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How do the Old Age Security (OAS) pension and the Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS) help ensure that the overall income of seniors does not fall below a specified threshold? In 2024–25, $80.2 billion was paid in Old Age Security (OAS) benefits to 7.5 million beneficiaries. This included:
$60.6 billion in OAS pension benefits to 7.4 million recipients;
$18.9 billion in Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS) benefits to 2.5 million low-income OAS pensioners; and
$632 million in Allowance benefits to 68,700 near-seniors.
OAS expenditures in 2025 represented 2.78 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
All OAS benefits are adjusted four times per year (in January, April, July and October) in accordance with changes in the Consumer Price Index (CPI). This allows OAS benefits to keep up with the rate of inflation. In addition, the Old Age Security Act contains a guarantee ensuring that benefits can never go down, even in the event of a decline in the CPI.
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Regional Tariff Response Initiative (RTRI) in the territories
On December 16, 2025, the Government of Canada announced the coming into force of core elements of the Buy Canadian Policy to strengthen domestic industries and ensure federal procurement spending benefits Canadian businesses.
On December 16, 2025, the Government of Canada announced the coming into force of core elements of the Buy Canadian Policy to strengthen domestic industries and ensure federal procurement spending benefits Canadian businesses.
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Public Services and Procurement Canada, in partnership with Indigenous Services Canada and the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, is actively working to increase the participation of Indigenous businesses in federal procurement.
Note: All questions regarding the Indigenous Business Directory, verification of Indigeneity and alleged cases of Indigenous misrepresentation should be directed to Indigenous Services Canada
Public Services and Procurement Canada is leading the Long Term Vision and Plan, a multi-decade effort to renew and modernize Canada’s Parliamentary Precinct, creating a secure, integrated, and world-class parliamentary campus.