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RRSPs: Did you contribute?
- March 8, 2010 10:56 AM |
- By POV
Many Canadians have returned to putting money into registered retirement savings plans, or RRSPs, according to recent poll results.
A survey by Winnipeg-based Investors Group found 36 per cent of those polled had made a contribution in the 2009 tax year, up from 31 per cent a year earlier, with Albertans leading that trend.
"There could be many reasons, but obviously people could be feeling more comfortable with the market and its ability to recover over time," Investors Group vice-president Debbie Ammeter told CBC News.
The company's survey for the 2007 tax year found 37 per cent made contributions.
Read more:
Why do you think more people are contributing more towards their RRSPs? If you invested, did you play it safe? Take our poll.
A survey by Winnipeg-based Investors Group found 36 per cent of those polled had made a contribution in the 2009 tax year, up from 31 per cent a year earlier, with Albertans leading that trend.
"There could be many reasons, but obviously people could be feeling more comfortable with the market and its ability to recover over time," Investors Group vice-president Debbie Ammeter told CBC News.
The company's survey for the 2007 tax year found 37 per cent made contributions.
Read more:
Why do you think more people are contributing more towards their RRSPs? If you invested, did you play it safe? Take our poll.
(This poll is not scientific. It is based on readers' votes.)
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