Successor annuitant

An individual who was the spouse or de facto spouse of an annuitant of a registered retirement savings plan (RRSP), a registered retirement income fund (RRIF), a pooled registered pension plan (PRPP) or a voluntary retirement savings plan (VRSP) immediately before the death of the annuitant and who acquires, as a consequence of the death, all of the annuitant's rights in respect of the RRSP, RRIF, PRPP or VRSP.