Table A.5.4
Main source of retirement income (planned or actual) by region, 2008 Survey of Older Workers
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| Region | Sources of retirement income | |||||||||||||||
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| Total | CPP / QPP | OAS / GIS | RRSP's | Workplace pension | Income from work | Other | Don't know | |||||||||
| number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | |
| Canada | 5,178,020 | 100 | 1,163,820 | 22 | 441,840 | 9 | 729,902 | 14 | 1,500,858 | 29 | 347,460 | 7 | 507,276 | 10 | 486,864 | 9 |
| Atlantic | 384,514 | 100 | 64,470 | 17 | 86,835 | 23 | 36,813 | 10 | 114,709 | 30 | 18,880 | 5 | 24,360 | 6 | 38,446 | 10 |
| Quebec | 1,197,942 | 100 | 216,113 | 18 | 145,389 | 12 | 166,717 | 14 | 396,922 | 33 | 51,737 | 4 | 76,740 | 6 | 144,324 | 12 |
| Ontario | 1,953,143 | 100 | 495,429 | 25 | 105,057 | 5 | 280,708 | 14 | 553,367 | 28 | 142,944 | 7 | 193,553 | 10 | 182,085 | 9 |
| Prairies | 356,356 | 100 | 69,785 | 20 | 33,168 | 9 | 44,233 | 12 | 119,108 | 33 | 26,532 | 7 | 34,210 | 10 | 29,319 | 8 |
| Alberta | 554,270 | 100 | 124,189 | 22 | 30,966 | 6 | 89,729 | 16 | 123,209 | 22 | 59,168 | 11 | 79,738 | 14 | 47,271 | 9 |
| British Columbia | 731,795 | 100 | 193,834 | 26 | 40,425 | 6 | 111,702 | 15 | 193,543 | 26 | 48,199 | 7 | 98,675 | 13 | 45,417 | 6 |
| CPP: Canadian Pension Plan QPP: Registered Pension Plan OAS: Old Age Security GIS: Guaranteed Income Supplement RRSPs: Registered Retirement Savings Plans |
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