Pensions and retirement income programs
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6,927,094.03.2%(annual change)
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Market value of assets held by Canadian Trusteed Pension Funds (in millions of dollars) - Canada
(Fourth quarter 2023)2 248 499.04.5%(year-over-year change)
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- 161. Retirement attitudes, plans and behaviour ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X199100367Geography: CanadaDescription:
As the Canadian population ages, the issues of retirement and pensions become increasingly important. The 1989 General Social Survey results are examined with a focus on Canadians opinions towards mandatory retirement, their retirement plans and pensions.
Release date: 1991-09-05 - 162. RRSPs: Tax-assisted retirement savings ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X1990004121Geography: CanadaDescription:
Deposits in Registered Retirement Savings Plans have grown at a phenomenal rate over the past few years. Selected characteristics of contributors and the amounts placed in the plans are profiled. New legislation taking effect in 1991 is discussed.
Release date: 1990-11-27 - 163. Dependency ratios: An international comparison ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X1990002143Geography: CanadaDescription:
As the need for pension plans and other support systems increases due to Canada's aging population, the proportion of the working-age population (the main contributor to these systems) is dropping. Will Canada face a dependency crisis in the future? This article examines dependency ratio over the past two decades and notes how Canada compares with other industrialized countries.
Release date: 1990-05-29 - 164. The performance of trusteed pension funds ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X19900012292Geography: CanadaDescription:
By the end of 1988, $158 billion worth of pension funds were available for investment - more than five times the federal deficit. This study examines how pension funds are invested in both the private and public sector and looks at the rates of returns on these investments between 1978 and 1988.
Release date: 1990-01-26 - Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5220Description: The Pension Fund Services Price Index (PFSPI) measures quarterly price changes over time for pension fund services in Canada.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 2607Description: The purpose of this survey is to collect quarterly financial information on the revenues, expenditures and assets of trusteed pension funds. Within Statistics Canada, these data are used as input to the System of National Accounts.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 2608Description: The purpose of this biennial survey is to collect financial information on the revenues, expenditures and assets of trusteed pension funds. Within Statistics Canada, the data collected by the Census of Trusteed Pension Fund (CTPF) are used to calculate estimates for the entire trusteed universe and update the sample for the Quarterly Survey of Trusteed Pension Funds (Record number: 2607).
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 2609Description: The purpose of the survey is to provide information on the terms and conditions of Registered Pension Plans (RPPs), membership in them and contributions made by and on behalf of the members.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 4106Description: This activity is conducted for the development and dissemination of annual small area economic data for Canadians.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5013Description: The retirement savings data file provides information on the number of Canadians participating in an employer-sponsored pension plans (e.g.registered pension plans (RPPs) and deferred profit sharing plans (DPSPs)) and contributing to registered retirement savings plans (RRSPs) for the taxation year.
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- Table: 11-10-0132-01Geography: CanadaFrequency: OccasionalDescription:
Trusteed pension funds, revenues and expenditures by sector.
Release date: 2017-12-05 - Table: 11-10-0213-01Frequency: AnnualDescription:
This table contains 448 series, with data for years 1997 - 2009 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (14 items: Canada; Newfoundland and Labrador; Prince Edward Island; Nova Scotia; ...); Household spending, insurance and pensions (8 items: Total personal insurance payments and pension contributions; Life insurance premiums; Annuity contracts and transfers to Registered Retirement Income Funds (RRIFs); Employment insurance premiums; ...); Statistics (4 items: Average expenditure; Percent of households reporting; Estimated number of households reporting; Median expenditure per household reporting).
