Vestcor’s Economic Value to New Brunswick

We recently partnered with CANCEA, Canada’s foremost independent socio-economic analytics firm, to quantifying and breakdown the economic value generated by Vestcor in New Brunswick in 2025.

Here are a few highlights:

• In 2025, Vestcor generated over $1.5 billion in economic activity in New Brunswick and supported approximately 17,600 jobs and $750 million in wages for New Brunswickers.
• The impacts of Vestcor activities are widespread across New Brunswick. In total, more than 183,000 New Brunswickers benefited from Vestcor activities in 2025, including those living in households with a person whose wages or retirement income is supported by Vestcor.
• In 2025, the industries that received the largest GDP benefits from Vestcor and its clients’ activities in New Brunswick included manufacturing, retail trade, and finance and insurance.

The report also goes beyond the numbers, investigating the social value of pensions to recipients, and the province as a whole.

You can read the full report in the window below, or view the highlights of the report in our Quick Guide. If you prefer to download the reports, you can find the PDF versions at the bottom of the page.