Assets and debts held by family units, median amounts, by net worth quintile (Second net worth quintile)

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Assets and debts held by family units, median amounts, by net worth quintile
(Second net worth quintile)
	1999			2005
	median amount in 2005 constant dollars	number of family units (thousands)	% holding assets and debts	median amount in 2005 constant dollars	number of family units (thousands)	% holding assets and debts
Assets	48,602	2,442	100.0	53,918	2,669	100.0
Private pension assets¹	11,219	1,499	61.4	11,419	1,626	60.9
RRSPs, LIRAs, RRIFs and other²	5,991	1,164	47.7	6,000	1,214	45.5
EPPs³	9,834	793	32.5	11,128	918	34.4
Financial assets, non pension	2,304	2,178	89.2	3,000	2,369	88.8
Deposits in financial institutions	1,394	2,114	86.6	2,000	2,292	85.9
Mutual funds, investment funds and income trusts	4,032	185	7.6	F	173	6.5
Stocks	1,728	93	3.8	2,300	123	4.6
Bonds (savings and other)	1,152	199	8.1	1,067	207	7.8
Other financial assets⁴	2,304	259	10.6	3,000	305	11.4
Non-financial assets	26,670	2,442	100.0	27,600	2,669	100.0
Principal residence	85,251	894	36.6	100,000	976	36.6
Other real estate	34,561	173	7.1	30,000	198	7.4
Vehicles	6,129	1,857	76.0	7,900	1,938	72.6
Other non-financial assets⁵	8,064	2,442	100.0	8,500	2,669	100.0
Equity in business	115	325	13.3	F	254	9.5
Debts	17,338	1,762	72.1	21,700	1,837	68.8
Mortgages	74,422	786	32.2	86,000	821	30.8
Principal residence	74,430	738	30.2	88,000	788	29.5
Other real estate	57,602	67	2.7	..	..	..
Line of credit	2,880	296	12.1	5,000	483	18.1
Credit card and installment debt⁶	1,728	1,174	48.1	2,100	1,140	42.7
Student loans	6,912	312	12.8	8,000	401	15.0
Vehicle loans	9,216	627	25.7	10,000	734	27.5
Other debt	3,456	448	18.4	6,000	460	17.2
Net worth (assets less debts)	34,849	2,442	100.0	37,282	2,669	100.0
F : too unreliable to be published. .. : not available for a specific reference period. 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. 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). 2. Registered Retirement Savings Plans (RRSPs), Locked-in-Retirement Accounts (LIRAs), Registered Retirement Income Funds (RRIFs). Other includes Deferred Profit Sharing Plans (DPSPs), annuities and other miscellaneous pension assets. 3. Employer-sponsored Registered Pension Plans (EPPs). These plans were valued on a termination basis. Only plan membership to the time of the Survey of Financial Security was considered. Interest rates are assumed based on current market rates. 4. 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. 5. The value of the contents of the respondent's principal residence, valuables and collectibles, copyrights and patents, etc. 6. 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 (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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