The “Big Five” Canadian banks offer credit cards and include Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto Dominion Bank (TD Canada Trust), Bank of Nova Scotia, Bank of Montreal and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC). Did you know that there are many other options?
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Rolling in the Debt: Canada sees a rise in Household Debt
– ratesupermarket.ca
While the value of Canadian homes has decreased for the first time many years, the same cannot be said for Canadian debt levels. This past week, Statistics Canada released its National balance sheet and financial flow accounts looking at the last quarter of 2018, and it shows that the amount Canadians owed relative to their income increased towards the end of the year. The average debt-to-disposable income percentage went to 178.5 per cent (up from 178.3 per cent in the previous quarter). That means for every dollar of disposable income a Canadian household has, they owe $1.79 in credit market debt. The report also dove into the latest housing figures and interest rate trends.
Demand for mortgage loans rising
In the last quarter, Canadian households borrowed $21.1 billion. While the demand for consumer credit and non-mortgage loans did go down, demand for mortgage loans rose $2.3 billion to a total $12.3 billion.
In terms of overall credit market debt, including consumer credit and mortgage and non-mortgage loans, Canadians owe a total of $2…
