Table 2 
Assets, debts and net worth held by all families in Canada 

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Assets, debts and net worth held by all families in Canada
1999 – Total value held by all families2016 – Total value held by all families2019 – Total value held by all families1999 – Percentage holding asset or debt2016 – Percentage holding asset or debt2019 – Percentage holding asset or debt1999 – Median value for families holding asset or debt2016 – Median value for families holding asset or debt2019 – Median value for families holding asset or debt
  millions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollars %%% dollarsdollarsdollars
Total assets 5,016,588 12,739,498 13,615,026 100.0 100.0 100.0 234,600 466,300 477,000
Private pension assets 1,463,394 3,723,304 3,945,309 69.7 71.3 71.8 73,200 158,900 158,700
Financial assets, non pension 619,237 1,455,576 1,544,715 89.8 96.2 96.6 6,700 12,200 14,000
Deposits in financial institutions 231,701 425,222 384,039 87.5 94.5 95.1 3,700 5,300 5,000
Mutual funds / investment funds / income trusts 115,217 315,025 424,558 14.0 10.7 10.7 19,000 53,000 50,000
Stocks 131,774 264,781 197,227 9.9 7.3 8.0 13,200 22,200E 23,000
Bonds (saving and other) 37,070 22,806E 27,891E 14.0 4.3 2.3 3,700 2,600E 5,000E
Tax-free savings accounts .. 173,690 248,859 .. 42.4 45.8 .. 12,700 15,000
Other financial assets 103,475 254,051 262,142 13.2 21.1 21.5 7,000 12,700 14,000
Non-financial assets 2,432,351 6,556,253 7,001,525 100.0 100.0 100.0 146,400 271,200 273,500
Principal residence 1,585,703 4,591,533 4,992,343 59.6 61.7 61.9 183,000 369,700 400,000
Other real estate 338,450 1,273,431 1,272,081 16.3 18.2 17.5 92,200 222,400 200,000
Vehicles 180,301 315,591 337,048 76.5 79.2 80.4 13,200 15,900 17,000
Other non-financial assets 327,897 375,698 400,053 100.0 100.0 100.0 14,600 10,600 10,000
Equity in business 501,606 1,004,365 1,123,477 19.0 17.8 17.5 13,200 10,600E 9,900E
Total debts 654,962 1,858,926 1,866,265 67.3 70.4 69.8 41,000 85,400 79,000
Mortgage debt 506,851 1,500,411 1,507,421 34.3 38.4 37.4 101,000 201,200 190,000
Mortgage on principal residence 433,724 1,182,923 1,213,438 32.0 35.3 34.6 97,400 190,700 180,000
Mortgage on other real estate 73,127 317,488 293,983 4.6 7.0 6.6 87,800 190,700 178,300
Non-mortgage debt 148,111 358,515 358,844 60.1 62.4 61.2 11,700 20,100 20,000
Line of credit 37,123 150,610 140,662 15.4 21.7 19.3 7,300 15,900 16,000
Credit card and installment debt 20,681 41,356 40,190 38.0 37.7 37.3 2,600 3,200 3,000
Student loans 21,928 39,082 38,826 11.7 12.4 12.5 10,500 12,700 12,000
Vehicle loans 41,451 102,720 112,170 20.8 29.5 30.2 13,200 18,000 18,000
Other debt 26,927 24,747 26,996 16.2 9.8 8.6 5,900 4,400 5,000
Net worth (assets less debts) 4,361,625 10,880,572 11,748,761 100.0 100.0 100.0 153,100 312,500 329,900
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Note(s):
All dollar amounts are in constant 2019 dollars.
Source(s):
Table 11-10-0016-01 (formerly CANSIM 205-0002).
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