Few retirement decisions have a bigger long-term impact than when you choose to start your Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and Old Age Security (OAS) benefits. These are not just monthly cheques — they are lifetime income streams that will keep paying for the rest of your life, and the amount you receive depends heavily on when you choose to begin.

Open any financial magazine or scroll through any retirement article online and you will see a different magic number. Some say 1 million dollars. Others say 1.7 million. Some claim you need ten times your final salary; others say six. The truth is that almost none of these numbers apply to you personally, because they ignore the most important variables: how you actually want to live, what you actually spend, and what income you are entitled to as a Canadian.

If you have multiple income sources like a second job, government pensions, rental income, or investment gains, it's easy to be surprised!

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