The Institute carries out regular complex web surveys, using the AskingCanadians web panel. The completely anonymous raw data from these surveys is gradually being made available to the research community, with the appropriate documentation. At this time, the stand-alone (non annual) surveys fielded in 2016, 2017 and 2018 are available.

For more information on surveys or to obtain access to data for research purposes, it is possible to consult our Borealis (Dataverse) directory or to contact the Institute.

RSI Index

  • Sample Size: ~3,000
  • Geography: Canada
  • Target Ages: persons of ages 35 to 54
  • Waves fielded: 5

2022 Surveys

RSI-10 – Preferences for the management of loss of autonomy, December 2022

  • From December 14 2022 to January 5 2024
  • Sample Size : 3,000
  • Geography: Québec
  • Target Ages: persons of ages 55 to 69

RSI-08 – Understanding financial decision, October 2021

  • Pilot in August 2021; Follow-up in July 2022
  • Total Sample Size (pilot + main survey): 2,215
  • Geography: Canada
  • Target Ages: persons of ages 25 to 80
  • Carried out in collaboration with – and with funding from – the Pension Research Council (Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania)

RSI-07 – Paying for long-term care, December 2020

  • Sample Size: 3,004
  • Geography: Québec, Ontario
  • Target Ages: persons of ages 50 to 69
  • Carried out with funding support from FRQSC and SSHRC

RSI-06 – Survey on personal finances in Quebec around the COVID-19 pandemic, May 2020

  • Sample Size: 3,009
  • Geography: Québec
  • Target Ages: persons of ages 25 to 64
  • Carried out in collaboration with the CREEi and the CIRANO

RSI-05 – Applying for retirement pensions (Québec Pension Plan and Canada Pension Plan), November 2019

  • Sample Size: 3,055
  • Geography: Canada, with quota for Québec
  • Target Ages: persons of ages 55 to 59

RSI-04 – Financial products for retirement (disbursement vehicles), Spring 2019

  • Sample Size: 3,057
  • Geography: Canada, 11 census metropolitan areas
  • Target Ages: persons of ages 60 to 70

RSI-03 – Retirement saving vehicles: Knowledge and behaviours with respect to RRSPs and TFSAs, Spring 2018

  • Sample Size: 3,005
  • Geography: Québec and Ontario
  • Target Ages: persons of ages 35 to 55

RSI-02 – Financial products for retirement (life annuities and reverse mortgages), June 2017

  • Sample Size: 3,001
  • Geography: Québec, Ontario and British Columbia
  • Target Ages: persons of ages 55 to 75

RSI-01 – Protection against financial risks in retirement: economic analysis of the risk of dependency (long-term care insurance), November 2016

  • Sample Size: 2,000
  • Geography: Québec and Ontario
  • Target Ages: persons of ages 50 to 70