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You must file your tax return by April 30 every year, or GIS payments may stop or be reduced. Related payments for ages 60 to 64: the Allowance and the Allowance for the Survivor.","status":"listed","routes":[{"kind":"Application form","url":"https://www.canada.ca/en/services/benefits/publicpensions/old-age-security/guaranteed-income-supplement.html","value":null,"seen":"2026-10-02","source":"their own site"},{"kind":"Office phone","url":"https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/corporate/contact/oas.html","value":"1-800-277-9914 (Mon to Fri 8:30 am to 4:30 pm local time); TTY 1-800-255-4786","seen":"2026-10-02","source":"their own site"},{"kind":"Office phone","url":null,"value":"1-800-277-9914","seen":"2026-10-02","source":"their own site"}],"primaryRoute":{"kind":"Application form","url":"https://www.canada.ca/en/services/benefits/publicpensions/old-age-security/guaranteed-income-supplement.html","value":null,"seen":"2026-10-02","source":"their own site"},"routeCount":3,"channels":[{"kind":"website","url":"https://www.canada.ca/en/services/benefits/publicpensions/old-age-security/guaranteed-income-supplement.html","label":"Website","reach":null,"unit":null,"seen":"2026-10-02","source":"their own site"}],"spaceCount":1,"spacesSeen":"2026-10-02","phone":"1-800-277-9914","contact":{"email":null,"url":"https://www.canada.ca/en/services/benefits/publicpensions/old-age-security/guaranteed-income-supplement.html","route":"Application form"},"steps":["If Service Canada has your information, you are enrolled automatically; watch for a letter.","No enrolment letter within one month of turning 65: apply with form ISP-3550 (Application for the OAS and the GIS) or in My Service Canada Account.","File your tax return by April 30 every year so payments do not stop or drop.","Questions: call 1-800-277-9914, Monday to Friday 8:30 am to 4:30 pm."],"languages":["English","French"],"welcomes":[],"reachNum":null,"reachUnit":null,"reachKind":"none","reachSource":null,"reachSeen":null,"intents":{"reach":false,"grow":null,"job":false,"volunteer":false,"specialist":null,"opps":false,"housing":false,"money":true,"info":false,"marriage":false},"qualify":["People 65 or older who get the OAS pension","Living in Canada","Low income (limits on their page)"],"needs":["A tax return filed every year by April 30","No letter by 65 and a month: form ISP-3550"],"help":"direct","country":"CA","region":"CA","currency":"CAD","lang":"en","reach":0.2,"reachGroups":["seniors","lowincome"],"reachBasis":"Seniors 65 and older on the OAS pension, living in Canada, with low income under the stated limits. 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