En 2005, environ 4,6 millions de personnes ont reçu des prestations du Régime de pensions du Canada, réparties comme suit: prestations de retraite: 16 milliards de dollars; prestations d'invalidité: environ 3 milliards; prestations de survivant: près de 4 milliards; et prestations de décès: 500 millions de dollars.
In 2005 about 4.6 million people received benefits from the Canada Pension Plan, of which retirement benefits totalled $16 billion, disability benefits about $3 billion, almost $4 billion was paid out in survivor benefits, and $500 million paid out in death benefits.