How to apply for the CPP retirement pension (ISP-1000) — and autofill your details with hivi
Apply for the CPP retirement pension (ISP-1000) without retyping your details
The Canada Pension Plan (CPP) retirement pension is applied for online through My Service Canada Account, or on paper using Form ISP-1000 — Application for a Canada Pension Plan Retirement Pension. This guide is an example of storing the repeating identity fields in hivi — it is not financial advice, and hivi is not affiliated with Service Canada or the Government of Canada.
Official form and source
Start from the official Service Canada source and always use the current process — requirements change:
- Apply for CPP: CPP retirement pension — apply — canada.ca
- About CPP: Canada Pension Plan retirement pension — canada.ca
What you're applying for
CPP retirement pension does not start automatically — you have to apply. Most people apply online through My Service Canada Account; a paper ISP-1000 is needed in certain situations (for example some cases involving prior CPP disability or children's benefits). Check the apply page for which path is yours.
Before you start: what to gather
- Your full legal name, address, SIN, and date of birth.
- Banking details for direct deposit of your pension.
- Your chosen start date — confirm the implications on canada.ca, as this affects your monthly amount.
How hivi makes it faster
- Store your identity once. Save your name, address, SIN, and date of birth in hivi.
- Autofill the identity fields. Use the hivi Chrome extension on the online application, or fill a PDF of the ISP-1000 from your saved profile inside hivi.
- Enter your start date and banking details yourself — these are specific to you.
- Review every field before submitting.
Why do it in hivi
Your name, address, SIN, and date of birth repeat across the CPP application, the OAS pension application, and your tax forms. Stored once in hivi — in Canada, with self-hosted AI — each form starts mostly filled.
Frequently asked questions
- Do I have to use the paper ISP-1000 form?
- Many people apply online through My Service Canada Account. A paper ISP-1000 is required in certain situations — for example some cases involving past CPP disability or children's benefits. Check the apply page on canada.ca for which applies to you.
- What does the application ask for?
- Your name, address, SIN, date of birth, banking details for direct deposit, and the date you want your pension to start. hivi can autofill your name, address, SIN, and date of birth.
- Does hivi choose my start date or estimate my pension?
- No. hivi autofills your repeating identity details. Your start date and the amount are decisions and calculations specific to you — you make and review those yourself.
Fill it once. Reuse it everywhere.
Save your information in hivi once, then autofill this form and the next one — web forms with the Chrome extension, PDFs right in the app. Your data is stored in Canada and AI runs on hivi's own servers, never sent to third-party AI providers.