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Defined contribution pension plan (DCPP)

What is a DCPP?

With a DCPP, you'll help your employees build up their retirement savings by making employer contributions. Your employees can also contribute a percentage of their salary.

Advantages

For employers

  • Promotes employee engagement and loyalty
  • A great addition to employee benefit package

For employees

  • Provides retirement income in addition to government benefits
  • Tax advantage: employer contributions don't count as salary
  • Investment income grows tax-free

Contributions

Employer

  • Must equal at least 1% of payroll for participating employees
  • Locked in

Employee

  • Payroll contributions locked in
  • Additional voluntary contributions not locked in

Details

Administration

  • Plan needs to be registered with province, federal government and Canada Revenue Agency
  • Subject to regulatory fees
  • Plan administered in most provinces by board of trustees (in Quebec, can be administered by retirement committee or employer)
  • Annual meetings required in Quebec only

Investments

  • Either employees or administrator responsible for investment choices
  • In most provinces, investment policy required (not always in Quebec)

Contact us

Setting up a plan

Montreal area:
1-800-363-3072 Phone number to set up a group retirement savings plan for the Montreal area. This link opens your phone app.

Quebec City area:
1-877-828-7800 Phone number to set up a group retirement savings plan for the Quebec City area. This link opens your phone app.

Help with an existing plan

Monday to Friday: 8 AM to 8 PM

1-888-510-4762 Phone number for customer service for group retirement savings. This link opens your phone app.

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Group RRSP

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Desjardins Financial Security Life Assurance Company acts as an issuer, service provider or administrator, as the case may be, of the group retirement savings plans.
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