Question
I have a question from a professor who would like the most recent data for wealth distribution in Canada - she is having trouble finding anything.
All I've found is a reference to Survey of Financial Security from StatsCan and some reports.
She also said she would prefer decile although quantile will do if not available.
Response
The Survey of Financial Security would be your best bet. The CANSIM numbers are 205-0002 and 205-0003.
Survey of Financial Security (SFS), composition of assets (including Employer Pension Plans valued on a termination basis) and debts held by all family units, by age group, Canada and provinces, occasional (2012 constant dollars), 1999 to 2012:
Description http://www5.statcan.gc.ca/cansim/a34?lang=eng&mode=tableSummary&id=2050002&stByVal=1&&p1=1&p2=50
Table 205-0002 http://www5.statcan.gc.ca/cansim/a26?lang=eng&retrLang=eng&id=2050002&tabMode=dataTable&p1=1&p2=50&srchLan=-1
Survey of Financial Security (SFS), composition of assets (including Employer Pension Plans valued on a termination basis) and debts held by all family units, by net worth quintiles, Canada and provinces, occasional (2012 constant dollars), 1999 to 2012:
Description http://www5.statcan.gc.ca/cansim/a34?lang=eng&mode=tableSummary&id=2050003&stByVal=1&&p1=1&p2=50
Table 205-0003 http://www5.statcan.gc.ca/cansim/a26?lang=eng&retrLang=eng&id=2050003&tabMode=dataTable&p1=1&p2=50&srchLan=-1
There could also be analytical reports or articles pertaining to wealth:
http://www5.statcan.gc.ca/olc-cel/olc.action?objId=13F0026M&ObjType=2&lang=en&limit=0
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/150603/dq150603b-eng.htm
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/75-006-x/2015001/article/14134-eng.htm
The National Economic Accounts Division produces CANSIM 378-0121, 380-0072: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/161214/dq161214c-eng.htm
