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Transferring your OMERS pension

OMERS has formal “reciprocal transfer agreements” with a number of Canadian public sector pension plans. You may be able to transfer some or all of your OMERS credited service from OMERS to another employer's plan, if that plan will accept the transfer.

If you will be working for any of these employers, inform them about your service in the OMERS plan.

OMERS has reciprocal transfer agreements with the following pension plans:

  • British Columbia Municipal Pension Plan;
  • British Columbia Public Service Pension Plan;
  • Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) Pension Plan;
  • City of St. John Employee Pension Plan;
  • Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology (CAAT) Pension Plan;
  • Commission administrative des régimes de retraite et d'assurances (CARRA);
  • Electrical Safety Authority Pension Plan;
  • Federal Superannuation Fund;
  • Halifax Regional Muncipality Pension Plan;
  • Hamilton Street Railway Pension Plan (discontinued as of January 1, 2009);
  • Hospitals of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP);
  • Hydro One Pension Plan;
  • Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) Pension Plan;
  • Manitoba Municipal Employees Pension Plan;
  • Newfoundland and Labrador Public Service Pension Plan;
  • Northwest Territories Municipal Employees Pension Plan;
  • Ontario Institute for Studies in Education Pension Plan;
  • Ontario Public Service Pension Plan (Ontario Pension Board);
  • Ontario Power Generation Inc. (OPG) Pension Plan;
  • Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan;
  • OPSEU Pension Trust (Ontario Public Service Employees’ Union);
  • OPSEU Staff Pension Fund;
  • Providence Centre Pension Plan;
  • Ryerson University Pension Plan;
  • St. Joseph's Health Centre Pension Plan – Ontario;
  • St. Michael's Hospital Pension Plan;
  • Trent University Pension Plan;
  • Ville de Hull Pension Plan;
  • Ville de Laval Pension Plan; and
  • Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) Employees’ Pension Plan.

It also may be possible to transfer pension credits into the OMERS Primary Pension Plan from another Canadian registered pension plan (whether or not the plan is listed above). Therefore, if you have worked for any of these employers or you have been a member of any other Canadian registered pension plan in the past, inform your OMERS employer about your past service. You may be able to transfer some or all of this service into OMERS.

For more information, see Transferring your previous pension into OMERS or contact your employer or OMERS Client Services.