Median net worth of Canadian families up 14.7% from 2012

OTTAWA — The median net worth of Canadian families totalled $295,100 in 2016, up 14.7 per cent from 2012 the last time the survey was conducted, Statistics Canada said Thursday. Housing was both the largest asset and the largest debt for Canadians. The total value of assets held by Canadians in 2016 was $12 trillion, up from $9.9 trillion in 2012. The median value of total assets owned by families amounted to $440,200, up from $391,700 in 2012. Meanwhile, total debt reached $1.76 trillion in 2016, up from $1.41 trillion in 2012. The median value of total debt owed by families was $80,600 in 2016, up from $63,400 in 2012. The report also found that 29.6 per cent of Canadian families were debtfree in 2016.