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Statistical Tables

**Table 1 - Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Account, Year Ended March 31**
Receipts and Other Credits
	2011	2010
Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Account, Opening Balance	$606,714,383	$562,661,375
Members' contributions, current	$1,822,702	$1,777,504
Government contributions, current	$7,618,115	$6,800,618
Members' contributions, arrears on principal, interest, and mortality insurance	$17,615	$43,731
Government contributions on amounts payable (elections)	$0	$0
Interest	$62,459,846	$57,879,875
Transfer from the Supplementary Retirement Benefits Account	$0	$0
Actuarial liability adjustment	$0	$0
Total Receipts	$71,918,278	$66,501,728
Payments and Other Charges
Annual allowances	$22,996,056	$22,448,720
Withdrawal allowances including interest	$0	$0
Pension division payments	$0	$0
Transfers to Public Service Superannuation Account	$0	$0
Total Payments	$22,996,056	$22,448,720
Excess of Receipts over Disbursements	$48,922,222	$44,053,008
Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Account, Closing Balance	$655,636,605	$606,714,383

**Table 2 - Members of Parliament Retirement Compensation Arrangements Account, Year Ended March 31**
Receipts and Other Credits
	2011	2010
1. A refundable tax equal to 50 per cent of contributions and interest credited to the MPRCA Account, less 50 per cent of benefits paid out of the account, must be remitted each year to CRA.
Members of Parliament Retirement Compensation Arrangements Account, Opening Balance	$197,463,495	$181,228,970
Members' contributions, current	$2,677,739	$2,681,546
Government contributions, current	$19,084,944	$18,071,572
Members' contributions, arrears on principal, interest, and mortality insurance	$28,058	$29,427
Interest	$20,980,723	$19,272,737
Actuarial liability adjustment	$600,000	$600,000
Total Receipts	$43,371,464	$40,655,282
Payments and Other Charges
Annual allowances	$8,985,433	$8,697,147
Withdrawal allowances plus interest	($4,123)	$30,562
Pension division payments	$0	$0
Refundable tax¹	$16,820,431	$15,693,048
Total Payments	$25,801,741	$24,420,757
Excess of Receipts over Disbursements	$17,569,723	$16,234,525
Members of Parliament Retirement Compensation Arrangements Account, Closing Balance	$215,033,218	$197,463,495

**Table 3 - Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Account - Comparative Data—November 20, 1952 to March 31, 2011**
Period / Fiscal Year	Members' Contributions¹ ($)	Government Contributions ($)	Interest ($)	Actuarial and Other Accounting Adjustments ($)	Total Receipts ($)
1952–1989	26,299,441	25,786,913	22,917,200	0	75,003,554
1989–90	2,267,074	2,082,958	2,960,449	0	7,310,481
1990–91	2,305,080	2,175,581	3,059,384	0	7,540,045
1991–92	2,060,258	2,220,659	3,440,449	167,941,788²	175,663,154
1992–93	1,042,520	2,131,335	20,493,768	0	23,667,623
1993–94	1,048,643	2,064,761	21,882,703	0	24,996,107
1994–95	1,070,539	1,884,100	22,861,864	0	25,816,503
1995–96	990,505	1,685,476	23,933,398	0	26,609,379
1996–97	876,577	1,561,870	25,029,451	0	27,467,898
1997–98	941,060	1,707,658	26,262,499	0	28,911,217
1998–99	1,081,944	2,261,589	27,620,578	0	30,964,111
1999–2000	1,054,926	2,673,500	29,409,145	0	33,137,571
2000–01	1,582,118	2,882,101	31,014,334	0	35,478,553
2001–02	1,366,802	3,847,838	33,226,180	0	38,440,820
2002–03	1,340,110	4,395,891	35,221,387	0	40,957,388
2003–04	1,100,713	4,557,315	37,822,796	0	43,480,824
2004–05	1,361,109	4,780,613	40,502,434	0	46,644,156
2005–06	1,600,703	5,226,747	43,384,988	0	50,212,438
2006–07	1,653,756	5,355,841	46,554,638	0	53,564,235
2007–08	1,635,495	5,592,419	50,003,648	0	57,231,562
2008–09	1,690,181	6,065,645	53,771,144	0	61,526,970
2009–10	1,821,235	6,800,618	57,879,875	0	66,501,728
2010–11	1,840,317	7,618,115	62,459,846	0	71,918,278

