OMERS
| OMERS | |
| Company type | Statutory corporation |
| Industry | Pension fund |
| Founded | April 18, 1962 |
| Headquarters | EY Tower 900-100 Adelaide Street West Toronto, Ontario M5H 0E2 |
Area served | Participating employers and employees in Ontario, Canada |
Key people | Blake Hutcheson (CEO) George Cooke (Board chair, Administration Corporation) Laurie Hutchinson (CEO, Sponsors Corporation) Max Cananzi (Board chair, Sponsors Corporation) |
| OMERS funded status on a smoothed basis was 98% in 2024 | |
| Total assets | C$140.7 billion (June 30, 2025) |
| Owner | The participating employers and employees of the OMERS pension plans |
Number of employees | estimated 1000 |
| Divisions | OMERS Infrastructure OMERS Capital Markets OMERS Private Equity Oxford Properties |
| Website | omers |
The Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS) is a Canadian public pension fund, headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. OMERS is a defined benefit, jointly sponsored, multi-employer public pension plan created on April 18, 1962 by Ontario provincial statute to administer retirement benefits and manage pension investment funds of local government employees in the Canadian province of Ontario. As of June 30, 2025, OMERS had $140.7 billion in net assets. OMERS serves over 1,000 participating employers and more than half a million active, deferred and retired employees. OMERS members are employed by municipalities, school boards, transit systems, local electrical distribution companies, police service boards, fire fighting and paramedic services, children's aid societies and associated local agencies, boards and commissions.
OMERS members include union and non-union employees of municipalities, school boards, local boards, transit systems, electrical utilities, emergency services and children's aid societies across Ontario.
OMERS is one of Canada's top eight pension funds, nicknamed the "Maple 8" or "Maple Revolutionaries."