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Average net worth at 56 in Canada
How household net worth compares at age 56, based on Statistics Canada's Survey of Financial Security. Net worth is assets minus debts. Type your number to find your percentile.
Median net worth
$794,000
at 56 · the 50th percentile
Top 10% have over
$2,939,000
the 90th percentile
Top 1% have over
$7,546,000
the 99th percentile
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The distribution
Net worth by percentile at age 56
Household net worth (assets minus debts). National figures, interpolated by age.
10th: $40,00025th: $238,00050th: $794,00075th: $1,589,00090th: $2,939,00099th: $7,546,000
Net worth here is household-based (Survey of Financial Security) and national — not individual or provincial. Educational information only, not financial advice.
At 56
What's different about 56
56 falls in Statistics Canada's 55-to-64 age group, whose measured median household net worth is $873,400.
Single years are interpolated between group medians, so around 56 the median rises by about $19,760 per year of age, from $696,000 at 51 to $860,000 at 61.
Retirement milestones from 56
- 4 years until you can start CPP. 60 is the earliest age, at a permanently reduced pension.
- 9 years until OAS at 65. In 2026 the maximum OAS is $742 a month and the maximum CPP at 65 is $1,508 a month.
- A Canadian aged 56 can expect to live about 28.9 more years on average, to roughly 85 (Statistics Canada life tables).
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