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Bankruptcy Rate Drops in Canada

March 28th, 2011 by A Licensed Insolvency Trustee

The bankruptcy rate in Canada dropped in 2010, according to statistics recently released by the Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy. That’s good news, right? Yes and no. First, let’s review the numbers. In 2010 a total of 135,008 Canadians filed a consumer proposal or personal bankruptcy. That’s an 11% drop from the 151,712 who […]

Household Debt in Canada at Record Levels

December 15th, 2010 by A Licensed Insolvency Trustee

Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney has warned that Canadians are carrying too much debt. On Monday Statistics Canada released a report showing that the ratio of household debt-to-disposable income reached the highest level on record in the third quarter, at 148.1%, which is 6.7 per cent higher than last year. This means, in simple […]

Canadian Personal Debt A Cause for Concern

November 8th, 2010 by A Licensed Insolvency Trustee

TD Economics released a report on Wednesday October 20, 2010 titled Canadian Household Debt a Cause for Concern that tried to answer many questions currently plaguing the Canadian consumer and the economy in general, including whether or not Canada is headed for a U.S.-style household debt crisis. Some of the key findings that were outlined […]

Could you survive a 10% reduction in your income?

May 17th, 2010 by A Licensed Insolvency Trustee

Would your financial well-being be noticeably affected if your paycheque dropped by 10%? For most of us, the answer is “yes”. We tend to live paycheque to paycheque, so any drop in income can lead us down a slippery slope that often ends with a person filing bankruptcy in Canada. The Certified General Accountants Association […]

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