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  • 1. Employer pension plans (trusteed pension funds) fourth quarter 2023
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X20241643631
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2024-06-12
  • 2. Trusteed pension funds, value of assets by sector, quarterly
    Table: 11-10-0084-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Quarterly
    Description:

    Trusteed pension funds, market and book value of assets by public and private sector, quarterly.

    Release date: 2024-06-12
  • 3. Trusteed pension funds, value of assets by foreign and domestic holdings, quarterly
    Table: 11-10-0085-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Quarterly
    Description:

    Trusteed pension funds, market and book value of assets by foreign and domestic holdings, quarterly.

    Release date: 2024-06-12
  • 4. Trusteed pension funds, revenues, expenditures and net income, quarterly
    Table: 11-10-0086-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Quarterly
    Description:

    Trusteed pension funds, revenues, expenditures and net income, by sector, quarterly.

    Release date: 2024-06-12
  • 5. PASSAGES microsimulation model
    89-26-0006
    Description: PASSAGES is an open-source dynamic microsimulation model aimed at supporting policy analysis and research relating to Canadian retirement income system outcomes at the individual and family level. The publicly available version includes a synthetic starting database, a model, and documentation. A confidential starting database is also available.
    Release date: 2024-04-23
  • 6. Registered retirement savings plan contributions 2022
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X20240933548
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2024-04-02
  • 7. Selected characteristics of tax filers with Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) contributions
    Table: 11-10-0044-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census agglomeration, Census metropolitan area part, Census agglomeration part
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Individuals with a Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP); Tax filers with RRSP contributions by sex, age and income groups (preliminary T1 Family File; T1FF).
    Release date: 2024-03-06
  • 8. Pension Satellite Account 2022
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X20233474775
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2023-12-13
  • 9. Pension satellite account: Interactive tool
    Data Visualization: 71-607-X2019032
    Description: This interactive tool allows for custom manipulation and visualization of data sourced from the Pension Satellite Accounts. The interactive tool contains information on different pension types, contributions, investment income, withdrawals and revaluations. By clicking within the tool you will be able to filter through information on various pension estimates.
    Release date: 2023-12-13
  • 10. Recent trends in families' contributions to three registered savings accounts
    Articles and reports: 75F0002M2023008
    Description: Contributions to the Registered Pension Plan (RPP), the Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) and the Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA) constitute the third pillar of the Canadian retirement income system. Survey data show that income withdrawn from the retirement system accounted for an increasing share of the total income for elderly Canadians. Assessing the health of the retirement income system is important, especially when it comes to the fund inflows. This paper attempts to see how many Canadian families participated in this pillar of the retirement income system, the amounts contributed to the registered accounts, and their participation and contribution trends over time.
    Release date: 2023-10-17
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  • 61. The RRSP Home Buyers' Plan Archived
    Articles and reports: 75-001-X19980023827
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This article looks at the RRSP Home Buyers' Plan in terms of the amounts withdrawn and the number of participants by age, sex and income. In addition, it considers the number of taxfilers who defaulted on their 1995 repayments and the amounts involved.

    Release date: 1998-06-25
  • 62. RRSP contributions and withdrawals: An update Archived
    Articles and reports: 75-001-X19980013596
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This study examines some of the factors underlying the rapid growth in RRSP contributions since 1991, and explains how, and why, the composition of contributions has changed. Regiona ldifferences in RRSP participation are also provided. Finally, RRSP withdrawals are briefly noted.

    Release date: 1998-03-25
  • 63. Tapping unused RRSP room Archived
    Articles and reports: 75-001-X19980013597
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Relatively few eligible taxfilers take advantage of their unused RRSP contribution room in a given year, and they use only a fraction of it. This article looks at how much room has accumulated since 1991. It also examines which taxfilers are using their RRSP room.

    Release date: 1998-03-25
  • 64. The Foreign Investment of Trusteed Pension Funds, 1970 to 1992 Archived
    Articles and reports: 67F0001M1997007
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This paper first conducts a general review of trusteed pension funds, their definition, assets and growth. It then focusses on the foreign assets of these funds.

    Release date: 1997-05-13
  • 65. RRSP participation - The sooner the better Archived
    Articles and reports: 75-001-X19970012993
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    How actively have young people been contributing to RRSPs? This article examines the rate of participation of 25 to 29 year-olds, their frequency of contribution, and average amounts deposited. Characteristics of RRSP contributors and the incidence of cash withdrawals are also examined.

    Release date: 1997-03-14
  • 66. Low incomes and RRSPs Archived
    Articles and reports: 75-001-X19970012994
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    The rate of RRSP participation of persons with low incomes has been increasing since the early 1980s. This note explores the reasons for this and examines participation among men and women by personal and family income.

    Release date: 1997-03-14
  • 67. RRSP withdrawals revisited [Perspectives on Labour and Income] Archived
    Articles and reports: 75-001-X19960042921
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Despite improved economic conditions in recent years, Canadians have continued to cash in their RRSPs. This article looks at RRSP withdrawals during the 1990s, including those made through the Home Buyers' Plan. Who made these withdrawals, and for what reasons, and how will such behaviour affect immediate tax obligations and future retirement savings?

    Release date: 1996-12-03
  • 68. Dual-pensioner families Archived
    Articles and reports: 75-001-X19960032895
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    The number of dual-earner couples increased in the 1980s, but has this translated to more dual-pensioner families in the 1990s? The growth of husband-wife couples with both spouses receiving private pension benefits is compared with that of their single- and no-pensioner counterparts. Sources of pension income are also analyzed.

    Release date: 1996-09-03
  • 69. Pension fact or fiction? Archived
    Articles and reports: 75-001-X19960022888
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This article challenges the notion that defined benefit registered pension plans have been abandoned in great numbers. It also examines why this perception has arisen and to what extent recent conversions to group RRSPs have contributed to this idea.

    Release date: 1996-06-05
  • 70. Who's saving for retirement? Archived
    Articles and reports: 75-001-X19950042455
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Current projections estimate that almost a quarter of the population will be 65 years or older by 2031. Ensuring that this group will have an adequate income has become an important concern. A look at the programs that now exist to help Canadians save for retirement, as well as who participates in them and how much is being saved.

    Release date: 1995-12-05
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  • 11. Quarterly Estimates of Trusteed Pension Funds
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 2607
    Description: 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.
  • 12. Census of Trusteed Pension Funds
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 2608
    Description: 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).
  • 13. Pension Plans in Canada
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 2609
    Description: 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.
  • 14. Income and Financial Data of Individuals, Preliminary T1 Family File
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 4106
    Description: This activity is conducted for the development and dissemination of annual small area economic data for Canadians.
  • 15. Retirement Savings Data
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5013
    Description: 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.
  • 16. Pension Fund Services Price Index
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5220
    Description: The Pension Fund Services Price Index (PFSPI) measures quarterly price changes over time for pension fund services in Canada.
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