The Québec Pension Plan in numbers

Numbers that speak

Histogram: Changes in the number of beneficiaries and contributors from 1966 to 2009

Changes in the number of beneficiaries and contributors from 1966 to 2005

Histogram: Changes in maximum retirement pensions from 1967 to 2010, for a person who retires at age 65

Changes in maximum retirement pensions from 1967 to 2010 (for a person who retires at age 65)

Histogram: Changes in maximum pensionable earnings from 1966 to 2010

Changes in maximum pensionable earnings from 1966 to 2010

Histogram: Changes in contribution rates from 1966 to 2010

Changes in contribution rates from 1966 to 2010


Historical indexation rates for the Québec Pension Plan

1966 to 1979

Year Indexation rate
1966
1967 0,0%
1968 2,0%
1969 2,0%
1970 2,0%
1971 2,0%
1972 2,0%
1973 3,0%
1974 8,2%
1975 10,4%
1976 11,2%
1977 8,2%
1978 7,5%
1979 9,0%

The catch-up rate was applied in January 1974, according to the year in which pension payment began (from 1967 to 1972), to compensate for a leveling off of rates since the Plan's inception.

1980 to 1989

Year Indexation rate
1980 9,0%
1981 9,9%
1982 12,3%
1983 11,2%
1984 6,7%
1985 4,4%
1986 4,0%
1987 4,1%
1988 4,4%
1989 4,1%

1990 to 1999

Year Indexation rate
1990 4,8%
1991 4,8%
1992 5,8%
1993 1,8%
1994 1,9%
1995 0,0%
1996 2,3%
1997 1,5%
1998 1,9%
1999 0,9%

2000 to 2012

Year Indexation rate
2000 1,6%
2001 2,5%
2002 3,0%
2003 1,6%
2004 3,2%
2005 1,7%
2006 2,3%
2007 2,1%
2008 2,0%
2009 2,5%
2010 0,4%
2011 1,7%
2012 2,8%