Table 20.3
Changing relative value of price indexed pensions compared to real wages1, 1950s through 1990s, Canada

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Decade Purchasing power remaining
1950s 75
1960s 76
1970s 88
1980s 100
1990s 96
1. Wages after inflation.
Source: Author's calculations based on Statistics Canada CANSIM data reported in:
Canadian Institute of Actuaries, "Economic Statistics, 19 to 20."
Table source: Statistics Canada, 2008, New Frontiers of Research on Retirement, catalogue number 75-511-XWE.