average income for canadians?

[Venusia]

Out of curiosity, I checked my Quicken. In 2003, and 2004, we spent almost exactly 43k, and that was living rather frugally. Last year, we bought a second car (4k payments a year), and started living a little larger (dining, entertainment, recreation and clothing total increased by 4k), to bring our yearly spending to 51k.

We are a family of 4, including 2 kids under 5.

[FastFokker]

Not anymore, and proud of it! Only have 1 more student loan ~$4000. A few more months and I will be debut free.

Maybe not you, but gordholio is correct, consumer debt is higher than ever, and bankruptcies are on the rise.

Scary!