Alberta is entitled to 53 percent (about 334 billion dollars) of CPP assets if it leaves.
Claimed by: Government of Alberta / LifeWorks 2023 report
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Summary
The 53 percent figure comes from a 2023 report the Government of Alberta commissioned from LifeWorks, which applied one particular reading of the CPP withdrawal formula and arrived at roughly $334 billion. In December 2024 the federal Chief Actuary rejected that reading, noting it would hand provinces a mathematically impossible share if everyone left at once. The Chief Actuary's analysis aligned with economist Trevor Tombe's estimate of about 20 to 25 percent. Because the 53 percent figure was rejected by the federal Chief Actuary and sits well above those independent estimates, presenting it as Alberta's entitlement is misleading; no official figure has been agreed.
Evidence
The 2023 LifeWorks report commissioned by Alberta estimated the province could claim about 53 percent of base CPP assets, roughly $334 billion, on a January 2027 withdrawal.
In December 2024 the federal Chief Actuary, Assia Billig, rejected the 53 percent interpretation; her finding tracked economist Trevor Tombe's estimate of roughly 20 to 25 percent of the plan.
Independent policy analysis treats the withdrawal entitlement as unsettled, since the Chief Actuary set out a method rather than an agreed dollar figure.