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| Survey of Financial Security (SFS) |
| dc962b52-0931-46d7-9086-c25d636e9411 |
| Statistics Canada - Research Data Centres |
| Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, Nunavut, Northwest Territories, Yukon, Saskatchewan |
| The SFS provides a comprehensive picture of the net worth of Canadians. Information is collected on the value of all major financial and non-financial assets and on the money owing on mortgages, vehicles, credit cards, student loans and other debts. A family's net worth can be thought of as the amount of money they would be left with if they sold all of their assets and paid off all of their debts. |
| None |
| The purpose of the survey is to collect information from a sample of Canadian households on their assets, debts, employment, income and education. The SFS provides a comprehensive picture of the financial health of Canadians. Information is collected on the value of all major financial and non-financial assets and on the money owing on mortgages, vehicles, credit cards, student loans and other debts. |
| The target population for the SFS is families across the ten provinces of Canada.
Excluded from the survey are:
- the territories,
- those living on reserves and other Aboriginal settlements,
- official representatives of foreign countries living in Canada and their families,
- members of religious and other communal colonies,
- members of the Canadian Forces living in military bases,
- people living in residences for senior citizens, and
- people living full time in institutions, for example, inmates of penal institutions and chronic care patients living in hospitals and nursing homes |
| Individual |
| 01/01/1999-12/31/1999;01/01/2005-12/31/2005;01/01/2012-12/31/2012;01/01/2016-12/31/2019 |
| 2023-11-28 |
