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Main components of Employer Sponsored Pension Plans

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Main components of Employer Sponsored Pension Plans: Part 1
  1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
  millions of dollars
Total 1  
Assets 302,746 339,841 366,591 436,994 443,586 498,508 567,788 623,653 680,383 732,168
Contributions 14,001 17,066 19,941 21,047 20,034 20,652 21,174 21,901 21,832 22,595
Investment Income 26,326 26,258 26,602 27,776 28,946 31,019 32,724 34,621 36,850 38,241
Withdrawals 15,966 16,868 18,073 20,227 22,209 23,633 24,855 28,945 32,263 32,538
Revaluations .. 10,640 -1,720 41,808 -20,179 26,884 40,236 28,289 30,311 23,487
Trusteed Pension Plans  
Assets 199,408 227,904 250,207 306,544 304,722 349,984 409,000 455,253 492,461 531,878
Contributions 8,403 10,723 13,587 15,066 14,309 14,348 14,385 14,835 14,401 13,440
Investment Income 15,908 15,711 15,515 16,116 16,780 18,007 18,805 19,185 20,943 21,779
Withdrawals 10,842 11,194 12,014 13,960 15,722 16,659 17,342 19,854 22,282 23,118
Revaluations .. 13,256 5,215 39,115 -17,189 29,566 43,168 32,087 24,146 27,316
Trusteed Pension Plans (Public)  
Assets 111,142 132,874 151,001 190,547 191,040 220,770 248,538 279,848 306,628 335,125
Contributions 5,641 7,315 9,344 9,702 9,194 8,325 8,872 9,649 9,261 7,746
Investment Income 10,500 10,395 10,246 10,606 11,182 11,824 11,732 12,017 13,145 14,083
Withdrawals 5,735 5,955 6,659 7,024 8,065 8,966 8,985 10,765 11,846 12,268
Revaluations .. 9,977 5,196 26,262 -11,818 18,547 16,149 20,410 16,220 18,936
Trusteed Pension Plans (Private)  
Assets 88,266 95,030 99,206 115,997 113,682 129,214 160,462 175,405 185,833 196,753
Contributions 2,762 3,408 4,243 5,364 5,115 6,023 5,513 5,186 5,140 5,694
Investment Income 5,408 5,316 5,269 5,510 5,598 6,183 7,073 7,168 7,798 7,696
Withdrawals 5,107 5,239 5,355 6,936 7,657 7,693 8,357 9,089 10,436 10,850
Revaluations .. 3,279 19 12,853 -5,371 11,019 27,019 11,677 7,926 8,380
Government Consolidated Revenue Agreement  
Assets 89,170 97,354 101,570 114,400 122,943 131,909 140,884 149,161 166,966 174,171
Contributions 4,055 4,773 4,458 4,083 3,846 4,184 4,241 4,002 4,134 4,653
Investment Income 9,491 9,681 10,250 10,848 11,333 12,170 13,074 14,574 14,957 15,331
Withdrawals 4,357 4,907 5,298 5,368 5,504 6,057 6,670 8,227 8,995 8,311
Revaluations .. -1,363 -5,194 3,267 -1,132 -1,331 -1,670 -2,072 7,709 -4,468
Other Employer Sponsored Pension Plans  
Assets 14,168 14,583 14,814 16,050 15,921 16,615 17,904 19,239 20,956 26,119
Contributions 1,543 1,570 1,896 1,898 1,879 2,120 2,548 3,064 3,297 4,502
Investment Income 927 866 837 812 833 842 845 862 950 1,131
Withdrawals 767 767 761 899 983 917 843 864 986 1,109
Revaluations .. -1,253 -1,741 -574 -1,858 -1,351 -1,262 -1,726 -1,544 639
Main components of Employer Sponsored Pension Plans: Part 2
  2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
  millions of dollars
Total 1  
Assets 786,015 767,051 752,007 821,677 912,297 1,013,729 1,129,004 1,190,319 1,064,836
Contributions 23,480 25,540 27,567 36,482 44,037 47,513 52,993 55,587 ..
Investment Income 41,105 39,245 37,046 40,571 42,330 46,637 51,963 56,624 ..
Withdrawals 30,859 38,468 37,665 40,057 43,047 43,266 49,896 55,104 ..
Revaluations 20,121 -45,281 -41,992 32,674 47,301 50,548 60,215 4,210 ..
Trusteed Pension Plans  
Assets 577,155 566,916 543,341 603,228 679,421 769,501 874,675 925,433 804,434
Contributions 13,312 13,871 16,821 24,949 29,701 32,530 38,353 37,132 ..
Investment Income 23,706 21,900 20,878 24,361 25,521 29,175 33,970 37,843 ..
Withdrawals 20,908 23,872 24,010 28,649 30,927 30,971 36,363 40,668 ..
Revaluations 29,167 -22,138 -37,264 39,226 51,898 59,346 69,213 16,452 ..
Trusteed Pension Plans (Public)  
Assets 361,583 363,615 347,225 384,075 435,459 499,851 576,053 624,727 555,720
Contributions 7,460 7,630 8,433 14,088 16,358 19,223 22,486 22,994 ..
Investment Income 14,758 14,469 13,735 17,330 17,455 19,649 23,223 24,875 ..
Withdrawals 12,587 11,674 14,092 16,286 17,362 18,908 19,482 21,628 ..
Revaluations 16,826 -8,392 -24,466 21,718 34,933 44,427 49,975 22,433 ..
Trusteed Pension Plans (Private)  
Assets 215,572 203,301 196,116 219,153 243,962 269,650 298,621 300,706 248,714
Contributions 5,852 6,241 8,388 10,861 13,343 13,307 15,867 14,138 ..
Investment Income 8,948 7,431 7,143 7,031 8,066 9,526 10,747 12,968 ..
Withdrawals 8,321 12,198 9,918 12,363 13,565 12,063 16,881 19,040 ..
Revaluations 12,341 -13,746 -12,798 17,508 16,965 14,919 19,238 -5,981 ..
Government Consolidated Revenue Agreement  
Assets 180,082 165,576 177,055 180,197 184,194 188,241 193,738 199,288 203,971
Contributions 5,086 4,667 5,441 5,696 6,003 6,259 6,389 6,810 ..
Investment Income 16,106 15,918 14,920 14,812 14,980 15,269 15,581 15,836 ..
Withdrawals 9,078 13,088 12,325 9,710 10,220 10,592 11,306 11,801 ..
Revaluations -6,203 -22,003 3,443 -7,656 -6,766 -6,889 -5,167 -5,295 ..
Other Employer Sponsored Pension Plans  
Assets 28,778 34,559 31,611 38,252 48,682 55,987 60,591 65,598 56,431
Contributions 5,082 7,002 5,305 5,837 8,333 8,724 8,251 11,645 ..
Investment Income 1,293 1,427 1,248 1,398 1,829 2,193 2,412 2,945 ..
Withdrawals 873 1,508 1,330 1,698 1,900 1,703 2,227 2,635 ..
Revaluations -2,843 -1,140 -8,171 1,104 2,169 -1,909 -3,831 -6,947 ..
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The total also includes Government of Canada annuities, which have less than $1 billion in assets.
Date Modified: 2009-11-16

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