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Table 1
Families with financial assets

  With RRSP With EPP With RRSP and/or EPP
% $ (median)1 % $ (median)1 % $ (median)1
All families 60 25,000 50* 65,400* 74* 65,800*
Age of major income recipient (MIR)
25 to 44 56(*) 15,000(*) 44*(*) 18,900(*) 69*(*) 29,800*(*)
45 to 54 (ref) 68 40,000 54* 116,500* 79* 137,800*
55 to 64 65 55,000 58 227,100*(*) 81* 244,800*(*)
65 to 69 47(*) 37,000 58 213,400*(*) 71* 215,600E*
Sex of MIR
Male (ref) 63 30,000 53* 70,000* 77* 84,900*
Female 55(*) 20,000(*) 45*(*) 54,100* 68*(*) 50,000*(*)
After-tax family income
Less than $36,500 35(*) 10,000E(*) 25*(*) 28,800E*(*) 48*(*) 16,300E(*)
$36,500 to $58,999 65(*) 20,000(*) 59*(*) 52,900* 83*(*) 54,500*(*)
$59,000 to $84,999 (ref) 81 28,500 70* 64,000* 94* 75,800*
$85,000 and over 89(*) 80,000(*) 77*(*) 162,400*(*) 97*(*) 224,100*(*)
Education of MIR
Less than high school 33(*) 17,000E(*) 31(*) 96,800E* 50*(*) F
Graduated high school 58(*) 20,000(*) 47*(*) 61,500* 73*(*) 50,000*(*)
Non-university postsecondary certificate 64(*) 25,000 55* 56,800* 78* 65,000*
University degree (ref) 73 30,000 59* 79,600E* 82* 102,800E*
Net worth quintile
Bottom 19(*) F 23(*) 12,100E*(*) 35*(*) 4,000E(*)
Second 46(*) 6,000E(*) 39*(*) 18,400E*(*) 61*(*) 12,600*(*)
Middle (ref) 64 15,000 58* 54,900* 83* 33,000*
Fourth 81(*) 35,000(*) 70*(*) 95,500*(*) 92*(*) 100,000*(*)
Top 87(*) 111,100(*) 59* 190,000*(*) 92*(*) 250,000*(*)
* significantly different from 'with RRSP' at the .05 level
(*) significantly different from the reference group (ref)
1. For those with holdings.
Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Financial Security, 2005.