Release date: 2017-03-13 - Table: 36-10-0142-01Geography: CanadaFrequency: QuarterlyDescription: Historical: Government sector revenue and expenditure, based on the 1968 System of National Accounts international standards. First quarter of 1947 to second quarter of 1997.Release date: 2015-12-23
- Table: 13-10-0732-01Geography: CanadaFrequency: OccasionalDescription: Old age security pension and guaranteed income supplement for adults with disabilities, by disability type and severity, Canada.Release date: 2015-12-07
- Table: 13-10-0733-01Geography: CanadaFrequency: OccasionalDescription: Canada and Quebec pension plan benefits for adults with disabilities, by disability type and severity, Canada.Release date: 2015-12-07
- Table: 13-10-0739-01Geography: CanadaFrequency: OccasionalDescription: Retirement income for adults with disabilities, by disability type and severity, Canada.Release date: 2015-12-07
- 47. Historical: Direct taxes, persons, 1968 System of National Accounts (SNA), annual, 1926 - 1986 ArchivedTable: 36-10-0178-01Geography: CanadaFrequency: AnnualDescription: Historical: Direct taxes, persons, based on the 1968 System of National Accounts international standards, 1926 to 1986.Release date: 2015-06-30
- Table: 13-10-0357-01Geography: CanadaFrequency: OccasionalDescription: Old age security pension and guaranteed income supplement income for adults with and without disabilities, by age group and sex, Canada, occasional (number unless otherwise noted).Release date: 2015-05-22
- Table: 13-10-0358-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: OccasionalDescription: Canada and Quebec pension plan benefits of adults with and without disabilities by age group and sex, Canada, provinces and territories, occasional (number unless otherwise noted).Release date: 2015-05-22
- Table: 13-10-0364-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: OccasionalDescription: Retirement income of adults with and without disabilities by age group and sex, Canada, provinces and territories, occasional (number unless otherwise noted).Release date: 2015-05-22
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- 31. Pathways into the GIS ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X200910813234Geography: CanadaDescription:
The probability of receiving GIS benefits is strongly correlated with people's income levels at younger ages, particularly to their earnings in their 40s. Negative labour market and health occurrences, including EI receipt and disability claims, having a low income and the receipt of social assistance benefits increased the probability of GIS receipt, while having an employer pension plan or RRSPs decreased the probability.
Release date: 2009-09-18 - 32. Shifting pensions ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X200910513230Geography: CanadaDescription:
In 2006, 37% of the employed Canadian population was covered by a registered pension plan. Defined benefit plans have historically covered the majority of plan participants. Defined contribution plans have recently become more prominent. This article examines the increased prevalence of such plans in Canada between 1991 and 2006 and the factors influencing this trend.
Release date: 2009-06-19 - 33. 2007 General Social Survey report: The retirement plans and expectations of older workers ArchivedArticles and reports: 11-008-X200800210666Geography: CanadaDescription:
After many years of public discussion about Canada's aging population, the leading edge of the baby boom generation is now on the cusp of retirement. Focusing on Canadians aged 45 to 59, this article examines the age at which individuals intend to retire, the certainty of their plans, and their expectations regarding their retirement income. Evidence from the 2007 General Social Survey is used to show how retirement plans and expectations are related to demographic, employment and financial characteristics.
Release date: 2008-09-09 - Articles and reports: 11-008-X200800210667Geography: CanadaDescription:
Do Canadians have the information they need to plan for retirement? Drawing on data from the 2007 General Social survey, this article examines the "informational resources" of Canadians aged 45 to 59. While most individuals receive financial advice, understand the basic structure of their pension, and say they understand Canada's public retirement income programs, significant proportions do not. The characteristics associated with differences in this regard are examined.
Release date: 2008-09-09 - 35. New Frontiers of Research on Retirement ArchivedJournals and periodicals: 75-511-XGeography: CanadaDescription:
This book is designed to contribute to the foundation of basic information that leaders and researchers will need when they begin to devote much more time and resources to the institutional adjustments that the up-coming wave of retirements among baby boomers will require. Its contents deal with aspects of retirement that have been outside the main focus in the research literature, but which will likely receive much greater attention in the future. These aspects include social issues arising from the emergence of a large number of people who form a substantial proportion of the adult population and whose length of time in retirement will be as long as that of a generation, roughly 25 years; women's retirement; family dynamics and retirement; and retirement processes among people with no career job as conventionally defined. A large part of the book is devoted to scientific papers that are based upon Statistics Canada's data and which require substantial innovations of useful concepts and data series that serve to illustrate the potentials of our data.
