 |
Net
worth of family units, including employer-sponsored registered pension
plans, by selected characteristics
| |
1999 |
| |
Percentage of family units1 |
Net worth |
| |
|
Net worth |
Average |
Median2 |
| |
|
% |
$ |
$ |
| All provinces |
100.0 |
100.0 |
249,300 |
109,200 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador |
1.6 |
0.8 |
125,400 |
65,300 |
| Prince Edward Island |
0.4 |
0.4 |
214,400 |
90,500 |
| Nova Scotia |
3.1 |
2.3 |
182,200 |
100,300 |
| New Brunswick |
2.5 |
1.8 |
179,400 |
84,900 |
| Quebec |
25.5 |
21.0 |
205,200 |
79,500 |
| Ontario |
36.7 |
40.6 |
276,200 |
132,900 |
| Manitoba |
3.7 |
3.1 |
212,100 |
106,500 |
| Saskatchewan |
3.3 |
3.2 |
242,700 |
131,400 |
| Alberta |
9.5 |
10.3 |
272,100 |
122,000 |
| British Columbia |
13.8 |
16.5 |
298,100 |
127,200 |
| 1. 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). |
| 2. The value at which half of all family units have lower net worth and half have higher net worth. |
| 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
For more information on the concepts, methods and quality of the data contained in this table, consult the Statistical data documentation
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