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Net worth of family units, by selected family characteristics
Related tables: Women and gender, Household assets, debts and wealth, Income, pensions and wealth.
| 1999 | 2005 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family units | Net worth1 | Family units | Net worth1 | |||||
| % | % | Median ($)2 | Debt to asset ratio | % | % | Median ($)2 | Debt to asset ratio | |
| Both sexes, all ages3 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 120,451 | 0.13 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 148,350 | 0.14 |
| Less than 65 | 81.6 | 75.2 | 97,251 | 0.16 | 82.0 | 76.0 | 120,200 | 0.17 |
| Less than 35 | 25.4 | 7.9 | 20,460 | 0.34 | 25.0 | 5.3 | 18,750 | 0.39 |
| 35 to 44 | 25.2 | 19.6 | 109,789 | 0.21 | 21.8 | 18.2 | 135,408 | 0.24 |
| 45 to 54 | 19.1 | 25.9 | 214,647 | 0.13 | 20.7 | 26.6 | 231,900 | 0.13 |
| 55 to 64 | 11.9 | 21.8 | 311,509 | 0.06 | 14.5 | 25.9 | 407,417 | 0.07 |
| 65 and older | 18.4 | 24.8 | 238,060 | 0.02 | 18.0 | 24.0 | 303,167 | 0.02 |
| Males, all ages | 100.0 | 100.0 | 151,493 | 0.13 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 184,964 | 0.14 |
| Less than 65 | 83.5 | 75.6 | 121,041 | 0.16 | 83.4 | 75.9 | 151,471 | 0.17 |
| Less than 35 | 24.5 | 7.5 | 30,875 | 0.34 | 23.9 | 5.2 | 28,203 | 0.41 |
| 35 to 44 | 25.8 | 19.2 | 124,384 | 0.21 | 22.5 | 18.1 | 150,225 | 0.25 |
| 45 to 54 | 20.3 | 25.8 | 238,875 | 0.12 | 21.7 | 25.9 | 273,483 | 0.13 |
| 55 to 64 | 12.9 | 23.1 | 385,425 | 0.06 | 15.3 | 26.8 | 448,795 | 0.07 |
| 65 and older | 16.5 | 24.4 | 325,681 | 0.02 | 16.6 | 24.1 | 405,000 | 0.02 |
| Females, all ages | 100.0 | 100.0 | 81,083 | 0.14 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 105,470 | 0.13 |
| Less than 65 | 78.2 | 74.2 | 67,610 | 0.17 | 79.9 | 76.2 | 76,499 | 0.16 |
| Less than 35 | 26.9 | 9.0 | 10,852 | 0.33 | 26.6 | 5.6 | 9,900 | 0.37 |
| 35 to 44 | 24.1 | 20.4 | 82,905 | 0.21 | 20.7 | 18.6 | 96,856 | 0.22 |
| 45 to 54 | 17.0 | 26.0 | 170,564 | 0.14 | 19.2 | 28.1 | 178,650 | 0.14 |
| 55 to 64 | 10.2 | 18.8 | 197,166 | 0.06 | 13.4 | 24.0 | 345,877 | 0.07 |
| 65 and older | 21.8 | 25.8 | 149,884 | 0.02 | 20.1 | 23.8 | 204,833 | F |
| F : too unreliable to be published. Note: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). 1. Net worth includes employer-sponsored registered pension plans valued on a termination basis. 2. In 2005 constant dollars. 3. Characteristics refer to an unattached individual or, for families, the major income recipient. 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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