Table 3 
Net worth, average value per household, by income quintile, 2019 to third quarter 2020, Canada 

Net worth, average value per household, by income quintile, 2019 to third quarter 2020, Canada
  2019 Quarter 1 2020 Quarter 2 2020 Quarter 3 2020 Q1 2020/2019 Q2 2020/Q1 2020 Q3 2020/Q2 2020
  dollarsdollarsdollarsdollars % difference% difference% difference
Total assets 899,925 878,008 917,283 943,051 -2.4 4.5 2.8
Lowest income quintile 279,185 274,950 285,744 294,225 -1.5 3.9 3.0
Second income quintile 460,852 453,512 471,168 484,475 -1.6 3.9 2.8
Third income quintile 708,455 697,541 723,839 744,093 -1.5 3.8 2.8
Fourth income quintile 999,983 979,521 1,019,246 1,047,165 -2.0 4.1 2.7
Highest income quintile 2,051,151 1,984,515 2,086,420 2,145,295 -3.2 5.1 2.8
Total liabilities 152,288 153,139 153,980 156,839 0.6 0.5 1.9
Lowest income quintile 73,618 73,983 74,339 75,798 0.5 0.5 2.0
Second income quintile 111,606 112,264 113,024 115,128 0.6 0.7 1.9
Third income quintile 161,873 162,852 163,632 166,970 0.6 0.5 2.0
Fourth income quintile 178,081 179,057 179,817 183,468 0.5 0.4 2.0
Highest income quintile 236,262 237,541 239,090 242,832 0.5 0.7 1.6
Net worth (wealth) 747,637 724,869 763,303 786,211 -3.0 5.3 3.0
Lowest income quintile 205,567 200,967 211,406 218,427 -2.2 5.2 3.3
Second income quintile 349,245 341,248 358,144 369,347 -2.3 5.0 3.1
Third income quintile 546,582 534,690 560,208 577,123 -2.2 4.8 3.0
Fourth income quintile 821,902 800,464 839,429 863,697 -2.6 4.9 2.9
Highest income quintile 1,814,888 1,746,974 1,847,330 1,902,463 -3.7 5.7 3.0
  2019 Quarter 1 2020 Quarter 2 2020 Quarter 3 2020 Q1 2020 - 2019 Q2 2020 - Q1 2020 Q3 2020 - Q2 2020
  %%%% percentage point differencepercentage point differencepercentage point difference
Debt-to-income ratio 187.2 191.8 169.2 166.3 4.6 -22.6 -2.9
Lowest income quintile 289.5 301.8 227.0 226.0 12.3 -74.8 -1.0
Second income quintile 214.6 218.5 177.5 182.2 3.9 -41.0 4.7
Third income quintile 227.5 230.7 198.1 197.7 3.2 -32.6 -0.4
Fourth income quintile 187.1 193.0 171.7 167.4 5.9 -21.3 -4.3
Highest income quintile 145.0 148.5 139.5 134.3 3.5 -9.0 -5.2
Note(s):
  • The household groupings are fixed to the 2019 distributions of household economic accounts.
  • All dollar values are expressed in nominal, unadjusted rates.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, National Economic Accounts Division, distributions of household economic accounts, sub-annual experimental estimates.
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