Table 15
Registered pension plans and members, by type of plan and sex, select years, 1980 to 2009

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Table 15
Registered pension plans and members, by type of plan and sex, select years, 1980 to 2009
 Table summary
 This table displays the results of Registered pension plans and members. The information is grouped by Type of registered pension plans appearing as row headers and is grouped by 1980, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 appearing as column headers, calculated using number as a unit of measure.
Type of registered pension plans 1980 1990 1995 2000 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
number
All registered pension plans1 14,586 19,956 15,845 15,557 15,336 15,130 18,594 19,185 19,179
All members 4,475,429 5,109,363 5,169,644 5,267,894 5,670,684 5,690,580 5,768,280 5,908,633 6,009,721
Women 1,377,733 1,981,138 2,239,676 2,362,973 2,694,653 2,712,822 2,795,041 2,868,645 2,952,422
Men 3,097,696 3,128,225 2,929,968 2,904,921 2,976,031 2,977,758 2,973,239 3,039,988 3,057,299
Defined benefit plans 8,035 8,284 6,990 7,108 7,561 7,611 11,056 11,539 11,709
All members 4,194,283 4,633,587 4,582,154 4,456,034 4,605,601 4,600,581 4,590,805 4,538,192 4,505,211
Women 1,313,097 1,816,518 2,012,887 2,049,373 2,258,196 2,263,430 2,307,875 2,286,397 2,312,808
Men 2,881,186 2,817,069 2,569,267 2,406,661 2,347,405 2,337,151 2,282,930 2,251,795 2,192,403
Defined contribution plans 6,170 11,443 8,609 8,152 7,485 7,196 7,160 7,165 6,882
All members 231,275 430,561 518,669 716,646 885,840 893,403 899,540 935,236 939,157
Women 52,721 151,448 202,473 279,553 361,738 367,405 365,326 381,875 384,695
Men 178,554 279,113 316,196 437,093 524,102 525,998 534,214 553,361 554,462
Hybrid plans2 … … 11 20 32 16 15 14 21
All members … … 4,512 6,043 15,461 11,351 11,337 16,881 28,142
Women … … 2,201 2,647 5,523 5,153 5,143 8,218 14,516
Men … … 2,311 3,396 9,938 6,198 6,194 8,663 13,626
Composite or combination plans3 248 174 192 221 161 150 144 140 136
All members 32,905 39,127 46,226 58,699 96,781 92,265 140,862 151,150 104,027
Women 6,591 11,143 15,876 21,974 44,655 39,878 64,876 69,135 41,009
Men 26,314 27,984 30,350 36,725 52,126 52,387 75,986 82,015 63,018
Defined benefit and contribution plans4 … … … … 38 90 145 249 390
All members … … … … 17,583 40,057 79,760 201,895 395,053
Women … … … … 4,955 16,939 32,865 95,099 181,504
Men … … … … 12,628 23,118 46,895 106,796 213,549
Other types of plans 133 55 43 56 59 67 74 78 41
All members 16,966 6,088 18,083 30,472 49,418 52,923 45,976 65,279 38,131
Women 5,324 2,029 6,239 9,426 19,586 20,017 18,956 27,921 17,890
Men 11,642 4,059 11,844 21,046 29,832 32,906 27,020 37,358 20,241
1. Registered pension plans are plans established by either employers or unions to provide retirement income to employees.
2. Hybrid plans are plans where the pension benefit is the better of that provided by defined benefit or defined contribution provisions.
3. In composite or combination plans, the pension has both defined benefit and defined contribution characteristics.
4. These plans may be for different classes of employees or one benefit type may be for current employees and the other for new employees.
Note: The reference date for the number of Registered Pension Plans and their terms and conditions is January 1.
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 280-0016.
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