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Table 3
Registered pension plans and members, by sex and type of plan, Canada, 2004 to 2008

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  2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
number
All RPPs1 14,777 15,336 15,130 18,594 19,185
All members 5,589,799 5,670,684 5,690,580 5,768,280 5,908,633
Men 2,959,631 2,976,031 2,977,758 2,973,239 3,039,988
Women 2,630,168 2,694,653 2,712,822 2,795,041 2,868,645
Defined benefit plans 7,014 7,561 7,611 11,056 11,539
Members 4,557,331 4,605,601 4,600,581 4,590,805 4,538,192
Men 2,350,783 2,347,405 2,337,151 2,282,930 2,251,795
Women 2,206,548 2,258,196 2,263,430 2,307,875 2,286,397
Defined contribution plans 7,507 7,485 7,196 7,160 7,165
Members 876,559 885,840 893,403 899,540 935,236
Men 521,157 524,102 525,998 534,214 553,361
Women 355,402 361,738 367,405 365,326 381,875
Hybrid plans2 31 32 16 15 14
Members 49,407 15,461 11,351 11,337 16,881
Men 24,300 9,938 6,198 6,194 8,663
Women 25,107 5,523 5,153 5,143 8,218
Composite or combination plans3 173 161 150 144 140
Members 64,812 96,781 92,265 140,862 151,150
Men 39,523 52,126 52,387 75,986 82,015
Women 25,289 44,655 39,878 64,876 69,135
Defined benefit and contribution plans4 .. 38 90 145 249
Members .. 17,583 40,057 79,760 201,895
Men .. 12,628 23,118 46,895 106,796
Women .. 4,955 16,939 32,865 95,099
Other types of plans 52 59 67 74 78
Members 41,690 49,418 52,923 45,976 65,279
Men 23,868 29,832 32,906 27,020 37,358
Women 17,822 19,586 20,017 18,956 27,921
1. Registered pension plans are plans established by either employers or unions to provide retirement income to employees.
2. Hybrid plans are plans where the pension benefit is the better of that provided by defined benefit or defined contribution provisions.
3. In composite or combination plans, the pension has both defined benefit and defined contribution characteristics.
4. These plans may be for different classes of employees or one benefit type may be for current employees and the other for new employees.
Note: As of January 1.
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 280-0016.
Date Modified: 2010-03-08

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