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Statistics Canada - Government of Canada
Table 1 Pension assets by type of plan at market value
Type of plan 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
millions of dollars
Social security
54,900
56,699
56,848
56,635
55,030
54,491
53,206
51,842
53,357
52,805
60,010
62,456
70,244
84,470
101,181
121,444
145,820
157,432
Canada Pension Plan
40,577
41,915
42,360
42,039
40,995
40,611
39,336
37,554
37,153
36,805
41,660
46,004
52,119
65,716
78,760
94,471
113,581
122,729
Quebec Pension Plan
14,323
14,784
14,488
14,596
14,035
13,880
13,870
14,288
16,204
16,000
18,350
16,452
18,125
18,754
22,421
26,973
32,239
34,703
Employer-sponsored pension plans
322,263
361,372
389,888
462,963
470,290
523,093
592,975
650,151
709,467
763,672
818,781
792,713
778,691
850,547
940,752
1,048,170
1,162,236
1,222,789
Trusteed plans1
199,408
227,904
250,207
306,544
304,722
349,984
409,000
455,253
492,461
531,878
577,155
566,916
543,341
603,228
679,421
773,923
873,639
921,086

Public sector

111,142
132,873
151,001
190,061
190,720
212,572
248,551
279,862
305,133
334,247
361,003
362,416
344,891
382,720
432,197
498,481
568,172
606,445

Private sector

88,266
95,031
99,206
116,483
114,002
137,412
160,449
175,391
187,328
197,631
216,152
204,500
198,450
220,508
247,224
275,442
305,467
314,641
Government consolidated revenue arrangements2
89,170
97,354
101,570
114,400
122,943
131,909
140,884
149,161
166,966
174,171
180,082
165,576
177,055
180,197
184,194
188,241
193,738
199,089
Other
33,685
36,114
38,111
42,019
42,625
41,200
43,091
45,737
50,040
57,623
61,544
60,221
58,295
67,122
77,137
86,006
94,859
102,614

Insurance company contracts3

30,968
33,595
35,553
39,385
39,905
38,411
39,641
41,442
45,093
50,133
53,389
49,538
51,552
57,802
61,441
66,667
70,986
73,118

Government of Canada annuities4

829
790
742
708
667
628
583
545
562
527
495
505
427
395
369
344
331
319

Deferred profit sharing plans5

1,887
1,729
1,816
1,926
2,053
2,162
2,867
3,751
4,385
6,963
7,661
10,179
6,316
8,924
15,326
18,995
23,542
29,177
Individual registered saving plans6
135,263
162,612
189,249
231,133
243,984
273,281
310,216
335,681
344,736
397,115
411,464
409,829
378,932
428,348
500,475
570,776
641,003
739,295
Deposits in RRSP accounts7
97,588
112,117
121,731
129,163
126,705
134,760
135,141
117,293
105,773
109,146
102,504
104,531
106,346
110,305
110,634
110,243
111,836
114,472
Mutual funds and segregated funds in RRSP accounts8
12,748
17,762
26,437
51,578
60,964
74,364
104,548
138,528
155,403
196,674
188,581
190,056
175,348
193,697
211,255
231,458
250,301
251,454
Other individual registered saving plans9
24,927
32,734
41,081
50,392
56,316
64,157
70,526
79,860
83,560
91,295
120,379
115,242
97,238
124,346
178,586
229,075
278,866
373,369
Total assets10
512,426
580,683
635,984
750,731
769,304
850,865
956,397
1,037,674
1,107,560
1,213,592
1,290,255
1,264,998
1,227,867
1,363,365
1,542,408
1,740,390
1,949,059
2,119,516

Notes:

1. Trusteed pension plan estimates by sector are derived by applying asset ratios for the public/private sector split from the Quarterly Trusteed Pension Fund survey to the National Balance Sheet Accounts total trusteed pension plan estimate.
2. Includes public sector retirement compensation arrangements. These supplementary employee retirement plans were set up to provide pension benefits to senior employees beyond the maximum permitted registered pension plan benefits as set out in the Income Tax Act.
3. Estimates for insurance company contracts are taken from the Canadian Health and Life Insurance Association. Estimates for 2007 were derived using the growth rate of the private sector trusteed pension plans.
4. Data for Government of Canada annuities come from the Public Accounts of Canada.
5. Estimates for deferred profit sharing plans are derived from the Survey of Financial Security and Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association survey data.
6. Estimates for individual registered saving plans are derived from the Survey of Financial Security in Canada, Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association survey data, Quarterly Survey of Financial Statements, and the Ipsos-Reid Canadian Financial Monitor.
7. Estimates for deposits are taken from the Quarterly Survey of Financial Statements and the Canadian Health and Life Insurance Association.
8. Estimates for mutual funds and segregated funds in Registered Retirement Savings Plan accounts are taken from the National Balance Sheet Accounts and the Canadian Health and Life Insurance Assocation, respectively.
9. Includes Registered Retirement Income Funds (RRIFs), Life income funds (LIFs), Locked-in Retirement Income Funds (LRIFs), and self-directed Registered Retirement Savings Plans (RRSPs) not captured elsewhere.
10. Excludes retirement compensation arrangements for the private sector (see note 2). Research in this area is continuing.

Source: Statistics Canada, Latest Developments in the Canadian Economic Accounts, catalogue number 13-605-XIE.