions/
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Safeguards benefits promised under
pension plans registered under the
Pension Benefits Act, which applies
to private sector and municipal
government pension plans that have
members in Nova Scotia.
Office of the Superintendent of
Financial Institutions
Ottawa, ON
(613) 943-3950 Fax: (613) 990-5591
(800) 385-8647
TTY: (613) 943-3980
Email: information@osfi-bsif.gc.ca
Website: www.osfi-bsif.gc.ca
The primary regulator of federally
registered private pension plans in
Canada.
Ombudsman for Banking Services
and Investments
(888) 451-4519 Fax: (888) 422-2865
TTY: (888) 889-6274
Email: ombudsman@obsi.ca
Website: www.obsi.ca
Provides financial services to con-
sumers in Canada with single-window
access to information on how to
obtain assistance or recourse if they
have questions, concerns or com-
plaints about their financial services
provider.
Ontario Pension Board
Toronto, ON
(416) 364-8558 Fax: (416) 364-7578
(800) 668-6203
Email: clientservice@opb.ca
Website: www.opb.ca
Responsible for the day-to-day
administration of the Ontario Public
Service Pension Plan, whose member-
ship is made up of eligible employ-
ees of the Ontario government and
its agencies, boards and commis-
sions.
