Transferring your OMERS pension

OMERS has 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 to another employer's plan, if that plan accepts transfers.

• If you have worked for any of these employers or have been a member of any of these plans, inform your OMERS employer about your past service.
• If you will be working for for any of these employers inform them of your service in the OMERS plan.

OMERS has reciprocal transfer agreements with the following pension plans:

• B.C. Public Service Fund;
• British Columbia Municipal Pension Plan;
• Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC);
• City of Halifax;
• City of Saskatoon Pension Plan;
• City of St. John Pension Plan;
• Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology Pension Plan;
• Commission Administrative des Regimes de Retraite et d'Assurance;
• Electrical Safety Authority Pension Plan;
• Federal Superannuation Fund;
• Hamilton Street Railway Pension Plan;
• Hospitals of Ontario Pension Plan;
• Hydro One Pension Plan;
• Independent Electricity Operator Market Pension Plan;
• Newfoundland Public Service Pension Plan;
• Northwest Territories Municipal Employees Pension Plan;
• OC Transpo (Ottawa-Carleton Regional Transit Commission);
• Ontario Electricity Financial Corporation Pension Plan (formerly Ontario Hydro Pension Plan);
• Ontario Institute for Studies in Education Pension Plan;
• Ontario Pension Board;
• Ontario Power Generation Inc.;
• Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board;
• OPSEU Pension Trust;
• Regina Civic Employees Superannuation and Benefits Plan;
• Ryerson University Pension Plan;
• St. Michael's Hospital Pension Plan;
• The Providence Centre Pension Plan;
• The St. Joseph's Health Centre Pension Plan;
• Trent University Pension Plan;
• Ville de Laval; and
• Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB).

More information on plan transfers or contact your employer or OMERS Client Services.