Net worth percentile in Canada

The median adult
CAD 205k≈ $150,000

Half of Canada holds less; assets minus debts

Top 10% begins at
CAD 1.2m≈ $910,000
One adult in ten holds more
Top 1% begins at
CAD 4.7m≈ $3,500,000
23× the median adult
0255075100CAD 10kCAD 100kCAD 1mCAD 10m SHARE OF ADULTS AT OR BELOW Bottom 10%CAD 40.9kTop 10%CAD 1.2mTop 1%CAD 4.7m Median, CAD 204.9k 050100CAD 10kCAD 1mCAD 10m Top 1%CAD 4.7m Median, CAD 204.9k

Share of adults at or below each net worth in Canada (2026 figures, log scale), the median marked. Type your own number into the full tool to place yourself.

In Canada the median adult holds CAD 205k in net worth, the top 10% begins at CAD 1.2m and the top 1% at CAD 4.7m.

The ladder in Canada

The median adult in Canada holds CAD 205k; reaching the top 10% takes CAD 1.2m, and the top 1% begins at CAD 4.7m; a gap of 23× between the middle and the top line.

23× the medianhow far the top 1% line sits above the middle
#8 of 30where this median ranks among measured countries, at held rates

The full ladder

Every published line for Canada, in CAD.

The lineIn CAD
Bottom 10%CAD 40.9k≈ $30,000
Bottom 25%CAD 91.5k≈ $68,000
MedianCAD 224k≈ $170,000
Top 25%CAD 547k≈ $410,000
Top 10%CAD 1.2m≈ $910,000
Top 5%CAD 2.0m≈ $1,500,000
Top 1%CAD 4.7m≈ $3,500,000
Top 0.1%CAD 16.0m≈ $12,000,000

Peers by median

Converted to USD at held rates, so the four nearest countries sit on one scale.

United Kingdom$176k France$146k Switzerland$182k Norway$143k

Questions people ask

What is the median net worth in Canada?
About CAD 205k per adult (2026 figures, published by UBS): assets minus debts, couples split equally. Half of adults hold less.
What net worth puts you in the top 10% in Canada?
About CAD 1.2m per adult. The top 1% begins at CAD 4.7m, roughly 23 times the median adult's holding in Canada.
Is this household or individual wealth?
Individual, per adult, couples split equally: household figures run higher. The calculator places any number you type on this same curve.
Where do the figures come from?
The fitted national wealth distribution (lognormal body, Pareto tail) built on the World Inequality Database, published by UBS for the median. The full tool draws the same curve for 216 countries.

Method and sources

  • World Inequality DatabasePer-adult net wealth distributions
  • UBS Global Wealth ReportPublished medians, where available
The computation

The same fitted distribution the net worth percentile tool draws for Canada, read at the published percentile points; the median is published by UBS.

What these figures do not cover
  • Per-adult wealth, couples split equally.
  • Figures in CAD. 2026 figures, indexed from the 2024 measured base with published per-country growth.

Last updated July 2026.

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