Pensions and retirement income programs
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Market value of assets held by Canadian Trusteed Pension Funds (in millions of dollars) - Canada
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- Articles and reports: 67F0001M1997007Geography: CanadaDescription:
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 - 142. RRSP participation - The sooner the better ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X19970012993Geography: CanadaDescription:
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 - 143. Low incomes and RRSPs ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X19970012994Geography: CanadaDescription:
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 - Articles and reports: 75-001-X19960042921Geography: CanadaDescription:
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 - 145. Dual-pensioner families ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X19960032895Geography: CanadaDescription:
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 - 146. Pension fact or fiction? ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X19960022888Geography: CanadaDescription:
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 - 147. Who's saving for retirement? ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X19950042455Geography: CanadaDescription:
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 - 148. RRSP - Unused opportunities ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X19950042456Geography: CanadaDescription:
This article provides previously unavailable information on RRSPs by tracking taxfilers' RRSP participation over a three-year period. It shows who contributed regularly, sporadically or not at all, and explores the extent to which individuals used their RRSP room.
Release date: 1995-12-05 - 149. Pension plan potpourri ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X19950021599Geography: CanadaDescription:
A focus not on the pension plans themselves, but on the members: how their pension accruals can be vastly different, how many earn relatively generous benefits and how many have much lower pension savings.
Release date: 1995-06-01 - 150. Update on RRSP contributions ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X19950011779Geography: CanadaDescription:
A look at the 1993 growth in the number of RRSP contributors and the amounts invested in this tax-assisted retirement savings program.
Release date: 1995-03-08
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Data (66)
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- Table: 11-10-0084-01Geography: CanadaFrequency: QuarterlyDescription:
Trusteed pension funds, market and book value of assets by public and private sector, quarterly.
Release date: 2024-06-12 - Table: 11-10-0085-01Geography: CanadaFrequency: QuarterlyDescription:
Trusteed pension funds, market and book value of assets by foreign and domestic holdings, quarterly.
Release date: 2024-06-12 - Table: 11-10-0086-01Geography: CanadaFrequency: QuarterlyDescription:
Trusteed pension funds, revenues, expenditures and net income, by sector, quarterly.
Release date: 2024-06-12 - 4. Selected characteristics of tax filers with Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) contributionsTable: 11-10-0044-01Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census agglomeration, Census metropolitan area part, Census agglomeration partFrequency: AnnualDescription: 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
- Data Visualization: 71-607-X2019032Description: 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
- Table: 11-10-0094-02Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: AnnualDescription: Registered pension plan (RPPs) and members by jurisdiction of plan registration, sector and type of plan (members by sex).Release date: 2023-06-23
- Table: 11-10-0095-01Geography: CanadaFrequency: AnnualDescription:
Registered pension plans (RPPs), active members and market value of assets, by size of plan, sector, type of plan and contributory status.
Release date: 2023-06-23 - Table: 11-10-0096-01Geography: CanadaFrequency: AnnualDescription:
Registered pension plans (RPPs), active members and market value of assets, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), sector, type of plan and contributory status.
Release date: 2023-06-23 - 9. Registered Pension Plans (RPPs), active members and market value of assets by type of organizationTable: 11-10-0097-01Geography: CanadaFrequency: AnnualDescription:
Registered pension plans (RPPs), active members and market value of assets, by type of organization, type of plan and contributory status.
Release date: 2023-06-23 - Table: 11-10-0098-01Geography: CanadaFrequency: AnnualDescription:
Registered pension plans (RPPs), active members and market value of assets, by number of employers sponsoring the plan, sector, type of plan and contributory status.
Release date: 2023-06-23
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- Stats in brief: 11-001-X20241643631Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletinRelease date: 2024-06-12
- Stats in brief: 11-001-X20240933548Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletinRelease date: 2024-04-02
- Stats in brief: 11-001-X20233474775Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletinRelease date: 2023-12-13
- Articles and reports: 75F0002M2023008Description: 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
- Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202200200002Description:
A Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) is a tax-deductible savings vehicle designed to encourage people to save for their retirement. Contributions are made with pre-tax income, and taxation is deferred to the time when funds are withdrawn, typically in retirement when marginal tax rates are otherwise low, resulting in tax savings over the life cycle. However, RRSP funds do not lock in and there are no early withdrawal penalties by the tax system, which means pre-retirement withdrawals are frequent. This prevalence of pre-retirement RRSP withdrawals raises the question of what reasons, aside from retirement planning, lead people to use these plans. To explore this issue, new research by Statistics Canada and the Retirement and Savings Institute (RSI) at HEC Montréal considers how a person’s financial literacy affects the timing of contributions to and withdrawals from RRSPs.
Release date: 2022-02-23 - Articles and reports: 75-006-X201900100017Description:
Among immigrants who came to Canada recently, some are seniors over the age of 65. This study examines the factors associated with the low-income rate of senior immigrants, with a focus on access to Old Age Security (OAS) and Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS) benefits.
Release date: 2019-12-03 - 7. Study: The Long-term Effects of Employer-sponsored Pension Plans on Non-workplace Returns on Investments ArchivedStats in brief: 11-001-X201901419283Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletinRelease date: 2019-01-14
- 8. The Long-term Effects of Employer-sponsored Pension Plans on Non-workplace Returns on Investments ArchivedArticles and reports: 11F0019M2019001Description:
What is the effect of having an employer-sponsored pension plan (EPP) on financial performance in non-workplace investments? This paper offers new insight into this unresolved empirical issue, using administrative data on over 345,000 taxfilers from Canada.
Release date: 2019-01-14 - Stats in brief: 11-001-X201833419264Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletinRelease date: 2018-11-30
- Articles and reports: 11F0019M2017391Description:
This paper assesses the extent to which education affects how Canadians save and accumulate wealth for retirement. The paper makes three contributions. First, a descriptive analysis is presented of differences in savings and home values across individuals based on their levels of educational attainment. To this end, new datasets that link survey respondents from the 1991 and 2006 censuses of Canada to their administrative tax records are used. These data provide a unique opportunity to jointly observe education, savings, home values, and a plethora of other factors of relevance. Second, the causal effect of high school completion on savings rates in tax-preferred accounts is estimated, exploiting compulsory schooling reforms in the identification. Third, building on a recent study by Messacar (2015), education is also found to affect how individuals re-optimize their savings rates in response to an automatic change in pension wealth accumulation. The implications of this study’s findings for the “nudge paradigm” in behavioural economics are discussed.
Release date: 2017-03-27
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- 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.
- 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.
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