Few people stay with one employer for their entire working life. You may work for a number of HOOPP employers in the healthcare field as you build your career.

One of the advantages of being a HOOPP member is that your pension is portable. If you leave your job and go to work for another HOOPP employer, immediately or in the future, your pension can come with you!

There are more than 600 hospitals, family health teams, community health centres and other healthcare organizations in the Plan. HOOPP members deliver healthcare across Ontario, from Kenora in the west to Cornwall in the east, and from Windsor in the south to Moosonee in the north. Check out the full list of HOOPP employers.

Buying back service

You may qualify to buy back service in HOOPP for the time you belonged to another registered pension plan. Buying back those periods can help increase your overall pension at retirement. Learn more about buying back service.

Reciprocal agreements

The Major Ontario Pension Plans (MOPPs) agreement covers HOOPP and 13 other pension plans, meaning that benefits can be transferred to or from any of the pension plans listed in the table below.

Plans covered under MOPPs agreement:

• Electrical Safety Authority Pension Plan
• Hydro One Pension Plan
• Independent Electricity System Operator Pension Plan
• OMERS Primary Pension Plan
• Ontario Power Generation Inc. Pension Plan
• Ontario Public Service Employees' Union Pension Plan
• Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan
• Public Service Pension Plan
• Workplace Safety & Insurance Board Employees' Pension Plan

HOOPP has separate reciprocal transfer agreements with:

• Hospital for Sick Children Employee Pension Plan (Sick Kids)
• Pension Plan for the Employees of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU)
  

Note: Deadlines and other eligibility requirements apply. Parties to these agreements can cancel and withdraw from them at any time.
Keep in mind that Plan differences such as early retirement features, benefit formulas, inflation adjustments, as well as differences in your salary, can make the actuarial value of your pension differ from plan to plan.

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