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Ontario regulates approximately 8,350 employment pension plans, which comprise more than 40 per cent of all registered pension plans in Canada [1] It was originally enacted as the Pension Benefits Act, 1965 (S.O. 1965, c. 96), and it was the first statute in any Canadian jurisdiction to regulate pension plans.
It is designed to provide up to 15 per cent of a retiree's pre-retirement income as an annual pension, adding about the same amount as the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) for those who have contributed to both plans. Employees and employers would each contribute 1.9 per cent of an employee's income up to a maximum of $90,000 of income per year.
The Ontario Pension Board in Canada is an independent organization responsible for administering defined-benefit pensions for certain employees of the provincial government and its agencies, boards, and commissions. [1]
The Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System [3] (OMERS) is a Canadian public pension fund, headquartered in Toronto, Ontario.OMERS is a defined benefit, jointly sponsored, multi-employer public pension plan created in 1962 by Ontario provincial statute to administer retirement benefits and manage pension investment funds of local government employees in the Canadian province of Ontario.
The employer and the employee each contribute 5 per cent (a sum equal to 10%) of the salary of employee whose earnings are above a certain threshold to funds run by banks, insurers or fund houses. Total contributions are capped at HK$1,500 a month. [3] Employees and self-employed are required to contribute 5% of their earnings to their MPF fund ...
Since 1991, contribution limits are calculated at 18% of the prior year's reported earned income (from employment or self-employment), up to a maximum. The maximum has been rising [14] as shown in the table below. Since 2010 it is indexed to the annual increase in the average wage.
The QPP's contribution rate was 9.9% prior to 2012. In accordance with the 2011–12 Budget of the Government of Quebec, the contribution rate was increased by 0.15% per year for six years from 2012 to 2017. Consequently, the contribution rate increased to 10.8% for 2017 and subsequent years. [25] [26] [27]
The Ontario Health Premium (OHP) is a component of Ontario's Personal Income Tax system. The OHP is based on taxable income for a taxation year. As of May 2010, an Ontario resident with taxable income (i.e., income after subtracting allowable deductions) of $21,000 pays $60 per year. With a taxable income of $22,000, the premium doubles to $120.