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Distribution of families by wealth

  Year of birth of major income recipient
1975-1983 1965-1974 1955-1964 1945-1954 1935-1944 1925-1934 Pre-1925 Total
%
1999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Under $10,000 70.3 32.3 17.5 11.9 11.6 9.7 9.2 19.8
$10,000 to $29,999 15.1 15.8 8.9 5.9 4.9 4.1 6.4 8.7
$30,000 to $49,999 5.6 10.4 6.5 4.1 2.9 3.8 4.3 5.8
$50,000 to $99,999 4.3 17.3 15.4 10.8 7.6 8.4 11.7 12.2
$100,000 to $249,999 2.9 16.0 28.7 22.6 16.9 18.6 29.2 21.1
$250,000 to $499,999 0.5 5.8 14.3 23.1 19.8 27.6 21.5 16.4
$500,000 to $999,999 0.7 1.6 6.7 15.1 22.2 19.3 11.7 10.8
$1,000,000 or more 0.5 0.8 2.1 6.4 14.0 8.7 6.1 5.2
Median/mean wealth ratio 7.3 34.7 50.7 56.0 59.4 70.4 58.2 42.9
Gini coefficient of wealth 1 0.755 0.656 0.615 0.586 0.537 0.586 0.678
2005 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Under $10,000 45.1 20.9 12.3 10.5 9.7 6.0 7.6 17.6
$10,000 to $29,999 18.1 10.6 5.8 5.5 2.4 6.5 9.9 8.3
$30,000 to $49,999 9.4 5.2 4.1 2.3 2.3 2.3 3.8 4.4
$50,000 to $99,999 13.7 15.5 10.2 6.1 6.2 6.8 9.1 10.1
$100,000 to $249,999 10.3 25.4 21.3 17.7 19.2 20.6 20.1 19.2
$250,000 to $499,999 2.5 14.9 23.7 19.9 20.4 21.7 23.4 17.5
$500,000 to $999,999 0.5 5.7 13.8 22.1 25.0 23.5 17.4 14.2
$1,000,000 or more 0.4 1.7 8.8 15.8 14.9 12.6 8.7 8.6
Median/mean wealth ratio 26.2 50.8 48.5 58.0 64.9 68.6 60.9 42.9
Gini coefficient of wealth 0.840 0.655 0.667 0.602 0.568 0.531 0.576 0.678
1. Since many families had a negative wealth, the coefficient turned out to be greater than 1.0 and is not shown here.
Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Financial Security, 1999 and 2005.