Mercer is now Marsh
You’ll see a new name and look across imercer.com and our solutions, but the data, methodology, platform access, and support you rely on remain the same. Read the FAQ

Canada Incentive Plan Design Surveys

MULTILEVELMULTISELECTION

Product Details Max 6 hotcakes info tabs starting with keyword 'PD_' will be showen here.

Successful short-term and sales incentive plans must align with your business’s strategies in order to motivate current employees and attract potential candidates. However designing the right plan tailored towards your company’s specific needs can be difficult and time consuming.

Make your job easier with the Canada Incentive Plan Design surveys - Short-Term Incentive Plan Design Survey, Sales Incentive Plan Design Survey, or both. Review or design your company's incentives using data that spans 15 distinct industries across numerous employee groups.

Successful short-term and sales incentive plans must align with your business’s strategies in order to motivate current employees and attract potential candidates. However designing the right plan tailored towards your company’s specific needs can be difficult and time consuming.

Make your job easier with the Canada Incentive Plan Design surveys - Short-Term Incentive Plan Design Survey, Sales Incentive Plan Design Survey, or both. Review or design your company's incentives using data that spans 15 distinct industries across numerous employee groups.

View a list of participating companies included in the Canada Incentive Plan Design Surveys here.

Your data will be delivered in Mercer WIN®, an online delivery platform that gives you access to the data through a variety of customizable parameters. In just a few clicks, you can:


  • Benchmark compensation for traditional jobs and hybrid jobs
  • Compare your compensation strategy to a specific set of peers or competitors
  • Set metrics exactly as you want them
  • Benchmark off cycle
  • Identify the six most common skills associated with a role  
  • Download .xls data files for easy importing into your comp management system

Your survey purchase includes access for up to three (3) users at your company. Additional users can be added during checkout.

We also offer integration with select third party compensation systems making it easy to access Mercer data wherever you prefer to do your market pricing activities.

MULTILEVELMULTISELECTION
2

Please select your participation status

Total

Individuals or companies using Mercer data for consulting services or commercial purposes are subject to different rates.

Please contact us if you have any questions.

  • IsOrderingSetYes
  • Ordering TypeMultiLevelMultiSelection
  • Enable ParticipationYes
  • Participation Start Date06/16/2025
  • Participation End Date08/10/2025
  • Sub TitleEvaluate your short-term and sales incentive plans to enhance organizational strength
  • RegionCA
  • Short DescriptionShort-term incentive and sales incentive data to help you evaluate your plan.
  • isCOLQOLNO
  • CounterPart_SKUSKU_7330
  • Enable WidgetsYes
  • widget1Publish Date ~ December 2025
  • widget2Plan Types ~ 2 [[icon-circle-PlanTypes]]
  • widget3Organizations ~ 123
  • Enable Home Page DisplayDo Not Show

Product Highlights

Product

Organizations

Short-Term Incentive Plan Design Survey

116

Sales Incentive Plan Design Survey

42

The type of survey information collected varies based on the incentive plan type - short-term incentives or sales incentives.

Short-term Incentive Plan Design

  • Payout criteria
  • Payout formula
  • Performance measures
  • Plan communication
  • Plan effectiveness
  • Plan eligibility
  • Plan funding

Sales Incentive Plan Design

  • Governance
  • Incentive calculations
  • Incentive payouts
  • Performance measures and thresholds
  • Plan design
  • Quotas
  • Sales plan effectiveness

Industry

  • Banking/Financial Services
  • Chemicals
  • Consumer Goods
  • Energy
  • Healthcare Services
  • High Tech
  • Insurance/Reinsurance
  • Life Sciences
  • Logistics
  • Mining & Metals
  • Other Manufacturing
  • Other Non-Manufacturing
  • Retail & Wholesale
  • Services (Non-Financial)
  • Transportation Equipment

The industries are consistent across the two survey plan types.

Short-term Incentive Plan Design

Career stream

  • Executive
  • Management
  • Professional
  • Para-professional/support

Sales Incentive Plan Design

Sales role

  • Alliance sales
  • Farmers
  • First line sales managers
  • Hunters
  • Hybrid
  • Inside/telesales
  • Sales directors
  • Solutions/technical sales

Product Highlights

Product

Organizations

Short-Term Incentive Plan Design Survey

116

Sales Incentive Plan Design Survey

42

The type of survey information collected varies based on the incentive plan type - short-term incentives or sales incentives.

Short-term Incentive Plan Design

  • Payout criteria
  • Payout formula
  • Performance measures
  • Plan communication
  • Plan effectiveness
  • Plan eligibility
  • Plan funding

Sales Incentive Plan Design

  • Governance
  • Incentive calculations
  • Incentive payouts
  • Performance measures and thresholds
  • Plan design
  • Quotas
  • Sales plan effectiveness

Industry

  • Banking/Financial Services
  • Chemicals
  • Consumer Goods
  • Energy
  • Healthcare Services
  • High Tech
  • Insurance/Reinsurance
  • Life Sciences
  • Logistics
  • Mining & Metals
  • Other Manufacturing
  • Other Non-Manufacturing
  • Retail & Wholesale
  • Services (Non-Financial)
  • Transportation Equipment

The industries are consistent across the two survey plan types.

Short-term Incentive Plan Design

Career stream

  • Executive
  • Management
  • Professional
  • Para-professional/support

Sales Incentive Plan Design

Sales role

  • Alliance sales
  • Farmers
  • First line sales managers
  • Hunters
  • Hybrid
  • Inside/telesales
  • Sales directors
  • Solutions/technical sales
Participation
PARTICIPATION CLOSED

Participating in the survey

Participating in the survey

You tell us what’s happening in your organization – from what you pay to how you pay – for your positions and we’ll give you a discount on the results. Survey participation is open to all organizations with matching jobs. Missed this year's participation window? Contact us to learn how you can participate in the next edition.

Participation Window

Opens: 06/16/2025

Closes: 08/08/2025

Participation Window

Opens: 06/16/2025

Closes: 08/10/2025

Learn more about participation

Frequently Asked Questions You can manage FAQs in Maintenance > Product Management > Products FAQs

You may also be interested in

  • Canada New Graduate and Generation Z Compensation Survey

    Starting salaries for new graduate hires, co-op students, and interns.
    View this product

  • Canada MBD: Mercer Benchmark Database

    The premier source for general industry compensation data in Canada.
    View this product

  • Canada MBD: Short-Term Incentive Report

    Provides vital information for establishing competitive short-term incentive solutions so that you can continue to motivate and attract top talent.
    View this product