Table 1 Assets and debts held by family units, total amounts

**Table 1 Assets and debts held by family units, total amounts**
Table summary
Table 1 shows assets, debts and net worth of family units for 1999 and 2005 from the Survey of Financial Security in 2005 constant dollars. From 1999 to 2005, total assets grew by 42.4 percent from $3.9 trillion to $5.6 trillion. Debts grew by 47.5 percent from $515 billion to $760 billion. Overall net worth grew by 41.7 percent from $3.4 trillion to $4.9 trillion.
	$ millions^Note 1		% change
	1999	2005	1999 to 2005
Assets	3,947,765	5,622,674	42.4
Private pension assets^Note 2	1,151,606	1,631,894	41.7
Financial assets, non pension	487,304	584,588	20.0
Non-financial assets	1,914,119	2,816,366	47.1
Principal residence	1,247,857	1,879,657	50.6
Other real estate	266,340	480,828	80.5
Vehicles	141,886	171,205	20.7
Other non-financial assets^Note 3	258,036	284,675	10.3
Equity in business	394,735	589,827	49.4
Debts	515,417	760,188	47.5
Mortgages	398,863	572,147	43.4
Line of credit	29,213	68,131	133.2
Credit card and installment debt^Note 4	16,275	25,775	58.4
Student loans	17,256	19,974	15.8
Vehicle loans	32,620	46,105	41.3
Other debt	21,191	28,055	32.4
Net worth (assets less debts)	3,432,347	4,862,486	41.7
1. In 2005 constant dollars. 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 Pension Plan/Quebec Pension Plan (CPP/QPP). 3. The value of the contents of the respondent's principal residence, valuables and collectibles, copyrights and patents, etc. 4. 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.

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