CAAT Pension Plan members from Community Living Toronto

your merged plan

Merger Update

November 30, 2020


The asset transfer is complete

The transfer of $115 million in defined benefit pension assets to the CAAT Pension Plan from the Pension Plan for Employees of Community Living Toronto (Registration Number: 0279513) and the Pension Plan for Executive Employees of Community Living Toronto (Registration Number: 0691873) was completed on November 3, 2020.

With the transfer of assets, the CAAT Pension Plan assumes responsibility for all defined benefit pension payments to members  of the Community Living Toronto pension plans.

Following a thorough review, the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario (FSRA), provided consent to the transfer on October 8, 2020.


How we got here

On September 30, 2019, an overwhelming 93% of CL Toronto pension plan members voted in favour of merging with the CAAT Pension Plan. Employees from the CL Toronto Employees Plan joined the CAAT Pension Plan effective October 1, 2019.

On September 18, 2020, FSRA advised that it would change how it would communicate its consent to the asset transfer (commonly referred to as “mergers”) with respect to the CL Toronto Employees Plan.

Given the extensive notice provided to date regarding the proposed asset transfers with respect to the pension plan listed above, and the delays related to the COVID pandemic, FSRA advised that it would not issue a NOID prior to issuing its consent regarding the merger of this plan.

Because this change was made while the applications were being considered for the plan of Community Living Toronto those affected by the proposed merger had 10 business days (or until October 1, 2020), to make written submissions with respect to FSRA’s proposed consent to the asset transfers.


What is my DBplus contribution rate?

DBplus contributions are based on employment earnings and are matched dollar for dollar by Community Living Toronto.

Effective date Employee contributions (Plan Part A) Employee contributions (Plan Part B and eligible employees joining DBplus on/after the effective date)
October 1, 2019
9.0%
 6.75%

 


Who do I contact if I have questions about my pension?

Community Living Toronto member services at the CAAT Pension Plan
Toll Free: 1.877.477.3528
E-mail address: CLToronto@mercer.com


Details about your new CAAT pension

If you have prior pension benefits from Community Living Toronto, your total annual pension will be the sum of two parts:

CL Toronto pension + DBplus pension = Total annual pension payable from the CAAT Pension Plan

  • Your CL Toronto pension is the pension you have earned up to September 30, 2019, which will be replicated and payable from the CAAT Pension Plan, once assets are transferred.
  • Your DBplus pension is the pension you are earning under the DBplus plan design as of October 1, 2019.

Inflation protection

Inflation protection increases are made when the CAAT Pension Plan is over 100% funded. This is called conditional inflation protection. Such annual increases are 75% of the annual percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and capped at 8% with a carry forward provision (i.e., in years when inflation is high, any amount above 8% would be carried forward and applied to inflation protection in the following years). Increases are effective on January 1 of each year.

Any benefit earned under the CL Toronto plan will receive conditional inflation protection beginning January 1, 2021.