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

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Assets and debts held by family units, median amounts, by net worth quintile
(Highest 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	723,113	2,443	100.0	925,584	2,663	100.0
Private pension assets¹	282,514	2,324	95.1	390,421	2,533	95.1
RRSPs, LIRAs, RRIFs and other²	97,923	2,180	89.2	112,000	2,326	87.4
EPPs³	216,435	1,737	71.1	322,990	1,936	72.7
Financial assets, non pension	40,321	2,393	98.0	47,600	2,606	97.8
Deposits in financial institutions	13,248	2,336	95.6	16,000	2,572	96.6
Mutual funds, investment funds and income trusts	39,415	772	31.6	55,000	782	29.4
Stocks	28,801	638	26.1	47,000	672	25.2
Bonds (savings and other)	7,719	663	27.1	7,500	495	18.6
Other financial assets⁴	16,019	574	23.5	17,000	677	25.4
Non-financial assets	301,833	2,443	100.0	383,500	2,663	100.0
Principal residence	207,366	2,309	94.5	275,000	2,581	96.9
Other real estate	120,964	902	36.9	170,000	986	37.0
Vehicles	19,009	2,273	93.0	20,000	2,404	90.3
Other non-financial assets⁵	23,041	2,443	100.0	30,000	2,663	100.0
Equity in business	115,204	802	32.8	150,000	819	30.7
Debts	52,253	1,411	57.7	53,000	1,670	62.7
Mortgages	79,490	842	34.5	90,000	926	34.8
Principal residence	69,122	701	28.7	80,000	778	29.2
Other real estate	86,403	247	10.1	115,000	286	10.7
Line of credit	11,520	489	20.0	15,000	753	28.3
Credit card and installment debt⁶	2,304	554	22.7	3,000	753	28.3
Student loans	9,216	119	4.9	F	76	2.8
Vehicle loans	12,672	404	16.5	14,400	620	23.3
Other debt	8,064	204	8.3	F	185	7.0
Net worth (assets less debts)	671,561	2,443	100.0	862,850	2,663	100.0
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. 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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