**Table 3 (cont'd) - Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Account - Comparative Data—November 20, 1952 to March 31, 2011**
Period / Fiscal Year	Annual Allowances ($)	Withdrawal Allowances ($)	Transfers to PSS⁴ Account ($)	Total Payments ($)	Account Balance ($)
1. Includes contributions for current and prior service and interest paid by members. 2. Includes a transfer of $9,941,788 from the Supplementary Retirement Benefits Account and an actuarial adjustment credit of $158,000,000. 3. Includes pension division payments and interest on withdrawal allowances. 4. PSS stands for Public Service Superannuation.
1952–1989	41,114,724	4,365,056	269,623	45,749,403	29,254,221
1989–90	6,197,822	124,942	24,593	6,347,357	30,217,345
1990–91	6,368,934	27,364	0	6,396,298	31,361,092
1991–92	7,187,271	7,339	0	7,194,610	199,829,636
1992–93	9,813,446	17,221	0	9,830,667	213,666,592
1993–94	12,084,079	1,852,076	0	13,936,155	224,726,544
1994–95	15,432,287	58,833	0	15,491,120	235,051,927
1995–96	14,947,496	936,723	0	15,884,219	245,777,087
1996–97	15,000,643	138,516³	0	15,139,159	258,105,826
1997–98	15,251,902	840,524³	0	16,092,426	270,924,617
1998–99	15,211,454	673,914³	0	15,885,368	286,003,360
1999–2000	15,311,534	680,015³	0	15,991,549	303,149,382
2000–01	15,514,009	405,499³	0	15,919,508	322,708,427
2001–02	15,993,470	154,314³	0	16,147,784	345,001,463
2002–03	16,623,728	846,514³	0	17,470,242	368,488,609
2003–04	16,551,392	862,213³	0	17,413,605	394,555,828
2004–05	18,108,177	566,431³	0	18,674,608	422,525,376
2005–06	18,977,081	311,777³	188,576	19,477,434	453,260,380
2006–07	20,017,711	149,303³	0	20,167,014	486,657,601
2007–08	20,530,863	260,000³	0	20,790,863	523,098,300
2008–09	21,404,062	559,833³	0	21,963,895	562,661,375
2009–10	22,448,720	0	0	22,448,720	606,714,383
2010–11	22,996,056	0	0	22,996,056	655,636,605

**Table 4 - Members of Parliament Retirement Compensation Arrangements Account - Comparative Data—January 1, 1992 to March 31, 2011**
Period / Fiscal Year	Members' Contributions ($)	Government Contributions ($)	Interest ($)	Actuarial and Other Accounting Adjustments ($)	Total Receipts ($)
1992–93	1,944,720	13,837,316	806,119	0	16,588,155
1993–94	1,553,821	10,394,866	1,487,793	0	13,436,480
1994–95	1,610,329	9,058,349	2,025,049	0	12,693,727
1995–96	1,246,927	5,971,846	2,563,705	0	9,782,478
1996–97	1,074,385	4,944,660	2,853,534	0	8,872,579
1997–98	1,147,880	5,410,244	3,257,976	0	9,816,100
1998–99	1,353,367	6,816,386	3,769,294	0	11,939,047
1999–2000	1,248,721	7,397,670	4,458,146	0	13,104,537
2000–01	1,812,679	7,831,603	5,031,774	0	14,676,056
2001–02	2,448,630	15,269,084	6,396,263	0	24,113,977
2002–03	2,571,907	15,859,000	7,248,223	9,773,275	35,452,405
2003–04	2,925,422	16,921,883	9,979,113	9,773,275	39,599,693
2004–05	2,629,785²	16,297,793	11,702,344	9,645,766	40,275,688
2005–06	2,755,607²	16,529,339	13,591,352	5,708,760	38,585,058
2006–07	2,663,652²	16,178,865	15,103,392	0	33,945,909
2007–08	2,579,374²	16,480,107	16,501,512	0	35,560,993
2008–09	2,644,227²	17,921,071	17,734,300	600,000	38,899,598
2009–10	2,710,973²	18,071,572	19,272,737	600,000	40,655,282
2010–11	2,705,797²	19,084,944	20,980,723	600,000	43,371,464

