PSP Membership and Facility Eligibility

The below eligibility criteria outlines what organization participants will be categorized into and determine what programs members can attend.

Regular Members:

• Canadian Forces Members: currently serving Regular and Reserve Force personnel and their families.
• Members of Foreign Military currently serving with the CAF and their families.
• Veterans (Former members of the CAF who have successfully completed Basic Military Training and have been honorably discharged) and their families.

Ordinary Members:

• Pensioners and current staff and their families of: 
• DND Public Service Employees;
• CFB Esquimalt Fire Fighters; 
• Staff of NPF; 
• Staff of MFRC, 
• Staff of DRDC and DCC; 
• RCMP; and
• Canadian Coast Guards.

Associate Members:

• Anyone not listed in the above categories or do not qualify under the definition for families.

Definition of Families

• Member’s spouse or common-law partner who resides with the member at the member’s place of duty or who, if living separately, is doing so for work related or military reasons.
• A relative by blood, marriage, common-law partnership, adoption legally or, is normally a resident with the member and for whom the member may claim a personal exemption under the Income tax Act;
• A child or legal ward of the member who is under the age of 18.
• A child over the age of 18 attending full-time school (College, University, Trades School) and is under the age of 26.
• A family member who is permanently residing with the member, but who is precluded from qualifying as a dependent under the Income tax Act because the family member receives a pension.
• Youth under age 13 must be accompanied by a responsible adult, unless enrolled in a program designed specifically to meet their developmental level.