Table 14
Assets, debts and net worth, by family type, 2009
Family type1 | Total assets | Total debts | Net worth | |||
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Average | Median | Average | Median | Average | Median | |
dollars | ||||||
Couple families | ||||||
Married couples† | 658,600 | 400,000 | 61,300 | 6,000 | 597,000 | 325,000 |
Two-parent families with children2 | 567,000 | 357,000* | 130,200* | 85,000* | 442,300* | 217,000* |
Other families | 561,000 | 260,000* | 68,000 | 10,000* | 497,600 | 165,000* |
Lone-parent families | ||||||
Female lone-parent† | 187,000 | 60,000 | 67,800 | 14,000 | 119,100 | 17,000 |
Male lone-parent | 281,800* | 200,000* | 128,800* | 55,000* | 134,600* | 80,000* |
Unattached individuals | ||||||
Under 65 | ||||||
Women† | 265,100 | 100,000 | 35,000 | 3,500 | 226,000 | 55,000 |
Men | 387,200 | 125,000* | 50,600* | 6,000* | 335,000 | 70,000* |
65 years of age and older | ||||||
Women† | 249,000 | 75,500 | 4,900 | 0 | 246,000 | 75,000 |
Men | 415,900* | 219,000* | 9,700* | 0 | 412,600* | 215,000* |
1. Includes senior families. 2. Includes single children under 25 living in the home. * indicates significant difference from the reference group † reference group Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Financial Capability, 2009. |
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