Net worth by age in Canada calculator
Enter family-unit assets and debts, choose the age group of the major income earner, and compare the result with the official 2023 Statistics Canada median. The output is a dollar gap and multiple, not an invented percentile.
Worked example — Official median for family units age 35 to 44: $409,300. Statistics Canada table 11-10-0016-01, 2023 constant dollars
35 to 44 published median: Starts exactly at the official $409,300 family-unit median by entering that net worth as assets and zero debt. It is a sourced comparison point, not a typical asset-and-debt mix.
Use the same unit as the source: one economic family, or one person not in an economic family. Include housing and pension assets if you want a like-for-like net-worth total.
Source: Statistics Canada, table 11-10-0016-01, reference year 2023. Values are 2023 constant dollars; verified 2026-08-09.
Median net worth by age in Canada: the 2023 benchmarks this calculator uses
The benchmarks are medians, not averages, for family units grouped by the age of the major income earner. Every value below is in constant 2023 Canadian dollars, and each is the exact figure the calculator measures your entered net worth against. The vector beside it is the exact Statistics Canada field the page records.
| Age group | Median net worth | Vector |
|---|---|---|
| Under 35 | $159,100 | v80529419 |
| 35 to 44 | $409,300 | v80529437 |
| 45 to 54 | $675,800 | v80529455 |
| 55 to 64 | $873,400 | v80529473 |
| 65 and older | $738,900 | v80529491 |
Statistics Canada: Assets and debts held by economic family type, by age group, Survey of Financial Security ↗
Table 11-10-0016-01; released 2024-10-29; values verified 2026-08-09.
Read the guide to the official 2023 medians for where these numbers come from, the family-unit definition behind them, and what an average can hide about the middle household.
What counts as net worth in this comparison?
Net worth is assets minus debts. The survey total includes financial assets, housing, employer pensions and other assets, then subtracts mortgages, consumer debt and other liabilities. A comparison that enters only an investment account against this household total changes the definition and produces a misleading gap.
Why this calculator does not give a percentile
Five grouped medians cannot locate one household inside the full Canadian wealth distribution. A value above the median is not enough to say 60th, 75th or 90th percentile, and the source describes family units rather than individual people. JMM prints the dollar difference and multiple the table supports, then stops.
Use the benchmark for context, not the plan
A national wealth median does not know your spending, investable share, taxes, debt terms, CPP, OAS, pension income or retirement date. Use it to understand the published middle of an age group. Use a retirement or FIRE calculation to decide whether your own cash flow works.
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