Transferring an OMERS Pension

Leaving or joining an OMERS employer? One of the decisions when changing jobs is whether to transfer your pension benefit.

Transferring “In”

As an OMERS member, you may be able to transfer pension credits into the OMERS Plan from another Canadian registered pension plan. If you have worked for any of the employers in the list below, or if you have been a member of another registered pension plan in the past, tell your OMERS employer about your past service, or contact OMERS Client Services directly. You may be able to transfer some or all of this service into OMERS.

For more information, see Transferring Service From Another Pension Plan.

Transferring “Out”

One of your options when leaving your OMERS employer is to transfer your benefit out of the OMERS Plan. If you are going to work for one of the employers listed below, OMERS has formal “reciprocal transfer agreements” with them. You may also be able to transfer some or all of your credited service to another employer's plan, if that plan will accept the transfer.

If you will be working for any of these employers, be sure to 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.