Release date: 2008-09-08 - 36. RRSP investments ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X200810213203Geography: CanadaDescription:
A wide variety of assets can be held in registered retirement savings plans ranging from investments with predictable values, like guaranteed investment certificates, to those whose values vary, like stocks of individual companies. Returns to these investments, and therefore income levels in retirement, can vary dramatically, depending on the economic climate and the mix of investments. This article examines the characteristics of families with RRSPs and the allocation of assets within their RRSPs according to the level of predictability of the return on investment.
Release date: 2008-03-18 - 37. Public pensions and work ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X200710813193Geography: CanadaDescription:
'Do I have enough money to retire?' is a question that older workers have been trained to ask themselves as they consider the transition out of the workplace. The financial tally includes employer pension plans, registered savings plans and other investments, as well as entitlement to public benefits' the Canada and Quebec Pension Plan (C/QPP) and Old Age Security/Guaranteed Income Supplement. These resources are balanced against projected spending and other considerations, such as health, family demands and leisure activities. Take-up rates of C/QPP benefits, co-receipt of C/QPP and other benefits, and employment following benefit take-up are examined for taxfilers in their 60s.
Release date: 2007-09-18 - 38. Young pensioners ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X200710213181Geography: CanadaDescription:
Since they entered the scene, baby boomers have been shaping social and economic structures. Now on the cusp of retirement, they may once again force change on the labour market. Many aspire and can afford to retire relatively young, raising concerns about labour supply and public pension programs. But increasing longevity in good health may persuade some to extend their working life. Trends in pension uptake between ages 50 and 60 and post-pension employment during the 1990s and the first part of this decade offer some clues as to the direction baby boomers may take.
Release date: 2007-03-20 - 39. Cracking the RRSP nest egg ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X200610413161Geography: CanadaDescription:
A registered retirement savings plan (RRSP) constitutes a key component of retirement income planning in Canada. RRSPs allow individuals to save pre-tax dollars in a variety of investment instruments where interest, dividends and capital gains accrue tax free until the funds are withdrawn. However, the taxman will eventually receive his due. RRSPs must be converted into an annuity or a registered retirement income fund (RRIF) in the year the taxpayer turns 69, with prescribed minimum withdrawals starting the following year. RRSP withdrawals already generate significant tax revenues, estimated at over $4 billion in 2002. Although mandatory conversion affects mainly middle- and high-income earners, some low-income savers could have their means-tested social benefits reduced by the boost in income.
Release date: 2006-06-20 - 40. Canada's Retirement Income Programs ArchivedJournals and periodicals: 74-507-XGeography: CanadaDescription:
These products present extensive historical, up-to-date and detailed information covering the following topics: Old Age Security programs, registered pension plans (RPPs), registered retirement savings plans (RRSPs), trusteed pension funds, pension adjustment (PA), retirement compensation arrangements (RCAs), Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and Quebec Pension Plan (QPP).
These products will be useful for a wide audience, including pension professionals (e.g., employee benefit and investment specialists), employers and policy analysts, as well as educational institutions whose curricula cover these increasingly important programs.
Important note: Please refer to the content note for specifics concerning the information available in each medium.
Release date: 2006-02-07
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- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5220Description: The Pension Fund Services Price Index (PFSPI) measures quarterly price changes over time for pension fund services in Canada.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 2607Description: The purpose of this survey is to collect quarterly financial information on the revenues, expenditures and assets of trusteed pension funds. Within Statistics Canada, these data are used as input to the System of National Accounts.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 2608Description: The purpose of this biennial survey is to collect financial information on the revenues, expenditures and assets of trusteed pension funds. Within Statistics Canada, the data collected by the Census of Trusteed Pension Fund (CTPF) are used to calculate estimates for the entire trusteed universe and update the sample for the Quarterly Survey of Trusteed Pension Funds (Record number: 2607).
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 2609Description: The purpose of the survey is to provide information on the terms and conditions of Registered Pension Plans (RPPs), membership in them and contributions made by and on behalf of the members.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 4106Description: This activity is conducted for the development and dissemination of annual small area economic data for Canadians.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5013Description: The retirement savings data file provides information on the number of Canadians participating in an employer-sponsored pension plans (e.g.registered pension plans (RPPs) and deferred profit sharing plans (DPSPs)) and contributing to registered retirement savings plans (RRSPs) for the taxation year.
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