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  • 1. Rising prices and the impact on the most financially vulnerable: A profile of those in the bottom family income quintile
    Articles and reports: 75-006-X202300100002
    Description: This study uses the 2022 Portrait of Canadian Society Survey to examine the impact of rising inflation on the lowest income Canadians. Using multiple pre-pandemic data sources, the study also takes a closer look at people living in the bottom income quintile, examining their family income, debt and assets levels, as well as some indicators of economic hardship.
    Release date: 2023-02-08
  • 2. Study: Rising prices and the impact on the most financially vulnerable: A profile of those in the bottom family income quintile
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202303936144
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2023-02-08
  • 3. Percentage of persons who are asset resilient, Canada
    Table: 11-10-0082-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Percentage of persons who are asset resilience for at least one, three and six months, by age group, by family type, by national low income measure (LIM) and after-tax household income measure, Canada.

    Release date: 2021-05-04
  • 4. Percentage of persons who are asset resilient, Canada and provinces
    Table: 11-10-0083-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Percentage of persons in asset resilience for at least one, three and six months, by age group and family type, by national low income measure (LIM) and after-tax household income measure, Canada and provinces.

    Release date: 2021-05-04
  • 5. Selected assets and debts by after-tax income deciles, Survey of Financial Security
    Table: 11-10-0078-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Composition of assets (including Employer Pension Plans valued on a termination basis) and debts held by all family units, by after-tax income deciles, Canada and geographical regions of Canada.

    Release date: 2020-12-23
  • 6. Survey of Financial Security 2019 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X20203574267
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2020-12-22
  • 7. The assets, debts and net worth of Canadian families, 2019 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2020089
    Description:

    This infographic provides a snapshot of the net worth of Canadian families by province and family type in 2019. In addition, there's a focus on the most common asset and debt holdings of families. This infographic uses data from the Survey of Financial Security.

    Release date: 2020-12-22
  • 8. Assets and debts held by economic family type, by age group, Canada, provinces and selected census metropolitan areas, Survey of Financial Security
    Table: 11-10-0016-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Assets and debts held by family units and by age groups, total amounts.
    Release date: 2020-12-22
  • 9. Assets and debts by net worth quintile, Canada, provinces and selected census metropolitan areas, Survey of Financial Security
    Table: 11-10-0049-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    This table contains 58320 series, with data for years 1999 - 2016 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (20 items: Canada; Atlantic; Newfoundland and Labrador; Prince Edward Island; ...);  Assets and debts (27 items: Total assets; Private pension assets; Registered Retirement Savings Plans (RRSPs), Registered Retirement Income Funds (RRIFs), Locked-in Retirement Accounts (LIRAs) and other; Employer-sponsored Registered Pension Plans (EPPs); ...);  Net worth quintiles (6 items: Total, all net worth quintiles; Lowest net worth quintile; Second net worth quintile; Middle net worth quintile; ...);  Statistics (6 items: Total values; Percentage of total assets or total debts; Number holding asset or debt; Percentage holding asset or debt; ...);  Confidence intervals (3 items: Estimate; Lower bound of a 95% confidence interval; Upper bound of a 95% confidence interval).

    Release date: 2020-12-22
  • 10. Assets and debts by after-tax income quintile, Canada, provinces and selected census metropolitan areas, Survey of Financial Security
    Table: 11-10-0057-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    This table contains 58320 series, with data for years 1999 - 2016 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (20 items: Canada; Atlantic; Newfoundland and Labrador; Prince Edward Island; ...);  Assets and debts (27 items: Total assets; Private pension assets; Registered Retirement Savings Plans (RRSPs), Registered Retirement Income Funds (RRIFs), Locked-in Retirement Accounts (LIRAs) and other; Employer-sponsored Registered Pension Plans (EPPs); ...);  After-tax income quintiles (6 items: Total, all after-tax income quintiles; Lowest after-tax income quintile; Second after-tax income quintile; Middle after-tax income quintile; ...);  Statistics (6 items: Total values; Percentage of total assets or total debts; Number holding asset or debt; Percentage holding asset or debt; ...);  Confidence intervals (3 items: Estimate; Lower bound of a 95% confidence interval; Upper bound of a 95% confidence interval).

    Release date: 2020-12-22
Data (8)

Data (8) ((8 results))

  • 1. Percentage of persons who are asset resilient, Canada
    Table: 11-10-0082-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Percentage of persons who are asset resilience for at least one, three and six months, by age group, by family type, by national low income measure (LIM) and after-tax household income measure, Canada.

    Release date: 2021-05-04
  • 2. Percentage of persons who are asset resilient, Canada and provinces
    Table: 11-10-0083-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Percentage of persons in asset resilience for at least one, three and six months, by age group and family type, by national low income measure (LIM) and after-tax household income measure, Canada and provinces.

    Release date: 2021-05-04
  • 3. Selected assets and debts by after-tax income deciles, Survey of Financial Security
    Table: 11-10-0078-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Composition of assets (including Employer Pension Plans valued on a termination basis) and debts held by all family units, by after-tax income deciles, Canada and geographical regions of Canada.

