Federal regulationCanada Gazette, Part IComment Period Closed
Regulations Amending the Pension Benefits Standards Regulations, 1985 (Publication of Information Relating to the Investments of Plans)
Sponsoring body: Finance, Dept. ofIntroduced November 2, 2024Last checked August 25, 2026
Read the official text on gazette.gc.caOfficial version — Canada Gazette, Part I
What this regulation does
This regulation requires the federal pension regulator (OSFI) to publicly publish standardized investment information for large federally regulated private pension plans with $500 million or more in assets, broken down by asset class and geographic location.
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Business impact
Compliance
About 50 federally regulated pension plans — mostly defined benefit and combination plans covering roughly 89% of federally regulated pension assets ($210 billion) — will need to provide more detailed investment breakdowns to OSFI. Plan administrators will need to request additional reports from their actuaries or investment managers showing how assets are split across categories like public equities, real estate, and infrastructure, and across regions like Canada, the US, China, and Europe. Costs are expected to be minimal since this data already exists in investment records and is typically covered under fixed fees charged by actuaries and investment managers. Small businesses and smaller pension plans are not affected, as the $500 million asset threshold excludes them entirely.
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Where this regulation is
Proposed
Comment period closed
Final publicationPending
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