Let your savings work for you in retirement so you can retire with confidence.
Your retirement income plan needs to make sure your savings last a lifetime while having enough to cover your day-to-day expenses. Once you’ve taken care of that, you can look at your additional goals like providing for a spouse, leaving money for the people you love or minimizing tax.
Generally, your retirement income will come from these sources:
- Canada Pension Plan (CPP) or Quebec Pension Plan (QPP)
- Old Age Security (OAS)
- Personal savings and investments
- Workplace pension plans
All these retirement income options work with each other so it’s important to work with a financial advisor to make strategic decisions so your income can grow and change with you in retirement.
As you approach retirement you need to decide how you want to convert your savings and investments into retirement income. Retirement income products take money that you’ve saved and put it to work to help provide you an income stream during retirement.
Your options are different depending on which account type you used to save
These products allow to you to access – and even keep growing – money you may have saved in designated retirement savings accounts. These accounts are tax-deferred, meaning you won’t pay tax until you withdraw money, usually in a lower tax bracket.
The two most common types are:
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