    Release date: 2020-12-23
  • 4. Assets and debts held by economic family type, by age group, Canada, provinces and selected census metropolitan areas, Survey of Financial Security
    Table: 11-10-0016-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Assets and debts held by family units and by age groups, total amounts.
    Release date: 2020-12-22
  • 5. Assets and debts by net worth quintile, Canada, provinces and selected census metropolitan areas, Survey of Financial Security
    Table: 11-10-0049-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    This table contains 58320 series, with data for years 1999 - 2016 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (20 items: Canada; Atlantic; Newfoundland and Labrador; Prince Edward Island; ...);  Assets and debts (27 items: Total assets; Private pension assets; Registered Retirement Savings Plans (RRSPs), Registered Retirement Income Funds (RRIFs), Locked-in Retirement Accounts (LIRAs) and other; Employer-sponsored Registered Pension Plans (EPPs); ...);  Net worth quintiles (6 items: Total, all net worth quintiles; Lowest net worth quintile; Second net worth quintile; Middle net worth quintile; ...);  Statistics (6 items: Total values; Percentage of total assets or total debts; Number holding asset or debt; Percentage holding asset or debt; ...);  Confidence intervals (3 items: Estimate; Lower bound of a 95% confidence interval; Upper bound of a 95% confidence interval).

    Release date: 2020-12-22
  • 6. Assets and debts by after-tax income quintile, Canada, provinces and selected census metropolitan areas, Survey of Financial Security
    Table: 11-10-0057-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    This table contains 58320 series, with data for years 1999 - 2016 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (20 items: Canada; Atlantic; Newfoundland and Labrador; Prince Edward Island; ...);  Assets and debts (27 items: Total assets; Private pension assets; Registered Retirement Savings Plans (RRSPs), Registered Retirement Income Funds (RRIFs), Locked-in Retirement Accounts (LIRAs) and other; Employer-sponsored Registered Pension Plans (EPPs); ...);  After-tax income quintiles (6 items: Total, all after-tax income quintiles; Lowest after-tax income quintile; Second after-tax income quintile; Middle after-tax income quintile; ...);  Statistics (6 items: Total values; Percentage of total assets or total debts; Number holding asset or debt; Percentage holding asset or debt; ...);  Confidence intervals (3 items: Estimate; Lower bound of a 95% confidence interval; Upper bound of a 95% confidence interval).

    Release date: 2020-12-22
  • 7. Selected assets and debts by net worth deciles, Survey of Financial Security
    Table: 11-10-0075-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Composition of assets (including Employer Pension Plans valued on a termination basis) and debts held by all family units, by net worth deciles, Canada and geographical regions of Canada.

    Release date: 2020-12-22
  • 8. Survey of Financial Security (SFS), composition of assets and debts held by all family units, by net worth quintiles Archived
    Table: 11-10-0021-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Composition of assets (including Employer Pension Plans valued on a termination basis) and debts held by all family units, by net worth quintiles, Canada and provinces.

    Release date: 2018-04-13
Analysis (32)

Analysis (32) (0 to 10 of 32 results)

  • 1. Rising prices and the impact on the most financially vulnerable: A profile of those in the bottom family income quintile
    Articles and reports: 75-006-X202300100002
    Description: This study uses the 2022 Portrait of Canadian Society Survey to examine the impact of rising inflation on the lowest income Canadians. Using multiple pre-pandemic data sources, the study also takes a closer look at people living in the bottom income quintile, examining their family income, debt and assets levels, as well as some indicators of economic hardship.
    Release date: 2023-02-08
  • 2. Study: Rising prices and the impact on the most financially vulnerable: A profile of those in the bottom family income quintile
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202303936144
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2023-02-08
  • 3. Survey of Financial Security 2019 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X20203574267
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2020-12-22
  • 4. The assets, debts and net worth of Canadian families, 2019 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2020089
    Description:

    This infographic provides a snapshot of the net worth of Canadian families by province and family type in 2019. In addition, there's a focus on the most common asset and debt holdings of families. This infographic uses data from the Survey of Financial Security.

    Release date: 2020-12-22
  • 5. Homeownership, mortgage debt and types of mortgage among Canadian families
    Articles and reports: 75-006-X201900100012
    Description:

    A dream of many Canadians is to someday own their own home and most take on debt for that reason. This study uses data from the Survey of Financial Security to examine changes in homeownership rates and factors associated with homeownership, the proportion of families who had paid off the mortgage on their principal residence, and the amount of mortgage debt owed by families who had a mortgage. The study also provides information on the types of mortgage rates on the principal residence (fixed rate, variable rate or a combination of both).

    Release date: 2019-08-08
  • 6. Study: Homeownership, mortgage debt and types of mortgage among Canadian families 1999 to 2016 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X201922020843
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2019-08-08
  • 7. What do we know about homeownership and mortgage debt in Canada? Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2019054
    Description:

    A dream of many Canadians is to someday own their own home. Canadians work hard to achieve this goal and most take on debt for that reason. Using data from the Survey on Financial Security, this infographic describes trends in homeownership and mortgage debt from 1999 to 2016.

    Release date: 2019-08-08
  • 8. Debt and financial distress among Canadian families
    Articles and reports: 75-006-X201900100010
    Description:

    This study uses data from the 2016 Survey of Financial Security to examine financial distress indicators for Canadian families. Three financial distress indicators are examined: the proportion of Canadian families who skipped or delayed a mortgage payment, the proportion who skipped or delayed a non-mortgage payment and the proportion who borrowed money through a payday loan. This paper also examines the factors associated with financial distress among Canadians, with a particular focus on their debt level.

    Release date: 2019-06-26
  • 9. Study: Debt and financial distress among Canadian families Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X201917720485
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2019-06-26
  • 10. Study: Economic well-being across generations of young Canadians: Are millennials better or worse off? Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X201910820384
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2019-04-18
Reference (1)

Reference (1) ((1 result))

  • 1. 2005 Survey of Financial Security: Public Use Microdata User Guide Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 13F0026M2007001
    Description:

    This guide will be of assistance when using the public use microdata file (PUMF) of the Survey of Financial Security (SFS) conducted by the Pensions and Wealth Surveys Section of the Income Statistics Division.

    Release date: 2007-09-04
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