Section 72 — Canada Pension Plan: Commencement of pension

Subject to section 62, if payment of a survivor’s pension is approved, the pension is payable for each month commencing with, if subparagraph 44(1)(d)(i) applies, the month following the month in which the contributor died, in the case of a survivor who at the time of the death of the contributor had reached 35 years of age or was a survivor with dependent children, the survivor became a survivor who, not having reached 65 years of age, is disabled, in the case of a survivor other than a survivor described in subparagraph (i), or the survivor reached 65 years of age, in the case of a survivor other than a survivor described in subparagraph (i) or (ii); or if subparagraph 44(1)(d)(ii) applies, the month following the month in which the contributor died. However, in no case is the pension payable earlier than for the twelfth-month preceding the month following the month in which the application was received.