Net worth is what a family owns, less what it owes. These survey results show the middle net worth of each age group, with price changes removed.
Time covered: 1999 — 2023
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Showing: 1999 — 2023
Main earner under 35
159,100Last point · 2023 · Median net worth, 2023 Canadian dollarsMain earner aged 35–44
409,300Last point · 2023 · Median net worth, 2023 Canadian dollarsMain earner aged 55–64
873,400Last point · 2023 · Median net worth, 2023 Canadian dollarsMedian net worth, 2023 Canadian dollars · The marks show the survey’s 95% range of doubt.
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| Time | All ages of main earner | Low end of the range | High end of the range | Main earner under 35 | Low end of the range | High end of the range | Main earner aged 35–44 | Low end of the range | High end of the range | Main earner aged 45–54 | Low end of the range | High end of the range | Main earner aged 55–64 | Low end of the range | High end of the range | Main earner aged 65 and up | Low end of the range | High end of the range |
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| 1999 | 176,800 | 169,000 | 183,900 | 30,000 | 24,900 | 36,700 | 161,200 | 147,400 | 175,700 | 315,100 | 292,100 | 334,600 | 457,300 | 412,200 | 499,200 | 349,400 | 323,700 | 374,700 |
| 2005 | 217,800 | 202,600 | 233,900 | 27,500 | 19,100 | 33,800 | 198,800 | 164,400 | 226,800 | 340,500 | 316,100 | 401,500 | 598,200 | 528,500 | 683,000 | 445,100 | 384,500 | 489,200 |
| 2012 | 314,700 | 298,600 | 335,600 | 32,600 | 26,500 | 43,800 | 235,600 | 213,100 | 282,700 | 488,400 | 441,500 | 556,100 | 688,900 | 616,500 | 763,800 | 594,600 | 552,600 | 629,900 |
| 2016 | 361,000 | 343,300 | 376,500 | 43,000 | 33,600 | 53,400 | 268,600 | 239,100 | 302,200 | 528,700 | 470,200 | 596,000 | 819,200 | 749,400 | 888,800 | 632,600 | 593,100 | 669,300 |
| 2019 | 381,100 | 361,800 | 403,100 | 56,400 | 45,900 | 68,400 | 270,800 | 240,200 | 302,600 | 602,000 | 542,900 | 668,800 | 797,000 | 742,200 | 853,300 | 627,500 | 579,400 | 665,300 |
| 2023 | 519,700 | 502,100 | 539,800 | 159,100 | 125,000 | 181,900 | 409,300 | 373,000 | 445,300 | 675,800 | 608,100 | 737,500 | 873,400 | 789,000 | 947,400 | 738,900 | 701,300 | 774,600 |
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Net worth is what a family owns, less what it owes. These survey results show the middle net worth of each age group, with price changes removed.
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What this does not show: The survey covers ten provinces. It leaves out reserves, other Indigenous settlements, the territories and some group homes and institutions. Read the source for the full scope. These are different samples, not the same families followed over time. Net worth includes home and private pension assets, less debts. Public pension promises are not assets in this measure.
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