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+ + ++ Eligible Canadians can apply for Old Age Security (OAS) starting at age 65. It's also possible to delay + applying up to age 70. Each month of delay will increase the benefit by 0.6%. But it may not be worth it, + especially for low income Canadians that are also eligible for GIS. Use this calculator to determine how + delaying could impact you. +
++ With your years in Canada after + age 18, you're eligible for a monthly OAS benefit of + , which is + + of the full amount , + starting at age . +
++ Delaying OAS to age will increase + your payment by + to . +
++ While delaying does result in a larger monthly payment, it also means forgoing years of payments + from age to your delayed starting + age of . +
++ In order to break even (have the same amount of money) from delaying OAS to , you would have to + live until at least years old. If + you live beyond this, then you will end up with more OAS + overall than if you had started at . +
+ ++ The chart below shows how much total OAS you will have accumulated at each age whether you started at + or . + Where the two lines cross over is the break even point. +
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