Table 17
Registered retirement savings plan contributions, by sex, 2000 to 2008

Table 17
Registered retirement savings plan contributions, by sex, 2000 to 2008
 Table summary
 This table displays the results of Registered retirement savings plan contributions. The information is grouped by Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) contributor characteristics appearing as row headers and is grouped by 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 appearing as column headers, calculated using number, percentage, dollars as a unit of measure.
Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) contributor characteristics 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
number
Total RRSP contributors 6,291,170 6,241,050 5,991,440 5,948,340 6,002,350 6,135,980 6,196,050 6,292,480 6,178,900
percentage
Women 45 45 46 46 46 46 46 46 47
Men 55 55 54 54 54 54 54 54 53
Total RRSP contributions dollars
29,280,163 28,438,914 27,072,812 27,561,305 28,788,102 30,581,252 32,350,792 34,057,715 33,314,040
Share of total contributions percentage
Women 39 38 39 38 38 38 38 39 39
Men 61 62 61 62 62 62 62 61 61
Median contribution dollars
2,700 2,600 2,500 2,600 2,600 2,630 2,730 2,780 2,700
Women 2,200 2,200 2,100 2,100 2,200 2,180 2,250 2,300 2,240
Men 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,070 3,200 3,260 3,220
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 111-0039.
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