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The main components of the Pension Satellite Account

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The main components of the Pension Satellite Account: Part 1
  1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
  millions of dollars
Total Social Security  
Assets 54,900 56,699 56,848 56,635 55,030 54,491 53,206 51,842 53,357 52,805
Contributions 10,117 10,847 11,625 12,208 12,931 14,456 14,761 15,600 18,280 21,000
Investment Income 5,602 5,628 5,492 5,443 5,326 5,375 5,035 4,739 4,652 4,536
Withdrawals 30,819 33,522 36,181 38,040 40,047 41,480 43,201 44,825 46,369 47,568
Withdrawals for OAS/GIS 17,368 18,623 19,377 19,708 20,367 20,871 21,485 22,074 22,646 23,149
Revaluations .. 223 -164 468 -182 239 635 1,048 2,306 -1,669
Canadian Pension Plan  
Assets 40,577 41,915 42,360 42,039 40,995 40,611 39,336 37,554 37,153 36,805
Contributions 7,782 8,396 9,025 9,516 9,969 11,269 11,420 11,945 14,180 16,190
Investment Income 4,387 4,475 4,497 4,479 4,403 4,412 4,178 3,970 3,939 3,858
Withdrawals 10,281 11,389 12,913 14,169 15,247 15,897 16,688 17,466 18,198 18,688
Revaluations .. -144 -164 -147 -169 -168 -185 -231 -322 -1,708
Quebec Pension Plan  
Assets 14,323 14,784 14,488 14,596 14,035 13,880 13,870 14,288 16,204 16,000
Contributions 2,335 2,451 2,600 2,692 2,962 3,187 3,341 3,655 4,100 4,810
Investment Income 1,215 1,153 995 964 923 963 857 769 713 678
Withdrawals 3,170 3,510 3,891 4,163 4,433 4,712 5,028 5,285 5,525 5,731
Revaluations .. 367 0 615 -13 407 820 1,279 2,628 39
Employer Sponsored Pension Plans  
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 (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
Individual Registered Savings Plans  
Assets 157,282 183,199 206,557 239,629 254,798 283,905 320,857 346,432 355,355 407,669
Contributions 11,627 14,935 16,426 19,397 21,271 23,490 26,787 27,898 27,054 28,363
Investment Income 15,311 15,122 13,245 11,664 13,003 17,178 16,287 14,418 14,609 14,922
Withdrawals 3,977 6,301 6,978 8,018 9,281 10,659 12,176 13,550 15,270 16,561
Revaluations .. 2,161 665 10,029 -9,824 -902 6,054 -3,191 -17,470 25,590
Total Pension Accounts  
Assets 514,928 579,739 629,996 733,258 753,414 836,904 941,851 1,021,927 1,089,095 1,192,642
Contributions 35,745 42,848 47,992 52,652 54,236 58,598 62,722 65,399 67,166 71,958
Investment Income 47,239 47,008 45,339 44,883 47,275 53,572 54,047 53,778 56,111 57,699
Withdrawals 50,762 56,691 61,232 66,285 71,537 75,772 80,232 87,320 93,902 96,667
Withdrawals for OAS/GIS 17,368 18,623 19,377 19,708 20,367 20,871 21,485 22,074 22,646 23,149
Revaluations .. 13,023 -1,219 52,304 -30,185 26,221 46,925 26,145 15,147 47,408
The main components of the Pension Satellite Account: Part 2
  2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
  millions of dollars
Total Social Security  
Assets 60,010 62,456 70,244 84,470 101,181 121,253 146,261 155,755 139,568
Contributions 24,921 28,621 32,527 35,208 36,805 38,834 41,643 43,469 ..
Investment Income 4,755 4,065 4,308 3,981 4,138 4,243 4,995 5,388 ..
Withdrawals 49,386 52,259 54,885 57,358 60,246 62,799 65,862 67,833 ..
Withdrawals for OAS/GIS 24,043 25,728 26,938 28,160 29,321 30,460 31,858 32,183 ..
Revaluations 2,872 -3,709 -1,100 4,235 6,693 9,334 12,374 -3,713 ..
Canadian Pension Plan  
Assets 41,660 46,004 52,119 65,716 78,760 94,471 113,581 122,729 113,396
Contributions 19,224 22,105 25,350 27,221 28,440 30,014 32,631 34,526 ..
Investment Income 3,902 3,272 3,531 3,230 3,335 3,301 3,726 4,025 ..
Withdrawals 19,340 20,189 21,251 22,171 23,425 24,543 25,760 26,994 ..
Revaluations 1,069 -844 -1,515 5,317 4,694 6,939 8,513 -2,409 ..
Quebec Pension Plan  
Assets 18,350 16,452 18,125 18,754 22,421 26,782 32,680 33,026 26,172
Contributions 5,697 6,516 7,177 7,987 8,365 8,820 9,012 8,943 ..
Investment Income 853 793 777 751 803 942 1,269 1,363 ..
Withdrawals 6,003 6,342 6,696 7,027 7,500 7,796 8,244 8,656 ..
Revaluations 1,803 -2,865 415 -1,082 1,999 2,395 3,861 -1,304 ..
Employer Sponsored Pension Plans  
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 (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 ..
Individual Registered Savings Plans  
Assets 422,375 421,675 390,469 440,277 512,009 582,232 652,191 748,971 631,424
Contributions 29,280 28,439 27,073 27,561 28,788 30,581 32,351 34,058 ..
Investment Income 17,932 16,743 13,985 13,686 14,879 16,906 20,930 25,684 ..
Withdrawals 18,561 19,563 20,333 21,390 23,387 25,096 27,443 29,759 ..
Revaluations -13,945 -26,319 -51,931 29,951 51,452 47,832 44,121 66,797 ..
Total Pension Accounts  
Assets 1,268,400 1,251,182 1,212,720 1,346,424 1,525,487 1,717,214 1,927,456 2,095,045 1,835,828
Contributions 77,681 82,600 87,167 99,251 109,630 116,928 126,987 133,114 ..
Investment Income 63,791 60,054 55,339 58,238 61,346 67,787 77,887 87,696 ..
Withdrawals 98,806 110,290 112,883 118,805 126,680 131,161 143,201 152,696 ..
Withdrawals for OAS/GIS 24,043 25,728 26,938 28,160 29,321 30,460 31,858 32,183 ..
Revaluations 9,049 -75,309 -95,023 66,860 105,446 107,714 116,710 67,293 ..
Date Modified: 2009-11-16

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