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This page was last updated: October 6, 2011
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Pyracantha (Firethorn)
Seniors Info
Web links to Seniors Information
BC Government Seniors Guide - 160 pages. Very useful
Health and well being:
http://www.health.gov.bc.ca/seniors/ - identifies various BC government
programs focused on health and well being.
Housing and Social Assistance:
http://www.gov.bc.ca/hsd/ - BC ministry of housing and social
development, with links to social assistance help
http://www.seniorshousing.bc.ca/ - Seniors Services Society is a non profit agency located in New Westminster, part of Metro Vancouver BC, that provides local and provincial programs and services that support older adults to live as independently as possible.
Social Programs for Seniors
http://www.seniors.gc.ca/home.jsp?lang=en – federal government site with information and links for social programs for seniors
Seniors Benefits
http://www1.servicecanada.gc.ca/en/isp/pub/oas/puboastoc.shtml - Service Canada’s site with everything you need to know about OAS, GIS, and other benefits.
http://www.canadabenefits.gc.ca/- a list of available government services for persons with disabilities.
Consumer Price Index
http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/eng/isp/pub/factsheets/- information about the consumer price index.
Statistics
http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/eng/isp/statistics - a rate card identifying the OAS and CPP benefits, published quarterly as OAS is indexed for inflation quarterly.
Tax Tips:
http://www.taxtips.ca/govbenefits/bc.htm - tax related site with links
to government programs, e.g. property tax deferment
Deferment/ptd.htm - site identifying the property tax deferment program
http://www.taxtips.ca/seniors/oas.htm - some information on the tax
implications of the Old Age Security (OAS) program
http://www.taxtips.ca/seniors/gis.htm - information and links for the Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS) for Canadian seniors, and the Allowance
Veteran's Affairs:
National Do Not call List:
https://www.lnnte-dncl.gc.ca/index-eng - sign up your phone number and cell phone number to avoid getting those pesky telemarketer calls.
Thanks to Richard Parkinson
for providing
this list.
This page was last updated: October 6, 2011
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