Statistics Canada – Benefits Canada.com https://www.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Fri, 26 Apr 2024 20:02:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 20% of Canadian employees worked mostly from home at the end of 2023: Stats Can https://www.benefitscanada.com/news/bencan/20-of-canadian-employees-worked-mostly-from-home-at-the-end-of-2023-stats-can/ Mon, 05 Feb 2024 14:00:23 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=151553 The percentage of Canadians working most of their hours from home continued to decline in November 2023 to 20 per cent, from 40 per cent in April 2020 and 30 per cent in January 2022, according to a new report by Statistics Canada. It found while women were more likely than men to work exclusively […]

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]]> Majority of Canadian employees satisfied with their job: Stats Can https://www.benefitscanada.com/news/bencan/majority-of-canadian-employees-satisfied-with-their-job-stats-can/ Wed, 17 Jan 2024 20:00:42 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=150757 On a scale of one to 10, the majority (80 per cent) of Canadian employees rate their level of job satisfaction between seven and 10, with 7.7 being the average level of satisfaction, according to a new survey by Statistics Canada. The survey, which polled Canadian employees aged 15 to 69, found average levels of […]

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]]> 55% of Canadians were covered under employer-sponsored drug plans in 2019: report https://www.benefitscanada.com/benefits/health-benefits/55-of-canadians-were-covered-under-employer-sponsored-drug-plans-in-2019-report/ Fri, 12 Jan 2024 14:00:07 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=150227 More than half (55 per cent) of Canadians were covered under employer-sponsored drug plans in 2019, while roughly a third were covered under government-sponsored plans (21 per cent), private plans (six per cent) and association-sponsored plans (five per cent), according to a new report by Statistics Canada. Nearly 50 per cent of recent and established immigrants […]

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]]> Trusteed pension funds’ assets valued at $2.2TN in Q1 2023: StatsCan https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/db-investments/trusteed-pension-funds-assets-valued-at-2-2tn-in-q1-2023-statscan/ Tue, 10 Oct 2023 13:00:43 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=144972 The value of Canadian trusteed pension funds’ assets rose by $40.9 billion — roughly two per cent — in the first quarter of 2023 to $2.2 trillion, according to a new report by Statistics Canada. Within trusteed plans, public sector assets grew five per cent to $1.7 trillion, while private sector assets increased to $451 billion. Total revenue decreased […]

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]]> Employees with disabilities experienced 21.4% pay gap in 2019: Stats Can https://www.benefitscanada.com/news/bencan/employees-with-disabilities-experienced-21-4-pay-gap-in-2019-stats-can/ Tue, 11 Jul 2023 19:00:11 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=140877 In 2019, Canadians with disabilities earned an average annual income of $43,400, substantially lower than people without disabilities ($55,200), a pay gap of 21.4 per cent, according to a new report from Statistics Canada. It found a 24.3 per cent pay gap between men with disabilities (average annual earnings of $48,700) and men without disabilities ($64,300). By comparison, […]

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]]> Trusteed pension funds’ assets valued $2.1T in Q3: StatsCan https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/db-investments/trusteed-pension-funds-assets-valued-2-1t-in-q3-stats-can/ Tue, 21 Mar 2023 13:00:28 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=135468 The market value of assets held by Canadian trusteed pension funds rose 2.3 per cent in the third quarter of 2022, hovering around $2.1 trillion, according to a new report by Statistics Canada. Public sector plan assets rose 2.7 per cent to $1.7 trillion, while private sector assets increased by 0.6 per cent to $420.9 billion. The report also […]

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]]> Trusteed pension funds’ assets valued at $2.1T in Q2: Stats Can https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/db-investments/trusteed-pension-funds-assets-valued-at-2-1t-in-q2-stats-can/ Tue, 20 Dec 2022 14:00:13 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=131587 The market value of assets held by Canadian trusteed pension funds decreased 5.4 per cent to $2.1 trillion in the second quarter of 2022, down from $2.21 trillion in the previous quarter, according to new data from Statistics Canada. Trusteed pension funds posted a net loss of $3.4 billion in the second quarter, compared with […]

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]]> Trusteed pension funds’ assets valued at $2.21TN in Q1: Stats Can https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/db-investments/trusteed-pension-funds-assets-valued-at-2-21tn-in-q1-stats-can/ Fri, 16 Sep 2022 19:00:36 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=126982 The market value of assets held by Canadian trusteed pension funds decreased 2.9 per cent to $2.21 trillion in the first quarter of 2022, down from $2.27 trillion in the previous quarter, according to new data from Statistics Canada. Within trusteed plans, public sector assets decreased 1.8 per cent to $1.48 trillion, accounting for 79 […]

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]]> Top 5 HR, benefits and pension stories of the week https://www.benefitscanada.com/news/bencan/top-5-hr-benefits-and-pension-stories-of-the-week-17/ Fri, 22 Jul 2022 13:00:03 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=124615 The appointment of the TTC pension plan’s first director of investment risk and analytics was the most-read story on BenefitsCanada.com over the last week. Here are the five most popular news stories of the week: 1. TTC pension plan appointing Danny Ip director of investment risk and analytics 2. More than 6.6M Canadians participating in employer-sponsored pension plans: […]

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]]> Percentage of employees working remotely decreasing amid lifting of pandemic restrictions: survey https://www.benefitscanada.com/news/bencan/percentage-of-employees-working-remotely-decreasing-amid-lifting-of-pandemic-restrictions-survey/ Fri, 15 Jul 2022 19:00:08 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=124226 The percentage of employees working exclusively from home is decreasing slightly — from 19 per cent in May to 18 per cent in June — amid the lifting of coronavirus pandemic restrictions, according to a new survey by Statistics Canada. Among these employees, it found a fifth (18 per cent) said they report to an […]

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