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TORONTO — A majority of Canadians recently polled say they are relying on the Canada Pension Plan, many of them heavily, to get through retirement.

The Bank of Montreal survey found that 89% said they would have to rely on the CPP or the Quebec Pension Plan when they stopped working.

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Nearly a third — 31% — said they will count “heavily” on the government pension plan.

Meanwhile, 88% of respondents said they would use personal savings like RRSPs or tax-free savings accounts to help fund retirement, while 59% said they would likely take a part-time job.

Other options included the 49% of respondents who planned on selling their homes or property for some cash.

Less than half — 40% — were counting on an inheritance, while 34% hoped to win a lottery. Twenty-eight percent say they expect to get financial assistance from their children or other family members.

The online poll of 1,003 adults was conducted by Pollara between Nov. 18 and Nov. 22. The polling industry’s professional body, the Marketing Research and Intelligence Association, says online surveys cannot be assigned a margin of error because they do not randomly sample the population.