09/22/2026
Retirement income planning is a different skill than retirement saving, and the numbers bear that out.
Only 8% of pre-retirees have a structured plan for turning their savings into income. RRSPs must convert to RRIFs by age 71, and the timing of that conversion carries real tax consequences that are far easier to manage in advance than after the fact.
When you begin CPP and when you begin OAS both affect your RRIF drawdown, and coordinating those decisions properly can be the difference between keeping your government benefits intact and triggering a clawback.
Add rising costs across a retirement that could last 30 years or more, and the picture becomes clear: your savings alone are not a retirement plan.
A retirement income and drawdown strategy is what turns what you’ve built into what you can actually live on. If yours hasn’t been mapped out yet, that’s worth a conversation.
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