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

  1999
  Canada   Newfoundland and Labrador Prince Edward Island
  $ million % $ million % $ million %
ASSETS 3,503,210 100.0 29,290 100.0 12,908 100.0
Private pension assets1 1,025,027 29.3 9,334 31.9 4,056 31.4
  RRSPs and RRIFs2 408,113 11.6 2,759 9.4 1,682 13.0
  EPPs3 604,209 17.2 6,509 22.2 2,343 18.2
  Other private pension assets4 12,704 0.4 66 0.2 32 0.2
Financial assets, non pension 430,587 12.3 3,244 11.1 1,003 7.8
  Deposits in financial institutions 160,783 4.6 1,189 4.1 370 2.9
  Mutual and investment funds 80,059 2.3 384 1.3 265 2.1
  Stocks 92,383 2.6 98 0.3 140 1.1
  Bonds (savings and other) 25,472 0.7 112 0.4 69 0.5
  Other financial assets5 71,890 2.1 1,462 5.0 159 1.2
Non-financial assets 1,692,997 48.3 15,444 52.7 5,559 43.1
  Principal residence 1,103,740 31.5 9,655 33.0 3,356 26.0
  Other real estate 235,251 6.7 1,428 4.9 621 4.8
  Vehicles 125,703 3.6 1,626 5.6 542 4.2
  Other non-financial assets6 228,303 6.5 2,735 9.3 1,040 8.1
Equity in business 354,600 10.1 1,267 4.3 2,291 17.7
DEBTS 458,076 13.1 4,385 15.0 1,286 10.0
Mortgages 355,094 10.1 2,307 7.9 852 6.6
  Principal residence 303,901 8.7 2,034 6.9 781 6.1
  Other real estate 51,192 1.5 273 0.9 72 0.6
Line of credit 26,281 0.8 213 0.7 65 0.5
Credit card and installment debt7 14,251 0.4 273 0.9 69 0.5
Student loans 14,877 0.4 624 2.1 57 0.4
Vehicle loans 29,089 0.8 638 2.2 141 1.1
Other debt 18,485 0.5 330 1.1 103 0.8
NET WORTH (assets less debts) 3,045,134   24,905   11,622  
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/Quebec Pension Plans (C/QPP).  
2. Registered Retirement Savings Plans (RRSPs), Registered Retirement Income Funds (RRIFs). Also includes Locked-in-Retirement Accounts (LIRAs).
3. 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.
4. Includes such things as Deferred Profit Sharing Plans (DPSPs) and annuities.
5. 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.
6. The value of the contents of the respondent's principal residence, valuables and collectibles, copyrights and patents, etc.
7. 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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