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Composition of assets and debts, excluding employer-sponsored registered pension plans, by provinces

  1999
  Canada   Newfoundland and Labrador Prince Edward Island
  $ million % $ million % $ million %
ASSETS 2,897,101 100.0 22,780 100.0 10,566 100.0
Financial assets 849,505 29.3 6,069 26.6 2,716 25.7
  Within registered plans 420,348 14.5 2,845 12.5 1,709 16.2
    RRSPs and LIRAs1 343,011 11.8 2,535 11.1 1,411 13.4
    Other registered plans2 77,337 2.7 x x x x
  Outside registered plans 429,156 14.8 3,224 14.2 1,008 9.5
    Deposits in financial institutions 160,783 5.5 1,189 5.2 370 3.5
    Mutual funds and investment funds, stocks and bonds (saving and other) 197,914 6.8 594 2.6 474 4.5
    Other financial assets3 70,459 2.4 x x x x
Non-financial assets 1,692,997 58.4 15,444 67.8 5,559 52.6
  Principal residence 1,103,740 38.1 9,655 42.4 3,356 31.8
  Other real estate 235,251 8.1 1,428 6.3 x x
  Vehicles 125,703 4.3 1,626 7.1 542 5.1
  Other non-financial assets4 228,303 7.9 2,735 12.0 1,040 9.8
Equity in business 354,600 12.2 x x x x
DEBTS 458,076 100.0 4,385 100.0 1,286 100.0
Mortgages 355,094 77.5 2,307 52.6 852 66.3
  Principal residence 303,901 66.3 2,034 46.4 781 60.7
  Other real estate 51,192 11.2 x x x x
Line of credit 26,281 5.7 x x x x
Credit card and installment debt5 14,251 3.1 273 6.2 69 5.4
Student loans 14,877 3.2 624 14.2 x x
Vehicle loans 29,089 6.4 638 14.5 141 11.0
Other debt 18,485 4.0 330 7.5 103 8.0
NET WORTH (assets less debts) 2,439,025   18,395   9,279  
x Data unavailable, not applicable or confidential.
1. Registered Retirement Savings Plans (RRSPs) and Locked-in Retirement Accounts (LIRAs).
2. Plans other than RRSPs or LIRAs, e.g., Registered Retirement Income Funds (RRIFs), Deferred Profit Sharing Plans (DPSPs) and Registered Education Savings Plans (RESPs).
3. Includes treasury bills, mortgage-backed securities, money held in trust, annuities, money owed to the respondent and other miscellaneous financial assets, including shares of privately held companies not held within registered plans.
4. The value of the contents of the respondent's principal residence, valuables and collectibles, copyrights and patents, etc.
5. 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: 2005-01-12.

To learn more about the results of this survey, see The assets and debts of Canadians: An overview of the results of the Survey of Financial Security.

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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