Finance minister raises Old Age Security eligibility age to 67 starting in 2023 and introduces a payment deferral option.

I’m sorry to be the one to tell you this, but your retirement likely won’t be like Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous.

Retirement used to mean slowing down, entering the ranks of “senior citizen” and living on government and workplace pensions. But times have changed.

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This year’s Canadian Unretirement Index found that just three in 10 expect to be fully retired at 66. There’s much more to the story though.

Only 30% of Canadians expect to be fully retired at age 66, according to the Sun Life Financial 2012 Canadian Unretirement Index.

Only 25% of Canadian couples surveyed indicated they have discussed their vision of retirement with their significant other.

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