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Table 2
Percentage of paid workers covered by a registered pension plan

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Percentage of paid workers covered by a registered pension plan
	1997	2002	2007	2012	2017
	%	%	%	%	%
Total, all sectors	41.5	39.6	38.4	38.5	37.1
Males	42.8	40.0	37.8	37.0	35.1
Females	39.9	39.1	39.0	40.1	39.3
Defined benefit plans	35.6	32.5	29.5	27.5	24.9
Males	36.2	32.2	28.0	24.6	21.4
Females	35.0	33.0	31.1	30.7	28.7
Defined contribution plans	5.2	6.0	6.1	6.4	6.8
Males	5.9	6.8	6.9	7.4	7.9
Females	4.4	5.1	5.2	5.4	5.6
Other plans1	0.6	1.0	2.8	4.6	5.4
Males	0.8	1.1	2.9	5.1	5.9
Females	0.5	1.0	2.7	4.0	4.9
Public sector	88.0	86.6	83.5	87.9	87.1
Males	87.7	89.8	83.8	86.2	84.5
Females	88.3	84.3	83.3	88.9	88.7
Defined benefit plans	83.6	81.4	77.9	82.8	79.1
Males	83.2	84.2	77.5	80.5	75.4
Females	84.0	79.4	78.1	84.2	81.4
Defined contribution plans	3.7	4.3	3.8	4.0	4.0
Males	3.7	4.4	4.1	4.4	4.3
Females	3.8	4.2	3.7	3.8	3.7
Other plans1	0.7	0.9	1.8	1.0	4.1
Males	0.8	1.2	2.1	1.3	4.8
Females	0.5	0.7	1.5	0.9	3.6
Private sector	28.2	28.2	25.7	24.2	22.7
Males	32.9	32.2	28.7	27.4	25.6
Females	22.0	22.8	22.0	20.0	18.9
Defined benefit plans	21.9	21.3	15.8	11.5	9.2
Males	25.7	24.6	18.1	13.6	11.0
Females	16.9	17.0	13.0	8.7	7.0
Defined contribution plans	5.6	6.2	6.7	7.1	7.6
Males	6.4	6.9	7.4	8.0	8.5
Females	4.6	5.3	5.8	6.0	6.4
Other plans1	0.6	0.6	3.1	5.6	5.8
Males	0.8	0.8	3.1	5.8	6.1
Females	0.4	0.5	3.2	5.3	5.5

Source(s):

Tables 11-10-0133-01 and 14-10-0027-01.

Date modified:: 2019-06-19