Grant and contribution program
(S) Old Age Security Payments (R.S.C., 1985, c. O-9)
Department of Employment and Social Development · Seniors
In fiscal year 2024–25, Department of Employment and Social Development paid out $60.6 billion under (S) Old Age Security Payments (R.S.C., 1985, c. O-9), up from $57.4 billion in 2023–24. That is $2,024 per tax filer.
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$60.6B
Up $3.2B from $57.4B in 2023–24.
Per tax filer uses 29,965,100 tax filers (2023, the latest count published); per person uses a population of 41,162,593 (2024). An allocation of cost, not a tax bill.
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| Fiscal year | Spending |
|---|---|
| 2023–24 | $57.4B |
| 2024–25 | $60.6B |
Largest recipients
The largest named recipients of payments reported under this program in 2024–25. Location is the recipient's address, which is not always where the money is spent. Recipient payments can differ slightly from the program total above because the Public Accounts report them separately.
| Recipient | Location | Paid | Per tax filer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Payments under $100,000 (7,413,113) | Location not stated | $60.3B | $2,013 |
| Curateur public du Québec | Montréal, Quebec | $124M | $4.13 |
| Office of the Public Guardian and Trustee | Toronto, Ontario | $115M | $3.83 |
| Public Guardian and Trustee of Manitoba and Saskatchewan | Winnipeg, Manitoba | $39.5M | $1.32 |
| Public Guardian and Trustee of British Columbia | Vancouver, British Columbia | $20.8M | $0.69 |
| Public Guardian and Trustee Alberta | Edmonton, Alberta | $20.1M | $0.67 |
| Nova Scotia Public Trustee | Halifax, Nova Scotia | $8.0M | $0.27 |
| Office of the Public Trustee of New Brunswick | Fredericton, New Brunswick | $4.1M | $0.14 |
| Kings Regional Rehabilitation Centre | Waterville, Nova Scotia | $383K | $0.01 |
| Public Guardian and Trustee Yukon Justice | Whitehorse, Yukon | $169K | <$0.01 |
Source and basis
- Detailed information on Transfer Payments, as per the Public Accounts of Canada, retrieved 2026-11-03. Open Government Licence - Canada.
- Recipients: Detailed information on Transfer Payments, as per the Public Accounts of Canada.
- Net expenditures of this transfer payment program in the Public Accounts. It overlaps with program spending, so do not add the two.