**Table 4 (cont'd) - Members of Parliament Retirement Compensation Arrangements Account - Comparative Data—January 1, 1992 to March 31, 2011**
Period / Fiscal Year	Annual Allowances ($)	Withdrawal Allowances ($)	Refundable Tax ($)	Total Payments ($)	Account Balance ($)
1. Includes pension division payments plus interest on withdrawal allowances. 2. Includes contributions for current and prior service and interest paid by members.
1992–93	71,198	3,901	6,516,391	6,591,490	9,996,665
1993–94	391,546	571,762	6,637,345	7,600,653	15,832,492
1994–95	727,802	27,755	5,807,226	6,562,783	21,963,436
1995–96	762,478	574,632¹	4,808,645	6,145,755	25,600,159
1996–97	772,012	57,167¹	3,884,619	4,713,798	29,758,940
1997–98	954,739	718,385¹	3,982,375	5,655,499	33,919,541
1998–99	976,109	113,933¹	5,101,490	6,191,532	39,667,056
1999–2000	1,017,774	464,361¹	5,790,772	7,272,907	45,498,686
2000–01	1,113,039	207,462¹	6,460,747	7,781,248	52,393,494
2001–02	1,368,096	448,629¹	10,049,942	11,866,667	64,640,804
2002–03	1,445,396	412,384¹	10,982,904	12,840,684	87,252,525
2003–04	1,529,508	523,313¹	17,926,813	19,979,634	106,872,584
2004–05	3,254,354	441,259¹	17,944,084	21,639,697	125,508,575
2005–06	4,113,948	980,709¹	18,223,501	23,318,158	140,775,475
2006–07	5,886,618	211,517¹	13,540,275	19,638,410	155,082,974
2007–08	6,281,662	43,987¹	18,318,531	24,644,180	165,999,787
2008–09	7,431,275	801,124¹	15,438,016	23,670,415	181,228,970
2009–10	8,697,147	30,562¹	15,693,048	24,420,757	197,463,495
2010–11	8,985,433	(4,123)¹	16,820,431	25,801,741	215,033,218

Table 5 - New and Past Allowances for the Fiscal Year 2010–11

1. The following 24 new allowances became payable:
  - 5 to former members of the Senate
  - 4 to the survivors of former members of the Senate
  - 6 to former members of the House of Commons
  - 1 to former members of the House of Commons whose allowances were reinstated
  - 8 to survivors of former members of the House of Commons
2. Withdrawal allowances (i.e., return of members' contributions with interest) were paid in respect of 0 members of the House of Commons and 0 members of the Senate who retired.
The following 19 allowances ceased to be payable:
1. to 18 persons who died:
  - 5 former members of the Senate
  - 2 survivors of former members of the Senate
  - 8 former members of the House of Commons
  - 3 survivors of former members of the House of Commons
2. to 1 person whose allowances ceased to be payable for the reasons given below:
  - 0 to the child of a former member of the Senate whose allowance was suspended due to age
  - 0 to the child of a former member of the House of Commons whose student allowance was suspended
  - 0 to former members of the House of Commons who transferred to the Senate
  - 0 to former members of the House of Commons who was re-elected to Parliament
  - 1 to former members of the House of Commons suspended re Bill C85

Since the Act came into force on November 20, 1952, a total of 1,445 annual allowances and 916 withdrawal allowances have been authorized.

The distribution of annual allowances in pay (including applicable indexation and MPRCA) at March 31, 2011, was as follows:

**Table 6 - Distribution of Annual Allowances in Pay**
Amount of Allowance ($)	Former Members	Survivors	Dependant Children/Students	Total
Notes: Included in the above allowances, two former members were in receipt of an indexed annual allowance for service as prime minister. The average annual allowance, including indexation and MPRCA, was $60,599 for former members of the Senate and $55,102 for former members of the House of Commons. There were 14 former members of the Senate and 45 former members of the House of Commons who received an annual pension, including indexing and MPRCA, exceeding $90,000.
90,000 and over	59	0	0	59
85,000–89,999	15	0	0	15
80,000–84,999	20	0	0	20
75,000–79,999	22	0	0	22
70,000–74,999	11	1	0	12
65,000–69,999	33	1	0	34
60,000–64,999	39	0	0	39
55,000–59,999	23	2	0	25
50,000–54,999	38	4	0	42
45,000–49,999	28	8	0	36
40,000–44,999	41	16	0	57
35,000–39,999	46	25	0	71
30,000–34,999	33	11	0	44
25,000–29,999	27	24	0	51
20,000–24,999	24	23	0	47
15,000–19,999	18	16	0	34
Up to 14,999	24	30	6	60
Totals	501	161	6	668