Table 2
Wealth variables, Survey of Financial Security (SFS) to National Balance Sheet Accounts (NBSA) mapping

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Table 2
Wealth variables, Survey of Financial Security (SFS) to National Balance Sheet Accounts (NBSA) mapping
Table summary
This table displays the results of Wealth variables. The information is grouped by Category (appearing as row headers), SFS variables and NBSA variables (appearing as column headers).
Category SFS variables NBSA variables
Total assets
  • Total assets, including employer pension plans, termination basis

(Less)

  • Value of collectibles including coins, stamps and art work
  • Total assets
Financial assets
  • Non-pension financial assets
  • Private pension assets, termination basis
  • Value of all businesses operated by the family unit
  • Total financial assets
Life insurance and pensions
  • Value of all employer pension plans, termination basis
  • Life insurance and pensions
Other financial assets
  • Value of all businesses operated by the family unit
  • Asset value of money in banks, non-registered
  • Asset value of all bonds, non-registered
  • Mutual funds & other investments, non-RRSP & income trusts, non-registered
  • Canadian and foreign publicly traded stock, non-registered
  • Tax Free Saving Accounts (TFSA)
  • Other investments or financial assets, non-registered
  • Shares in not publicly traded stock, non-registered
  • Registered retirement funds, including RRSPs, LIRAs, and RRIFs
  • Asset value of other retirement funds
  • Total currency and deposits
  • Canadian short-term paper
  • Canadian bonds and debentures
  • Foreign investments: paper
  • Foreign investments: bonds
  • Mortgages
  • Equity and investment funds
  • Other receivables
Non-financial assets
  • Non-financial assets (principal residence, other)

(Less)

  • Value of collectibles including coins, stamps and art work
  • Total non-financial assets
Real estate
  • Value of the principal residence
  • Asset value of all real estate other than principle residence
  • Residential structures
  • Non-residential structures
  • Land
Other non-financial assets
  • Value of personal use vehicles
  • Value of other recreational vehicles
  • Value of contents of principal residence
  • Non-financial assets, other, not included elsewhere
  • Consumer durables
  • Machinery and equipment
  • Intellectual property products
Total liabilities
  • Total of all debts for the family
  • Total financial liabilities
Mortgage liabilities
  • Mortgage debt (on principal residence and other mortgages)
  • Mortgages
Other liabilities
  • Credit card and installment debt
  • Vehicle loan debt
  • Line-of-credit debt
  • Debt value of student loans
  • Other debt (other loans from financial institutions and other money owed)
  • Consumer credit
  • Non-mortgage loans
  • Other accounts payable
Net worth (wealth)
  • Components of net worth enumerated above
  • Net worth
Source: Statistics Canada, Distributions of Household Economic Accounts, 2019.
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