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Program directory · Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada

Federally Regulated Private Pension Plans

Program code
BVN04 (OSFI)
Core responsibility
Financial Institution and Pension Plan Regulation and Supervision
In Departmental Plans
2018-19 – 2025-26 · Appeared and later dropped

What it does

This program involves regulating and supervising federally regulated private pension plans to determine whether they are meeting minimum funding requirements and are complying with their governing laws and supervisory requirements. This program provides risk assessments of pension plans covering employees in federally regulated areas of employment. It ensures timely and effective intervention and feedback to protect the interests of plan members and beneficiaries, while recognizing that plan administrators are ultimately responsible and that plans can fail to pay the expected benefits. This program also provides a balanced relevant regulatory framework and a prudentially effective and responsive approvals process. It incorporates activities pertaining to risk assessment and intervention, regulation and guidance, and approvals and precedents related to federally regulated private pension plans under the Pension Benefits Standards Act, 1985 and the Pooled Registered Pension Plans Act.

Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.

History and lineage

First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2018-19. The data does not record when a program was created; it may be older than its first appearance here, which is limited by the sources (program spending starts in 2010-11, Departmental Plans in 2018-19).

2018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-272027-28Federally Regulated Private Pension Plans 2018-19: $4.4MFederally Regulated Private Pension Plans 2019-20: $4.3MFederally Regulated Private Pension Plans 2020-21: $4.6MFederally Regulated Private Pension Plans 2021-22: $4.5MFederally Regulated Private Pension Plans 2022-23: $3.5MFederally Regulated Private Pension Plans 2023-24: $5MFederally Regulated Private Pension Plans 2024-25: $6.2MFederally Regulated Private Pension Plans 2025-26: $5.6MFederally Regulated Private Pension Plans 2026-27: $5.8MFederally Regulated Private Pension Plans 2027-28: $6MFederally Regulated Private Pension Plans
Bars: spending by fiscal year (dark: actual; light: actual restated on the 2017-18 program structure; outlined: the latest plan's forecast; grey: related programs). Bands: each program in the lineage over the years it has data.
ProgramRelationYears with dataActual spending over those years
Federally Regulated Private Pension PlansThis program2018-19 – 2027-28$32.4M

No earlier or later program in the same department has a similar name.

Significant changes in scope and budget

Detected from the data: renames between plans, programs it appears to replace, merge with or split into (matched by name), year-over-year changes in spending of at least 25% and $5M, or in employees of at least 20% and 25 FTEs, linked budget measures, and results indicators added or dropped.

No significant changes detected.

Success criteria

The program's indicators from its department's Departmental Results Framework: the target set in each year's plan, and the result reported the following year. Source: GC InfoBase.

Historical: targets against results

Number of pension plans for which the supervisory rating has increased by two or more levels within a three month period.
Expected result: Issues in plans are identified and acted on at an early stage.
02018-19✓ met02019-20✓ met02020-21✓ met12021-22✓ met22022-23✗ not met42023-24✗ not met02024-25✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19≤ 120190Met
2019-20≤ 120200Met
2020-21≤ 120210Met
2021-22≤ 120221Met
2022-23≤ 120232
OSFI intervened with 2 defined contribution pension plans with outstanding minimum required contributions.
Not met
2023-24≤ 120244
OSFI intervened with 4 defined contribution pension plans with outstanding minimum required contributions.
Not met
2024-25≤ 120250Met
Percentage of industry stakeholders that rate OSFI as “somewhat effective” or “very effective” in monitoring and supervising their pension plan(s).
Expected result: OSFI is perceived as being effective in monitoring and supervising pension plans.
82%2018-19✓ met82%2019-20✓ met84%2020-21✓ met75%2021-22– no result75%2023-24– no result

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19≥ 75%201982%Met
2019-20≥ 75%202082%Met
2020-21≥ 75%202184%Met
2021-22≥ 75%2022—
The Pension Plan Survey (PPS) was not conducted in 2021-22, therefore no updated data is available.
No result reported
2023-24≥ 75%2024—
The Pension Plan Survey (PPS) was not conducted in 2023-24, therefore no updated data is available.
No result reported
Percentage of industry stakeholders that rate OSFI’s guidance as “somewhat effective” or “very effective” in providing an indication of OSFI’s expectations.
Expected result: OSFI’s expectations are communicated effectively in guidance to stakeholders.
76%2018-19✓ met76%2019-20✓ met79%2020-21✓ met75%2021-22– no result75%2023-24– no result

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19≥ 75%201976%Met
2019-20≥ 75%202076%Met
2020-21≥ 75%202179%Met
2021-22≥ 75%2022—
The Pension Plan Survey (PPS) was not conducted in 2021-22, therefore no updated data is available.
No result reported
2023-24≥ 75%2024—
The Pension Plan Survey (PPS) was not conducted in 2023-24, therefore no updated data is available.
No result reported

Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets

No indicators in the 2026-27 plan.

Future goals: targets due after 2026-27

No targets with a later due date.

Spending and employees: planned against actual

Spending

2018-19: $4.4M2018-19: $4.4M2018-192019-20: $4.6M2019-20: $4.3M2019-202020-21: $4.6M2020-21: $4.6M2020-212021-22: $4.9M2021-22: $4.5M2021-222022-23: $5M2022-23: $3.5M2022-232023-24: $5.4M2023-24: $5M2023-242024-25: $9.7M2024-25: $6.2M2024-252025-26: $5.6M2025-262026-27: $5.8M2026-272027-28: $6M2027-28
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
Show the numbers
Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2018-19$4.4M$4.4M
2019-20$4.6M$4.3M
2020-21$4.6M$4.6M
2021-22$4.9M$4.5M
2022-23$5M$3.5M
2023-24$5.4M$5M
2024-25$9.7M$6.2M
2025-26$5.6M—
2026-27$5.8M*—
2027-28$6M*—

Employees (FTEs)

2018-19: 242018-19: 252018-192019-20: 252019-20: 252019-202020-21: 242020-21: 272020-212021-22: 242021-22: 272021-222022-23: 262022-23: 212022-232023-24: 302023-24: 242023-242024-25: 242024-25: 272024-252025-26: 292025-262026-27: 292026-272027-28: 292027-28
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
Show the numbers
Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2018-192425
2019-202525
2020-212427
2021-222427
2022-232621
2023-243024
2024-252427
2025-2629—
2026-2729*—
2027-2829*—

Planned spending, plan by plan

Each row is one year's Departmental Plan and its forecast for the next three fiscal years; read a column down to see how the forecast for one year changed. The last row is what was actually spent. Click an amount for its source. Biggest changes in federal spending plans

Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.