Survey of Financial Security: Public Use Microdata File

Description: The cross-sectional public-use microdata file for the Survey of Financial Security is a collection of income, assets, debts and wealth data on the economy of Canadian families. The production of this file includes many safeguards to prevent the identification of any one person or family.

The file is produced at the economic family level with information on family demographics; income; financial behaviours and attitudes; principal residence; assets, debts and net worth; family composition and size; and, in years 2005 onward, the major income recipient.

Please see the user guide for more information.  

Frequency: Occasional

DOI: https://doi.org/10.25318/13m0006x2021001-eng