Disability benefits under the Québec Pension Plan

Disability benefits under the Québec Pension Plan (QPP) are payments that you could receive each month if you:

• are deemed to have a severe and permanent disability by Retraite Québec's medical advisors;
• have sufficiently contributed to the Québec Pension Plan;
• are under age 65;
• are not receiving an unreduced income replacement indemnity from the Commission des normes, de l'équité, de la santé et de la sécurité du travail (CNESST).

Types of benefits

Disability benefits include:

• the disability pension, which is paid to a person deemed to be disabled by Retraite Québec;
• the pension for a disabled contributor's child, which is paid for a disabled person's child under age 18. It can also be paid for children who are living with a disabled person for at least one year;
• the additional amount for disability for retirement pension beneficiaries who can no longer cancel the pension to receive a disability pension.