Canadian household wealth surged to a new collective high of $17.6 trillion in the first quarter of 2025, according to data from Statistics Canada. Photo by Gigi Suhanic/Financial Post

Canadian household wealth surged to a new collective high of $17.6 trillion in the first quarter of 2025, according to data from Statistics Canada. But this growth isn’t distributed evenly across the board, with some provinces racing ahead of others thanks to a combination of factors such as migration, housing affordability and the job market . Other regions are grappling with cost-of-living pressures and high debt, most keenly felt by its youngest and lowest-income residents. The Financial Post’s Serah Louis breaks down how household wealth is distributed across the country — and which provinces

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