Canada Pension Plan Regulations

18 (1) Where an employer operating in Canada employs persons in international transportation on a ship that is operated under agreement entered into in Canada with the crew, pensionable employment includes

• (a) when that ship is engaged on a foreign voyage or a home-trade voyage, the employment thereon of any person who has a place of domicile in Canada as defined in subsection (3); and

• (b) when that ship is engaged on a voyage other than a foreign voyage or a home-trade voyage, all persons employed thereon.

(2) Where an employer operating in Canada employs persons in international transportation on a ship that is not operating under an agreement with the crew, pensionable employment includes all employment on the ship if it is being operated mainly in and near Canada.

(3) For the purposes of this section, a person has a place of domicile in Canada if

• (a) he is a Canadian citizen; or

• (b) he is an immigrant who has previously made a landing in Canada and who has a place in Canada (other than a place in which he stays for a special or temporary purpose) to which he returns from time to time as his place of permanent abode.

(4) In this section,

• (a) the expressions agreement with the crew, foreign voyage and home-trade voyage have the same meaning as in the Canada Shipping Act;

• (b) the expression Canadian citizen has the same meaning as in the Citizenship Act; and

• (c) the words immigrant and landing have the same meaning as in the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.