Table 1 Retired individuals age 55 and over by type and level of debt

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  Retired, 55 and over In a couple Single1
Total Men Women
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Total retired individuals 4,869 2,959 1,910 522 1,388
  %
Total 100 100 100 100 100
No debt 66 65 68 66 69
Debt 34 35 32 34 31
Total with debt 100 100 100 100 100
Mortgage only 20 21 19 25 17
Consumer only 57 56 58 60 58
Both types of debt 23 24 23 F 26
All debt $
Average dollars 60,150 69,300 44,830 43,540 45,440
Median dollars 19,000 20,000 13,000 18,000 11,000
  %
Range of all debt 100 100 100 100 100
Less than $5,000 25 22 31 25 33
$5,000 to $24,999 32 33 30 32 29
$25,000 to $99,999 26 27 25 27 24
$100,000 or more 17 19 15 F F
1. Includes widowed, separated and divorced, and never-married individuals.
F too unreliable to be published
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Financial Capability Survey, 2009.