You can use the Service québécois de changement d'adresse to notify the Régie des rentes du Québec of your change of address. Thanks to the Service québécois de changement d'adresse, you can notify many government services of your new address in a single, secure operation.
A single notice to the Régie des rentes du Québec is sufficient to make your change of address for a retirement pension, a surviving spouse’s pension, an orphan’s pension, a death benefit, a disability pension or a pension for a disabled person’s child.
The disability benefits paid by the Régie des rentes du Québec include the disability pension and the pension for a disabled person’s child.
The child of a disabled contributor may be entitled to a pension paid by the Régie.
As defined by the Régie des rentes du Québec, the word «child» means
- a child, under 18 years of age, who is related to the contributor by blood or by adoption;
- a child, under 18 years of age, who has been living with the contributor for at least one year and for whom the contributor stands in the place of his or her parent.
Children (under age 18) of a beneficiary of the disability pension paid by the Régie des rentes du Québec.
Note
Only one pension may be paid to a child, either a pension for a disabled person’s child or an orphan’s pension. If a child is already receiving a pension for a disabled person’s child and the child’s other parent becomes disabled or dies, the child will receive the highest of the two pensions.
In 2012, the monthly pension is $71,32 per child.
As a rule, the pension for a disabled contributor’s child is payable from the effective date of the disability pension payable to the disabled contributor.
Note
The child of a disabled person remains eligible for the pension even if he or she has employment earnings. Such earnings are not taken into account by the Régie des rentes du Québec.
Tax treatment and indexation
Even if the pension for a disabled person's child is not paid directly to the child, it must nevertheless be treated as being the child's personal income, not as the disabled person’s income. The pension is taxable and is indexed annually.
Conditions of payment
The pension is paid monthly by cheque or by direct deposit. (It can also be paid every 6 months.)
