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Family units, including employer-sponsored registered pension plans, by net worth group and age

  1999
  Age of the individual/family unit member with the highest pre-tax income
  Total Under 35 35–44 45–54 55–64 65 and older
  %
All family units' net worth groups 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Negative 5.9 15.2 4.8 x x x
Less than $5,000 9.3 17.0 7.7 5.6 7.1 6.3
$5,000 to $14,999 8.0 15.3 7.3 4.5 x 5.1
$15,000 to $29,999 5.7 9.2 6.6 3.7 x 3.4
$30,000 to $49,999 6.4 9.2 7.5 4.8 x 4.5
$50,000 to $74,999 7.3 9.1 9.1 5.7 x 6.0
$75,000 to $99,999 5.6 5.7 7.2 5.3 x 4.3
$100,000 to $149,999 8.9 6.5 12.8 9.0 6.2 8.6
$150,000 to $249,999 13.4 5.9 16.4 15.8 13.0 17.7
$250,000 to $499,999 16.1 4.6 13.8 24.3 20.5 23.9
$500,000 to $999,999 9.3 x 5.0 13.4 21.3 13.7
$1,000,000 and over 4.0 x 1.8 5.0 10.5 6.0
All family units' net worth groups 100.0 25.5 24.7 19.6 11.9 18.3
Negative 100.0 65.7 20.2 x x x
Less than $5,000 100.0 46.4 20.5 11.7 9.1 12.3
$5,000 to $14,999 100.0 48.9 22.6 10.9 x 11.6
$15,000 to $29,999 100.0 40.8 28.3 12.6 x 10.7
$30,000 to $49,999 100.0 36.8 29.1 14.9 x 12.9
$50,000 to $74,999 100.0 31.7 30.8 15.3 x 15.0
$75,000 to $99,999 100.0 25.7 31.8 18.5 x 14.0
$100,000 to $149,999 100.0 18.5 35.6 19.9 8.4 17.6
$150,000 to $249,999 100.0 11.3 30.1 23.0 11.6 24.0
$250,000 to $499,999 100.0 7.2 21.1 29.5 15.2 27.0
$500,000 to $999,999 100.0 x 13.2 28.1 27.3 26.9
$1,000,000 and over 100.0 x 11.0 24.9 31.5 27.9
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).
Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Financial Security.
Last modified: 2005-01-13.

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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