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Hi List Members; In the last 24 hours I've been asked (off-list) several questions about disability in Canada. Now I turn on the Sunday e-mail and read Barb's post & Shari's post re: qualifying for disability and red tape. I looked up the following information yesterday and earlier today and in light of all the queries decided to post the body of one of my responses. SNIP Since I got your e-mail yesterday I was astounded to find the Govt. of Canada had moved or altered virtually every web site I had in my notes. My brain works even when I'm asleep and this morning I was able to locate things that evaded my efforts yesterday. The answers to your questions are available through Human Resources search engine. See below. SNIP > I'm > familiar with Social Security Disability Income in the USA. What is > Canada's equal and how could I find out who can qualify? Is there a > web site on the internet that you could direct me to? > > Thanks, SNIP > > It seems the questions of who qualifies and how much might one expect are somewhat akin to asking "How big is a fish?????" There are a host of programs both national (federal) and provincial (state) as well as municipal (county) and civic (city). I believe US Social Security is the Federal Program so I concentrated on the Canadian equivalent: Canada Pension Plan Disability I tried to look at some sites I looked at last year but they've changed their sites and most come back "Could not locate the server etc." Through search engines and a little dogged perserverance I found these sites which may give you the info. you are seeking......... Canada Pension Plan Basic Facts http://www.cpp-rpc.gc.ca/fact/facte.htm Canada Pension Plan Homepage http://www.cpp-rpc.gc.ca/homepage.htm Pending CPP Draft Legislation http://www.fin.gc.ca/newse97/97-010e.html From this I gathered Finance Canada is responsible for the money for social services so I searched their site and found they have: Finance Canada HotLinks http://www.fin.gc.ca/access/linkse.html This leads one to believe actual monies are paid by: Human Resources Development Canada Income Security Programs http://www.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/isp/common/home.shtml Income Security Programs Overview http://www.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/isp/common/ispove_e.shtml Search the HRDC Web Site http://www.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/search/query.shtml Use the above Search Site and type in one word: disability This search rewards you with 30 documents including: Canada Pension Plan - Legislative Changes Facts About Changes To CPP Disability Disability Benefits (These sites seem to answer your questions) Interesting Reading (Social Policy of Opposition NDP Party) http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/ip/government/fedelect/nat/ndp/leader/nyst rom.social.policy Of Interest in General is the Govt. of Canada Primary Internet Site http://www.gc.ca/main_e.html Programs and Services - Canada Site http://www.gc.ca/programs/pgrind_e.html Here you can find genealogy sites; request a congratulatory letter from the queen.......................boggles the mind. There is a "New" Health Canada Site http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/links/english.html Health Canada also has a Search Engine http://www.HC-SC.GC.CA/query.htm Just type in burden of illness for instance. Another Interesting Link Site Intergovernmental On-Line Information Kiosk http://www.intergov.gc.ca:80/index.html I hope some of the chaos available at these sites will offer an answer to anyone's questions. Best regards.............Murray . [log in to unmask]