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François L'Italien, Professeur associé, sociologie, Université Laval

How to adapt our pension schemes to longer life expectancy

Current pension schemes may be insufficient for the next generation. (Phyllis Lilienthal, Unsplash), CC BY-SA

Canada’s aging population, combined with increased life expectancy, pose a real challenge for our pension plans. Current and future retirees risk seeing some of their sources of income decline or, at best, stagnate.

Data released by Statistics Canada shows that life expectancy at birth in Canada has increased, rising from 81.3 years in 2022 to 81.7 years in 2023.

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