Please provide 2003 or later Canadian research on consumer habits for
investment and retirement savings.

I found a number of relevant links at Statistics Canada and other
sources on the Internet.  It is hard to find data from 2003 or later
because of delays in gathering and analyzing it, but there are
numerous publications from late 2002 to present available covering
data accumulated over various time frames.  I hope you find the
following links useful.

Sincerely,

Wonko

"Canada's retirement income programs" The Daily, Statistics Canada
(February 14, 2003) http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/030214/d030214a.htm

"Retirement savings through RRSPs and RPPs" Statistics Canada
http://www.statcan.ca/english/Pgdb/labor55.htm
"Study: Using RRSPs before retirement" The Daily, Statistics Canada
(December 15, 2004) http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/041215/d041215d.htm

"Registered retirement savings plan contributions 2003" The Daily,
Statistics Canada (November 2, 2004)
http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/041102/d041102b.htm

"Study: Saving for post-secondary education 2002" The Daily,
Statistics Canada (July 23, 2004)
http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/040723/d040723b.htm

"The retirement plans and expectations of non-retired Canadians aged
45 to 59" Statistics Canada (June 2004)
http://www.statcan.ca/english/research/11F0019MIE/11F0019MIE2004223.pdf

"A Confident Canada: Canadians Manage Uncertain Times with a
Conservative Approach to Personal Financial Management" by Jacqueline
C. Orange, Canada Investment and Savings (November 19, 2002)
http://www.csb.gc.ca/eng/pdf/ci&s201e.html

"We're older and wiser about retirement savings" Royal Bank of Canada
(December 18, 2003) http://www.rbc.com/newsroom/20031218rrsp.html

"Canadians? Retirement Savings Expectations" Insurance-Canada.ca
(February 3, 2004) http://www.insurance-canada.ca/market/canada/IpsosRetire402.php

"75 % Of Canadians Have Less Than Three Months Worth Of Savings In The
Bank" Ipsos News Center (October 21, 2004)
http://www.ipsos-na.com/news/pressrelease.cfm?id=2422

"Mutually naive: investor confidence still high despite fund firm scandal"
By Linda Leatherdale, CANOE (January 14, 2005)
http://money.canoe.ca/Columnists/Leatherdale/2005/01/14/pf-898429.html

Search Terms: Canadian savings survey, Canada retirement investment

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Clarification of Answer by wonko-ga on 17 Jan 2005 13:29 PST

Please request clarification if needed or if you need the information
contained within the links presented to you in a different fashion.

Sincerely,

Wonko