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  • 1. Funds advanced, outstanding balances, and interest rates for new and existing lending, Bank of Canada
    Table: 10-10-0006-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description:

    This table contains 102 series, with data starting from 2013, and some select series starting from 2016. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 item: Canada), Components (51 items: Total, funds advanced, residential mortgages, insured; Variable rate, insured; Fixed rate, insured, less than 1 year; Fixed rate, insured, from 1 to less than 3 years; ...), and Unit of measure (2 items: Dollars; Interest rate). For additional clarification on the component dimension, please visit the OSFI website for the Report on New and Existing Lending.

    Release date: 2024-04-22
  • 2. Funds advanced, outstanding balances, and interest rates for new and existing lending, dollars, Bank of Canada
    Table: 10-10-0006-02
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description:

    This table contains 51 series, with data starting from 2013, and some select series starting from 2016. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 item: Canada), Components (51 items: Total, funds advanced, residential mortgages, insured; Variable rate, insured; Fixed rate, insured, less than 1 year; Fixed rate, insured, from 1 to less than 3 years; ...), and Unit of measure (1 item: Dollars). For additional clarification on the component dimension, please visit the OSFI website for the Report on New and Existing Lending.

    Release date: 2024-04-22
  • 3. Credit liabilities of households
    Table: 36-10-0639-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description:

    Monthly credit aggregates for the household sector, by category.

    Release date: 2024-04-18
  • 4. Selected credit aggregates, monthly
    Table: 36-10-0666-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description:

    Selected credit estimates including loans and debt securities and other financial instruments by creditor (lender) and debtor (borrower) sectors, seasonally adjusted and non-seasonally adjusted.

    Release date: 2024-04-18
  • 5. Distributions of household economic accounts, wealth, by characteristic, Canada, quarterly
    Table: 36-10-0660-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Quarterly
    Description:

    Wealth and its subcomponent distributions, dollar values and dollar value per household, by household characteristics such as income quintile, age, housing tenure and composition, Canada, annual 2010 to 2019 and quarterly starting 2020.

    Release date: 2024-04-17
  • 6. Distributions of household economic accounts, wealth, Canada, regions and provinces, quarterly
    Table: 36-10-0661-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Quarterly
    Description:

    Wealth and its subcomponent distributions, dollar values and dollar value per household, by household characteristics such as income quintile, age, housing tenure and composition, Canada, regions and provinces, annual 2010 to 2019 and quarterly starting 2020.

    Release date: 2024-04-17
  • 7. Distributions of household economic accounts, wealth indicators, by characteristic, Canada, quarterly
    Table: 36-10-0664-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Quarterly
    Description:

    Wealth indicators and distributions, by household characteristics such as income quintile, age, housing tenure and composition, Canada, annual 2010 to 2019 and quarterly starting 2020.

    Release date: 2024-04-17
  • 8. Distributions of household economic accounts, wealth indicators, Canada, regions and provinces, quarterly
    Table: 36-10-0665-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Quarterly
    Description:

    Wealth indicators and distributions, by household characteristics such as income quintile, age, housing tenure and composition, Canada, regions and provinces, annual 2010 to 2019 and quarterly starting 2020.

    Release date: 2024-04-17
  • 9. Distributions of household economic accounts, number of households, by income quintile and by socio-demographic characteristic, quarterly
    Table: 36-10-0667-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Quarterly
    Description:

    Household counts used in the distributions of household economic accounts, by household characteristics such as income quintile, age, housing tenure and composition, Canada, provinces and territories, 2020 quarter one to current quarter.

    Release date: 2024-04-17
  • 10. Chartered banks, mortgage loans report, end of period, Bank of Canada
    Table: 10-10-0134-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Quarterly
    Description:

    This table contains 80 series, with data starting from 1982 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 item: Canada);  Mortgages (4 items: Total, mortgage loans outstanding; Mortgages in Canada outstanding; Mortgage loans outside Canada outstanding; Allowance for credit losses);  Increases and decreases (15 items: Total, increases and decreases; Gross increase; Cash disbursement of principal; Purchases of mortgages from; ...);  Type of mortgage (7 items: Total, mortgages; Total, residential mortgages; Residential mortgages, insured; Residential mortgages, uninsured; ...).

