Régie des rentes du Québec


Québec Pension Plan

Number of beneficiaries on 31 December,
by administrative region and type of benefit - 2005
Administrative region Retirement pension Survivors' benefits Prestations d'invalidité Combined pensions (1) Combined pension
QPP / CPP
Total (2)
Surviving spouse's pension Orphan's pension Disability benefits

Pension for a disabled person's child

Retirement pension and surviving spouse's pension

Disability pension and surviving spouse's pension

Bas-Saint-Laurent 31 560 9 520 535 2 297 306 3 942 70 15 40 221
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean 39 720 12 962 763 2 638 281 5 218 86 23 51 083
Québec 106 859 29 830 1 522 5 938 632 14 867 181 20 129 753
Mauricie 46 327 13 816 619 2 820 268 6 564 72 8 57 222
Estrie 46 083 13 198 800 3 352 332 7 172 120 18 56 491
Montréal 271 336 75 092 3 115 12 814 1 318 47 746 456 121 315 594
Outaouais 39 980 13 020 840 3 419 462 7 235 152 1 110 51 444
Abitibi-Témiscamingue 18 593 6 295 480 1 688 173 3 104 45 24 24 104
Côte-Nord 11 907 3 618 252 667 62 1 625 21 2 14 862
Nord-du-Québec 2 002 670 236 165 39 275 4 3 2 836
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine 16 397 5 093 246 1 148 123 2 615 38 9 20 363
Chaudière-Appalaches 55 110 17 051 1 116 4 168 480 7 495 131 17 70 316
Laval 54 259 14 822 804 2 462 341 8 961 107 9 63 629
Lanaudière 57 269 16 628 1 301 3 845 579 8 907 153 7 70 569
Laurentides 69 013 19 555 1 523 3 932 552 10 580 170 43 83 868
Montérégie 188 035 54 377 3 528 10 584 1 502 29 949 378 74 227 773
Centre-du-Québec 34 744 10 443 720 2 309 308 5 208 80 2 43 238
Other provinces 23 461 11 145 244 458 78 7 028 55 1 862 30 165
Outside Canada 27 246 5 261 287 433 41 2 469 11 58 30 846
TOTAL 1 139 901 332 396 18 931 65 137 7 877 180 960 2 330 3 425 1 384 377

  1. Since 2001, surviving spouse's pensions under the Québec Pension Plan that are combined with a retirement or disability pension under the Canada Pension Plan have been included in number of combined pensions.
  2. People who receive combined pensions have only been counted once in the totals.


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