Receive credit for child-rearing

Earn credit for contributory service for the time you were off work to raise children.

1. Eligibility for child-rearing credit

3. Process for child-rearing credit

2. Deadlines and cost

Eligibility for child-rearing credit

Are you eligible?

You can apply for child-rearing credit if you:

Were an active plan member (or had existing service in the plan) before you took time off to raise a child
Quit work or took an employer-approved (full-time, unpaid) leave of absence specifically to raise a child under age seven
Did not contribute to any registered pension plan during the child-rearing time
Returned to work and began contributing to the plan again after the child-rearing period

Receive credit for child-rearing

Deadlines and cost

Leaves of absence

Buying service for a leave

Receive credit for child-rearing

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