deputy, sure make me go looking...here's what i found.
On the grand scale of hoarding our country ranks 75th overall of all reporting countries.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_reserve#Officially_reported_gold_holdings
a paltry 3.4 tons. Certainly room for more in the vault i would say.
The CPP fund lists it holdings/investment as below.
http://www.cppib.ca/Investments/Our_Investment_Partners/Funds_and_Secondaries_Partners/fund_commitments.html
public equity holding of the CPP here.
http://www.cppib.ca/files/PDF/CDN_PublicEquityHoldings_March312011.pdf
foreign equity holdings here.
http://www.cppib.ca/files/PDF/CDN_PublicEquityHoldings_March312011.pdf