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Private pension assets of family units, by selected characteristics
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| 1999 | 2005 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All family units | Family units with private pension assets1 | All family units | Family units with private pension assets1 | |||
| % | % | median amount in 2005 constant dollars | % | % | median amount in 2005 constant dollars | |
| All family units2 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 57,602 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 68,020 |
| Economic families | 67.9 | 84.4 | 67,873 | 66.3 | 82.7 | 80,492 |
| Elderly families3 | 9.7 | 20.0 | 163,841 | 9.8 | 18.4 | 186,840 |
| Non-elderly families | 58.1 | 64.5 | 57,458 | 56.5 | 64.3 | 67,000 |
| Couple only4 | 15.0 | 24.5 | 70,455 | 16.7 | 27.9 | 94,658 |
| Couple with children5 | 25.6 | 20.7 | 45,137 | 23.1 | 18.4 | 49,114 |
| Other non-elderly families6 | 17.5 | 19.3 | 70,646 | 16.7 | 17.9 | 89,168 |
| Unattached individuals | 32.1 | 15.6 | 32,816 | 33.7 | 17.3 | 43,407 |
| Elderly | 8.7 | 7.2 | 94,901 | 8.2 | 7.4 | 125,040 |
| Non-elderly | 23.5 | 8.3 | 19,585 | 25.5 | 9.9 | 25,801 |
| All ages7 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 57,602 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 68,020 |
| Less than 35 | 25.4 | 4.8 | 11,515 | 25.0 | 3.1 | 10,421 |
| 35 to 44 | 25.2 | 14.4 | 40,545 | 21.8 | 11.8 | 47,000 |
| 45 to 54 | 19.1 | 25.8 | 97,923 | 20.7 | 26.4 | 121,052 |
| 55 to 64 | 11.9 | 27.8 | 188,632 | 14.5 | 32.8 | 242,547 |
| 65 and older | 18.4 | 27.2 | 131,781 | 18.0 | 25.9 | 156,613 |
| All after-tax income groups | 100.0 | 100.0 | 57,602 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 68,020 |
| Less than $20,000 | 23.5 | 4.5 | 16,179 | 21.0 | 2.6 | F |
| $20,000 to $29,999 | 15.6 | 7.2 | 28,801 | 15.8 | 6.4 | 30,000 |
| $30,000 to $39,999 | 15.0 | 11.6 | 34,561 | 13.8 | 8.7 | 40,000 |
| $40,000 to $49,999 | 12.2 | 12.7 | 45,230 | 11.2 | 10.8 | 58,201 |
| $50,000 to $74,999 | 19.3 | 27.0 | 66,568 | 19.6 | 27.5 | 69,567 |
| $75,000 and more | 14.2 | 37.0 | 150,124 | 18.6 | 44.1 | 187,275 |
| All education levels7 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 57,602 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 68,020 |
| Less than high school | 27.6 | 17.1 | 53,789 | 21.1 | 12.2 | 75,000 |
| Graduated high school | 23.5 | 20.5 | 48,197 | 26.3 | 21.9 | 60,000 |
| Non-university post-secondary certificate8 | 28.1 | 23.9 | 46,081 | 28.0 | 26.1 | 62,116 |
| University degree or certificate9 | 20.8 | 38.5 | 95,619 | 24.6 | 39.8 | 90,000 |
| Employment status7 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 57,602 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 68,020 |
| Paid worker | 56.2 | 48.0 | 42,169 | 58.1 | 52.6 | 52,486 |
| Self-employed | 10.2 | 11.0 | 50,114 | 9.8 | 9.1 | 60,000 |
| Unpaid or not employed | 33.6 | 41.1 | 121,230 | 32.0 | 38.3 | 149,512 |
| Elderly | 17.3 | 24.4 | 128,234 | 16.7 | 23.4 | 153,392 |
| Non elderly | 16.3 | 16.7 | 98,617 | 15.4 | 14.9 | 116,348 |
| Home ownership status | 100.0 | 100.0 | 57,602 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 68,020 |
| Own with mortgage | 32.0 | 32.2 | 51,842 | 34.1 | 33.0 | 57,516 |
| Own without mortgage | 27.6 | 56.6 | 144,274 | 27.8 | 57.6 | 200,841 |
| Do not own | 40.4 | 11.2 | 16,772 | 38.1 | 9.4 | 15,000 |
| F : too unreliable to be published. Note:Excludes public plans administered or sponsored by governments: Old Age Security (OAS) including the Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS) and the Spouse's Allowance (SPA), as well as the Canada Pension Plan/Quebec Pension Plan (CPP/QPP). 1. The percentage of family units and median amounts include those with private pension assets other than EPPs, RRSPs and RRIFs. The aggregate amount in other pension assets is relatively small (about 5% of total private pension assets) and includes such things as annuities and DPSPs. 2. Family units: economic families (a group of two or more persons who live in the same dwelling and are related to each other by blood, marriage, common-law or adoption) and unattached individuals (a person living either alone or with others to whom he or she is unrelated). 3. Family in which the person with the highest income before tax is aged 65 or over. 4. Legally married, common-law and same-sex couples. 5. Legally married, common-law and same-sex couples with a child or children (biological, adopted, step, or foster) under the age of 18. 6. Couples living with a child or children (biological, adopted, step, or foster) aged 18 or over and/or with other relatives, but not living with a child or children under the age of 18. Also includes lone parent families (with children of all ages) and related persons (e.g., siblings, cousins) living together. 7. Characteristics refer to an unattached individual or, for families, the major income recipient. 8. Non-university post-secondary certificate includes a certificate or diploma from a trade or vocational school, community college, CEGEP, technical institute or hospital school of nursing. 9. University certificate includes certificate above Bachelor's degree, Master's degree, Doctorate, degree in law, medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine and optometry. Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Financial Security (SFS). Last modified: 2006-12-07. | ||||||
To learn more about the results of this survey, see The Wealth of Canadians: An Overview of the Results of the 2005 Survey of Financial Security.
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