    Release date: 2024-04-02
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  • 1. Distributions of household economic accounts for income, consumption, saving and wealth of Canadian households fourth quarter 2023
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202410815681
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2024-04-17
  • 2. Research to Insights: Disparities in Wealth and Debt Among Canadian Households
    Stats in brief: 11-631-X2024002
    Description: The following presentation uses recently disaggregated macroeconomic accounts data to explore the contribution of housing to the accumulation of wealth and debt for Canadian families.
    Release date: 2024-02-28
  • 3. Rising prices and the impact on the most financially vulnerable: A profile of those in the bottom family income quintile
    Articles and reports: 75-006-X202300100002
    Description: This study uses the 2022 Portrait of Canadian Society Survey to examine the impact of rising inflation on the lowest income Canadians. Using multiple pre-pandemic data sources, the study also takes a closer look at people living in the bottom income quintile, examining their family income, debt and assets levels, as well as some indicators of economic hardship.
    Release date: 2023-02-08
  • 4. Study: Rising prices and the impact on the most financially vulnerable: A profile of those in the bottom family income quintile
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202303936144
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2023-02-08
  • 5. Distributions of household economic accounts for income, consumption and saving of Canadian households second quarter 2022
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202227629483
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2022-10-03
  • 6. Trends in household non-mortgage loans: The evolution of Canadian household debt before and during COVID-19
    Articles and reports: 11-621-M2021004
    Description:

    Despite COVID-19's impact on the broader economy, the Canadian housing market remained resilient through 2020 as interest rates fell to historic lows. Using data derived from the National Economic Accounts Division and the Bank of Canada, this paper examines trends observed in the mortgage market leading up to and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Release date: 2021-08-23
  • 7. First-Time Homebuyers in Canada, 2018
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2019091
    Description:

    This infographic presents findings for first-time homebuyers in Canada. The infographic includes information on how many households bought their first home within the last five years, the reason for the move, and selected household and dwelling characteristics in different housing markets.

    Release date: 2020-01-15
  • 8. Homeownership, mortgage debt and types of mortgage among Canadian families
    Articles and reports: 75-006-X201900100012
    Description:

    A dream of many Canadians is to someday own their own home and most take on debt for that reason. This study uses data from the Survey of Financial Security to examine changes in homeownership rates and factors associated with homeownership, the proportion of families who had paid off the mortgage on their principal residence, and the amount of mortgage debt owed by families who had a mortgage. The study also provides information on the types of mortgage rates on the principal residence (fixed rate, variable rate or a combination of both).

    Release date: 2019-08-08
  • 9. Debt and financial distress among Canadian families
    Articles and reports: 75-006-X201900100010
    Description:

    This study uses data from the 2016 Survey of Financial Security to examine financial distress indicators for Canadian families. Three financial distress indicators are examined: the proportion of Canadian families who skipped or delayed a mortgage payment, the proportion who skipped or delayed a non-mortgage payment and the proportion who borrowed money through a payday loan. This paper also examines the factors associated with financial distress among Canadians, with a particular focus on their debt level.

    Release date: 2019-06-26
  • 10. Pension and Wealth Research Paper Series
    Journals and periodicals: 13F0026M
    Description:

    The papers in this series are based on the Survey of Financial Security which is a study of what families own (assets) and what they owe (debts). Various topics are covered by this survey, such as the value of family assets (home; other property; vehicles; bank accounts; term deposits; life insurance; and investments in registered savings plans, bonds, mutual funds, stocks, etc.), the amount of family debts (amount owed on mortgages, car loans, credit cards, other charge accounts, student loans, etc.), major on-going expenses for housing and child care, and any employer pensions plans that members of the family belong to. Information is also available on the demographic, employment, income and educational characteristics of family members. This research paper series covers various topics relating to survey content, concepts and operations.

    Release date: 2010-03-26
Reference (5)

Reference (5) ((5 results))

  • 1. Reconciling Canadian - U.S. measures of household disposable income and household debt: Update
    Notices and consultations: 13-605-X201501314304
    Description:

    This note provides users with a reconciliation between Canadian and American measures of household disposable income, debt and the household credit market debt to disposable income ratio.

    Release date: 2015-12-14
  • 2. Survey of Financial Security
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 2620
    Description: The purpose of the survey is to collect information from a sample of Canadian households on their assets, debts, employment, income and education. The SFS provides a comprehensive picture of the financial health of Canadians. Information is collected on the value of all major financial and non-financial assets and on the money owing on mortgages, vehicles, credit cards, student loans and other debts.
  • 3. Canadian Financial Capability Survey
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5159
    Description: The intention of the survey is to collect information that will illuminate the degree of knowledge that Canadians have concerning financial decision-making.
  • 4. Survey of Non-Bank Mortgage Lenders
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5249
    Description: The purpose of this survey is to collect detailed information from non-federally regulated lenders on residential mortgages.
  • 5. Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy Canada
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 7508
    Description: This is non-Statistics Canada information.
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