German Consulate provides a list of who consults on German pensions (not necessarily licenced to file tax returns and even though called an accountant may not be one)
I don't know if these consultants are registered, but apparently to file German taxes, it's similar to the IRS, you are required to be registered with the German Taxation Authority and it's possible there's a list of who that might be in Canada if one were to contact the German Embassy, either in Ottawa or Toronto, not sure which.
Apparently (not confirmed) the tax rate is 25% on the taxable half of your pension, the same half that is taxable in Canada and for which you would be eligible for an FTC on that tax paid, and that is for filing only the pension income, which is what you'd do if your total Cdn income is about $25,000 or more. If it's less, you'd file to request not to pay tax as your income was low.
The story is that about 3 million Germans collect a German pension outside Germany and the taxing authority decided to demand 1/3 per year file returns to pay or prove they didn't need to pay because of low income retroactively for 2005 to 2009 starting in 2010. The last batch of pensioners will get their letters in 2012. It doesn't stop there, pensioners will be required to file and pay or declare your low income to not pay, every year going forward by April 30.
And here’s the skinny on the FTC from CRA directly as of June 2011:
http://www.taxmentor.ca/av/2011-0400781E5.pdf
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