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Labour market and income data guide December 2000 Survey of Trusteed Pension Funds
Description: provides data on the income, expenditures, and assets of trusteed pension funds Who/what is surveyed: census of the approximately 3,500 trusteed pension funds in Canada. The unit of analysis is the fund, not the plan (which describes the conditions for membership, collecting benefits, et cetera). Information on the plans is available through the survey, entitled Pension Plans in Canada. How the data is collected: Data concerning the funds are collected from employers and unions who sponsor trusteed pension plans, or from pension fund managers who manage the funds on behalf of the plan members. They mail back either completed questionnaires or financial statements in lieu of completed questionnaires. Geographic detail: Canada only Information collected: 1. sources of income of
funds, including contributions by employees and employers, investment
income, profits from securities transactions, and miscellaneous sources Frequency: annual (except for 1991) until 1994; biennial since then Data availability: first published in 1953 Reference period: financial year-end of funds falling within April 1, 1996 to March 31, 1997 for the latest edition available (1996) Release dates: the publication is released approximately 12 months after the reference end-period What makes the data valuable: Products and services: Responsible division: Income Statistics |
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