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GIS benefits are non-taxable but do stop if you leave Canada for longer than 6 months.' s& y+ l2 S* ^" R
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In addition to your retirement benefits, you should also consider other factors such as healthcare and personal safety when relocating to another country. Your provincial healthcare plan coverage may stop after you have been absent for some months.
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For example, to keep your healthcare benefits, you must at a minimum be physically present in these provinces (in a 12-month period) as follows:% T) _' z- Q4 w9 K [
( {9 O/ D5 A, N) m% @: NManitoba: 6 months
$ }2 \! L1 o; B( b4 o; d( R9 uAlberta: 183 days
5 @8 f) V4 z, D8 sOntario: 153 days
" Z4 f- v. C$ R) I6 F% j mNew Brunswick: 153 days4 T5 O% P9 R+ n& J- s9 ?% `
Quebec: 183 days/ f8 r; h/ U) C" S2 M( r" v2 T
Prince Edward Island: 6 months plus 1 day
% s7 \0 v& ]3 S6 f. K$ ESaskatchewan: 183 days+ e B2 n9 q h
Nova Scotia: 183 days9 u6 C" o7 L4 f3 C, X
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