Pensions and retirement income programs

Description: Old age security pension and guaranteed income supplement for adults with disabilities, by disability type and severity, Canada.

Description: Canada and Quebec pension plan benefits for adults with disabilities, by disability type and severity, Canada.

Description: Retirement income for adults with disabilities, by disability type and severity, Canada.

Description: Historical: Direct taxes, persons, based on the 1968 System of National Accounts international standards, 1926 to 1986.

Description: 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).

Description: 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).

Description: Retirement income of adults with and without disabilities by age group and sex, Canada, provinces and territories, occasional (number unless otherwise noted).

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This edition of Canadian Megatrends examines the changes in pension coverage for men and women in the 20th century.

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This study compares the wealth holdings of family units covered by workplace pension plans with those of other family units. It focuses on families and unattached individuals who had no significant business equity and whose major income recipient was aged 30 to 54 and employed as a paid worker. The paper also examines whether wealth differences observed between families with registered pension plan (RPP) assets and other families persist when key sociodemographic differences between the two populations are taken into account.

Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin

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

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

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

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).

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.

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Registered pension plans (RPPs), active members and market value of assets by special retirement conditions, sector, type of plan and contributory status.

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Registered pension plans (RPPs), active members and market value of assets by age and service condition for special retirement, sector, type of plan and contributory status.

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Registered pension plans (RPPs), active members and market value of assets by death benefits after retirement, sector, type of plan and contributory status.

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Registered pension plans (RPPs), active members and market value of assets, by jurisdiction of plan registration, sector, type of plan and contributory status.

Description: Registered pension plan (RPPs) and members by jurisdiction of plan registration, sector and type of plan (members by sex).

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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.

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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.

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A look at the 1993 growth in the number of RRSP contributors and the amounts invested in this tax-assisted retirement savings program.

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Many Canadians with RRSP savings are dipping into these funds before the "normal" retirement age. Who are they, and can their actions be linked to job losses resulting from the recession?

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Canada's 'Mr. Pensions' discusses retirement issues facing employers, workers, and pensioners.

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Major revisions in the tax treatment of retirement savings came into effect in 1991. This study shows how much RRSP contribution room was made available, how much was used up, and who were the contributors.

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The costs of the Canada and Quebec Pension Plans continue to climb. This article explores how this rise may affect employer-sponsored registered pension plans.

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An up-to-date look at RRSP contributions and benefits.

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A look at some of the basic retirement planning done by working Canadians aged 45 to 64 and at the financial resources that will enable them to enjoy retirement.

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This study focuses on RRSP payments in the form of cash withdrawals as well as their conversion to annuities.

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Data on investment income, Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) contributions and charitable donations are derived from income tax returns.The data for the products associated with this release are derived from an early version of the T1 file that Statistics Canada receives from Canada Revenue Agency (CRA).

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Data on investment income, Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) contributions and charitable donations are derived from income tax returns.The data for the products associated with this release are derived from an early version of the T1 file that Statistics Canada receives from Canada Revenue Agency (CRA).

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Data on investment income, Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) contributions and charitable donations are derived from income tax returns.The data for the products associated with this release are derived from an early version of the T1 file that Statistics Canada receives from Canada Revenue Agency (CRA).

Description: This guide presents an overview of the scope and structure of the Pension Satellite Account as well as the methodology used to derive its stocks and flows estimates.

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This book provides technical documentation of variables, methodologies and extended lists of references used in developing the research findings reported in "New Frontiers of Research on Retirement". It will be used around the world by researchers and teachers, as well as by students preparing theses related to patterns of transition to retirement. This documentation is important because a large part of book is devoted to scientific papers that are based upon Statistics Canada's data and which require substantial innovations of useful concepts and data.

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This guide will be of assistance in understanding the concepts, methodology and data quality of the surveys conducted as well as the data analysed by the Pensions and Wealth Surveys Section of the Income Statistics Division. It covers the following surveys/programs:- Pension Plans in Canada;- Trusteed Pension Funds (Census and Quarterly);- Survey of Financial Security; and- Pension adjustment/registered retirement savings plans data file provided by Canada Customs and Revenue Agency.

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Initial results from the Survey of Financial Security (SFS), which provides information on the net worth of Canadians, were released on March 15 2001, in The daily. The survey collected information on the value of the financial and non-financial assets owned by each family unit and on the amount of their debt.

Statistics Canada is currently refining this initial estimate of net worth by adding to it an estimate of the value of benefits accrued in employer pension plans. This is an important addition to any asset and debt survey as, for many family units, it is likely to be one of the largest assets. With the aging of the population, information on pension accumulations is greatly needed to better understand the financial situation of those nearing retirement. These updated estimates of the Survey of Financial Security will be released in late fall 2001.

The process for estimating the value of employer pension plan benefits is a complex one. This document describes the methodology for estimating that value, for the following groups: a) persons who belonged to an RPP at the time of the survey (referred to as current plan members); b) persons who had previously belonged to an RPP and either left the money in the plan or transferred it to a new plan; c) persons who are receiving RPP benefits.

This methodology was proposed by Hubert Frenken and Michael Cohen. The former has many years of experience with Statistics Canada working with data on employer pension plans; the latter is a principal with the actuarial consulting firm William M. Mercer. Earlier this year, Statistics Canada carried out a public consultation on the proposed methodology. This report includes updates made as a result of feedback received from data users.

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The Survey of Financial Security (SFS) will provide information on the net worth of Canadians. In order to do this, information was collected - in May and June 1999 - on the value of the assets and debts of each of the families or unattached individuals in the sample. The value of one particular asset is not easy to determine, or to estimate. That is the present value of the amount people have accrued in their employer pension plan. These plans are often called registered pension plans (RPP), as they must be registered with Canada Customs and Revenue Agency. Although some RPP members receive estimates of the value of their accrued benefit, in most cases plan members would not know this amount. However, it is likely to be one of the largest assets for many family units. And, as the baby boomers approach retirement, information on their pension accumulations is much needed to better understand their financial readiness for this transition.

The intent of this paper is to: present, for discussion, a methodology for estimating the present value of employer pension plan benefits for the Survey of Financial Security; and to seek feedback on the proposed methodology. This document proposes a methodology for estimating the value of employer pension plan benefits for the following groups:a) persons who belonged to an RPP at the time of the survey (referred to as current plan members); b) persons who had previously belonged to an RPP and either left the money in the plan or transferred it to a new plan; c) persons who are receiving RPP benefits.

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With the release of the first quarter 2000 of the National Income and Expenditure Accounts the sectoring of federal and provincial government, non-autonomous pension plans has changed. These pension plans are now part of the personal sector. Previously these plans were included in either the federal or provincial government sector accounts.

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The intent of this document is to provide an inventory of the surveys, databases, publications, articles and work in progress in Statistics Canada that relate to Canada's retirement income programs. The inventory provides information on publications, output and relevant data elements produced by the surveys and databases. It does not provide an exhaustive description of these data sources, but instead focuses on the information that can be used for purposes of researching/analysing retirement income programs. Some of the information contained does not specifically relate to these programs but might be used as a secondary source when doing research in this area.