Reports about Public Pensions and Aging Society
The following reports examine issues related to Canada's public pensions and the overall retirement income system. The findings and recommendations in these reports are based on data and information gathered from various research studies.
Canada Pension Plan Annual Reports
- Annual Report of the Canada Pension Plan, 2005-2006
- Annual Report of the Canada Pension Plan, 2004-2005
- Annual Report of the Canada Pension Plan, 2003-2004
- Annual Report of the Canada Pension Plan, 2002-2003
- Annual Report of the Canada Pension Plan, 2001-2002
- Annual Report of the Canada Pension Plan, 2000-2001
Public Pensions
Retirement Income Programs: An inventory of data/information available at Statistics Canada
Gabriella Martello and Christine Arsenault
Income Statistics Division, Statistics Canada
March 2000
http://www.statcan.ca/english/IPS/Data/13F0026MIE2000001.htm
This document provides an inventory of the surveys, databases, publications, articles and work in progress in Statistics Canada that relate to Canada's retirement income programs.
The Maturation of Canada's Retirement Income System: Income Levels, Income Inequality, and Low-Income among the Elderly
John Myles, Statistics Canada and Florida State University
March 2000
http://www.statcan.ca/english/IPS/Data/11F0019MIE2000147.htm
The author notes that Canada has one of the best designed public pension systems in the world.
Income of Older Canadians: Amounts and Sources, 1973-1996 
Bob Baldwin, Canadian Labour Congress
Pierre Laliberté, United Steelworkers of America
March 2000
http://action.web.ca/home/clcpolcy/en_issues.shtml?sh_itm=3ba588a1594041d47cc4cfd030309c8f
This paper analyzes the amounts of income and sources of income among the elderly and highlights the importance of Canada's public pension systems.
Canada Pension Plan - Actuarial Reports
Office of the Chief Actuary
Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions
http://www.osfi-bsif.gc.ca/osfi/index_e.aspx?ArticleID=497
Old Age Security Program - Actuarial Reports
Office of the Chief Actuary
Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions
http://www.osfi-bsif.gc.ca/osfi/index_e.aspx?ArticleID=497
Rethinking Pension Reform: Ten Myths About Social Security Systems
Peter Orszag, Sebago Associates and University of California, Berkeley
Joseph Stiglitz, World Bank
Presented at the conference on "New Ideas About Old Age Security"
The World Bank Washington, D.C.
September 14-15, 1999
http://www.worldbank.org/knowledge/chiefecon/conferen/papers/rethinking.htm
This paper explores private mandatory defined contribution systems or components of systems and examines a number of "myths".
A Pension Primer
National Council of Welfare, Government of Canada
Summer 1999
http://www.ncwcnbes.net/htmdocument/reportpensionprimer/reppensionprimer.htm
The document is an introduction to the retirement income system in Canada, noting the importance of the public pension systems.
Social Security Privatization: Experiences Abroad
Congressional Budget Office, United States Congress
January 1999
http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=1065&sequence=0&from=5
This document examines experiences with privatization in a number of countries and points out some of the problems, highlighting the necessity to look at each country in its own historical, economic, and political context.
Aging Society
The Retirement Decision in OECD Countries - OECD Economics Department Working Papers #202
Sveinbjörn Blöndel and Stefano Scarpetta
February 1999
http://www.olis.oecd.org/olis/1998doc.nsf/LinkTo/ECO-WKP(98)15
This paper examines the main determinants of the decision to retire from the labour market and, in particular, the role of social security systems in driving down the participation rate of older people in the labour force. This study rates Canada as having among the lowest disincentives to work.
1999 and Beyond: Challenges of an Aging Society
National Advisory Council on Aging
1999
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/seniors-aines/naca/beyond1999/toc_e.htm
This document examines the situation of today's seniors, the trends that are affecting the shape and nature of tomorrow's senior population and the implications of an aging Canadian society.
Economic Costs of Population Aging
Frank T. Denton and Byron G. Spencer, Independence and Economic Security of the Older Population
December 1998
http://socserv2.socsci.mcmaster.ca/~iesop/papers2.htm
This paper reviews the literature to assess the magnitude of the prospective cost increases associated with the aging of the Canadian population and considers the practical implications for government programs and policies.
Aging Populations, Pension Systems and Government Budgets: Simulations for 20 OECD Countries - Economics Department Working Paper #168
Deborah Roseveare, Willi Leibfritz, Douglas Fore and Eckhard Wurzel
September 1996
http://www.olis.oecd.org/olis/1996doc.nsf/LinkTo/OCDE-GD(96)134
Even before the federal deficit was eliminated and the Canada Pension Plan was reformed, this study cited Canada and the United States as being the only countries in the G-7 as being "well-placed to meet the pressures of aging, both because pensions expenditures rise only modestly and because their underlying budget positions are relatively sound".
Seniors Policies and Programs Database
http://www.sppd.gc.ca
This is a database of government policies and programs for which seniors are the primary beneficiaries. It was developed and is maintained by federal, provincial and territorial governments.
