Benefits Data Source — Canada (BDS Canada)

BDS Canada captures details on the benefits offered to newly hired employees at leading organizations in Canada. It has approximately 550 participants and contains market data for 29 industries. Database members rely on this comprehensive benefits data source and its user-friendly tools to make decisions about competitive positioning. BDS Canada is the result of the merger of the BDB and COMPARISON databases.

Learn more about:

• BDS Canada brochure
• Become a member

Tools and Services

Towers Watson comprehensive benefit databases cover retirement benefits, health and welfare plans, paid time off, flexible benefits and lifestyle benefits. We capture benefit information for broad-based salaried, union, hourly and supplemental executive plans. Database members may purchase any of the following tools and services:

Benefits Online

Subscribers to Benefits Online can research the prevalence of specific plan provisions or other participants' complete benefit plan offerings. Read more about Benefits Online on our website, or download the Benefits Online brochure.

BENVAL

Our BENVAL tool provides a customized analysis and comparison of benefit plans among a group of organizations by determining values as a percentage of pay for your plans and those of your comparator organizations, as well as by providing relative indices. Access the BENVAL brochure

Total Rewards Valuation

Using data from our compensation and benefit databases, we can determine the overall value and competitiveness of your combined total rewards programs for individual positions, career levels, or functional areas.

Update on Benefits Trends

Update on Benefits Trends is intended to help you stay up to date on benefit trends and directions. In each issue, we share insights we glean from the data and from our experience in consulting to some of Canada's largest employers.