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Assets and debts held by family units, including employer-sponsored registered pension plans, by provinces

  1999
  Canada Newfoundland and Labrador
  Family units with component Family units with component
    Average amount Median1 amount   Average amount Median1 amount
  % $ $ % $ $
ASSETS 100.0 286,800 165,500 100.0 147,500 84,500
  Private pension assets2 71.0 118,100 50,000 57.0 82,100 36,600
    RRSPs and RRIFs3 60.0 55,900 20,000 41.0 34,100 15,000
    EPPs4 47.0 104,600 49,300 42.0 77,900 36,800
    Other private pension assets5 4.0 27,100 8,000 x x x
  Financial assets, non pension 90.0 39,100 4,800 79.0 20,600 2,400
    Deposits in financial institutions 88.0 15,000 2,700 78.0 7,700 1,500
    Mutual and investment funds 14.0 46,200 13,000 x x x
    Stocks 10.0 74,700 8,700 x x x
    Bonds (savings and other) 14.0 14,400 2,500 x x x
    Other financial assets6 13.0 43,800 4,600 x x x
  Non-financial assets 100.0 138,600 103,000 100.0 77,800 61,500
    Principal residence 60.0 149,700 125,000 73.0 66,400 60,000
    Other real estate 16.0 117,000 65,000 17.0 42,200 15,600
    Vehicles 77.0 13,300 9,000 77.0 10,600 7,000
    Other non-financial assets7 100.0 18,700 10,000 100.0 13,800   10,000
  Equity in business 19.0 155,600 10,000 x x x
DEBTS 68.0 55,200 29,000 75.0 29,300 17,000
  Mortgages 35.0 82,800 69,000 25.0 46,300 40,000
    Principal residence 33.0 76,100 67,000 24.0 42,200 40,000
    Other real estate 5.0 88,500 60,000 x x x
  Line of credit 16.0 13,500 5,000 x x x
  Credit card and installment debt8 38.0   3,000 1,800 53.0 2,600 1,500
  Student loans 12.0 10,400 7,300 20.0 15,800 12,500
  Vehicle loans 21.0 11,200 9,000 32.0 10,100 8,000
  Other debt 16.0 9,300 4,000 19.0 8,600 3,000
NET WORTH (assets less debts) 100.0 249,300 109,200 100.0 125,400 65,300
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. The value at which half of all family units have lower net worth and half have higher net worth.
2. 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).
3. Registered Retirement Savings Plans (RRSPs), Registered Retirement Income Funds (RRIFs). Also includes Locked-in Retirement Accounts (LIRAs).
4. 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.  
5. Includes such things as Deferred Profit Sharing Plans (DPSPs) and annuities.
6. 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.
7. The value of the contents of the respondent's principal residence, valuables and collectibles, copyrights and patents, etc.
8. 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: 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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