Veterans affairs Canada Widow's Benefits

by **Oliver** Mon 03 Dec 2018, 10:53 am

Veterans Affairs Canada pays a death benefit to help ease that struggle. The death benefit is not designed to be life insurance. Instead, it recognizes the impact the death of a service member has on the functioning of their immediate family, including the permanent loss of guidance, care and companionship.

Death Benefit

What is the Death Benefit?

When military families lose a loved one as a result of a sudden service-related death, there can be great suffering as the surviving spouse and children struggle to find their place in the civilian world.

Veterans Affairs Canada pays a death benefit to help ease that struggle.

The death benefit is not designed to be life insurance. Instead, it recognizes the impact the death of a service member has on the functioning of their immediate family, including the permanent loss of guidance, care and companionship. It is paid in addition to the usual pension-related death benefits paid under the Canada Pension Plan and the Canadian Forces Superannuation Act.

The rates for this benefit are adjusted annually according to the cost of living.

Rates: http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/services/rates#deathben

Do I Qualify?

The Death Benefit is paid to a spouse or common-law partner and dependent children if a Canadian Armed Forces member has died as a result of a service-related injury or disease provided the death occurred within 30 days after the injury occurred or the disease was contracted.

A survivor is defined as:

the surviving spouse, who was, at the time of the member's death, residing with the member;
or
the person who was, at the time of the Canadian Armed Forces member's death, the member's common-law partner (a common-law partner means a person who is cohabiting with the member in a conjugal relationship, having so co-habited for a period of at least one year).
A dependent child is defined as:

the child of a Canadian Armed Forces member (or of their spouse or common-law partner) who is under 18 years of age,
or
under 25 years of age and attending school, or an adult but physically or mentally incapacitated and prevented from earning a living. In addition, the child must have been living in the home of the Canadian Armed Forces member to be considered a dependent child.

How Do I Apply?

If, you have not heard from us at the time of the member's death, please contact us: http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/contact

http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/services/financial/death-benefit

by **Masefield** Wed 04 Mar 2020, 8:28 am

Death Benefit

If your spouse dies while in service, you will have many things to worry about, money is one we can help with right away. The Death Benefit is paid to a spouse or common-law partner and the dependent children of a Canadian Armed Forces member who died as a result of a service-related injury or illness.

Learn more here: Death Benefit

Veterans affairs Canada Widow's Benefits

Veterans affairs Canada Widow's Benefits

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