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| 1999 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | N.L. | |||||
| Number of family units | 12,215,629 | 198,630 | ||||
| Family units with component | Family units with component | |||||
| Average amount | Median1 amount | Average amount | Median1 amount | |||
| % | $ | % | $ | |||
| Assets | 100.0 | 237,163 | 136,600 | 100.0 | 114,687 | 75,780 |
| Financial assets | 93.0 | 74,774 | 16,500 | 80.8 | 37,801 | 6,670 |
| Within registered plans | 61.0 | 56,442 | 20,000 | 42.0 | 34,112 | 15,000 |
| RRSPs and LIRAs2 | 54.9 | 51,189 | 20,000 | 39.1 | 32,658 | 14,500 |
| Other registered plans3 | 14.7 | 42,967 | 10,000 | x | x | x |
| Outside registered plans | 90.0 | 39,047 | 4,400 | 79.5 | 20,424 | 2,000 |
| Deposits in financial institutions | 87.9 | 14,970 | 2,670 | 78.1 | 7,657 | 1,500 |
| Mutual funds and investment funds, stocks and bonds (saving and other) | 30.0 | 53,928 | 7,500 | 19.4 | 15,407 | 2,000 |
| Other financial assets4 | 8.9 | 64,948 | 8,000 | x | x | x |
| Non-financial assets | 100.0 | 138,593 | 103,000 | 100.0 | 77,755 | 61,500 |
| Principal residence | 60.4 | 149,661 | 125,000 | 73.2 | 66,440 | 60,000 |
| Other real estate | 16.5 | 116,999 | 65,000 | 17.0 | 42,225 | 15,600 |
| Vehicles | 77.2 | 13,329 | 9,000 | 77.1 | 10,616 | 7,000 |
| Other non-financial assets5 | 100.0 | 18,689 | 10,000 | 100.0 | 13,767 | 10,000 |
| Equity in business | 18.7 | 155,610 | 10,000 | x | x | x |
| Debts | 68.0 | 55,155 | 29,000 | 75.3 | 29,332 | 17,000 |
| Mortgages | 35.1 | 82,844 | 69,000 | 25.1 | 46,332 | 40,000 |
| Principal residence | 32.7 | 76,116 | 67,000 | 24.2 | 42,237 | 40,000 |
| Other real estate | 4.7 | 88,550 | 60,000 | x | x | x |
| Line of credit | 15.9 | 13,542 | 5,000 | x | x | x |
| Credit card and installment debt6 | 38.5 | 3,033 | 1,800 | 52.6 | 2,614 | 1,500 |
| Student loans | 11.8 | 10,361 | 7,280 | 19.8 | 15,831 | 12,500 |
| Vehicle loans | 21.2 | 11,226 | 9,000 | 31.7 | 10,130 | 8,000 |
| Other debt | 16.3 | 9,301 | 4,000 | 19.4 | 8,562 | 3,000 |
| Net Worth (assets less debts) | 99.9 | 199,789 | 81,000 | 100.0 | 92,612 | 53,000 |
| x : suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 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. The value at which half of all family units have lower net worth and half have higher net worth. 2. 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/Quebec Pension Plans (C/QPP). 3. Registered Retirement Savings Plans (RRSPs), Registered Retirement Income Funds (RRIFs). Also includes Locked-in Retirement Accounts (LIRAs). 4. Employer-sponsored Registered Pension Plans (EPPs). These plans were valued on a termination basis. Only plan membership to the time of the survey was considered. Interest rates are assumed based on current market rates. 5. Includes such things as Deferred Profit Sharing Plans (DPSPs) and annuities. 6. Includes Registered Education Savings Plans (RESPs), treasury bills, mortgage-backed securities, money held in trust, money owed to the respondent and other miscellaneous financial assets, including shares of privately held companies. 7. The value of the contents of the respondent's principal residence, valuables and collectibles, copyrights and patents, etc. 8. Includes major credit cards and retail store cards, gasoline station cards, etc. Installment debt is the total amount owing on deferred payment or installment plans where the purchased item is to be paid for over a period of time. Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Financial Security. Last modified: 2004-08-25. | ||||||
To learn more about the results of this survey, see The assets and debts of Canadians: Focus on private pension savings as well as Survey of Financial Security: Methodology for estimating the value of employer pension plan benefits.
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