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Average net worth at 70 in Canada

How household net worth compares at age 70, 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
$739,000
at 70 · the 50th percentile
Top 10% have over
$2,734,000
the 90th percentile
Top 1% have over
$7,020,000
the 99th percentile

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The distribution

Net worth by percentile at age 70

Household net worth (assets minus debts). National figures, interpolated by age.

10th: $37,00025th: $222,00050th: $739,00075th: $1,478,00090th: $2,734,00099th: $7,020,000

Net worth here is household-based (Survey of Financial Security) and national — not individual or provincial. Educational information only, not financial advice.

At 70

What's different about 70

70 falls in Statistics Canada's 65-and-older age group, whose measured median household net worth is $738,900.

The survey's oldest group is 65 and older, so every age from 70 to 75 shares these figures. That group's median sits below the 55-to-64 group's ($873,400).

Retirement milestones from 70

  • The 2026 maximum OAS at your age is $742 a month. From 65 you can also claim the federal age amount, up to $8,396, which phases out once net income passes $45,522.
  • A Canadian aged 70 can expect to live about 17.2 more years on average, to roughly 87 (Statistics Canada life tables).

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