CARP (originally the Canadian Association of Retired Persons, now billed as Canada's Association for the Fifty-Plus) is a Canadian organization advocating for the rights of those fifty years of age or older.
The original mandate of CARP was to represent retired persons specifically, but for various reasons it has since expanded to cover the rights of all persons over fifty.
Like the American AARP, CARP provides information for its membership, arranges discounts with various vendors, and advocates for their interests with government and corporations. They have a financial planning guide for their members and other interested persons, titled The CARP Financial Planning Guide, written by Warran MacKenzie and Graham Byron.
In early 2008, Moses Znaimer became executive director of CARP, and a Znaimer-controlled company now known as ZoomerMedia assumed responsibility for most of the organization's marketing and membership services.[1] ZoomerMedia also publishes Zoomer Magazine, previously titled CARP Magazine.