Assets and debts held by family units and by age groups, total amounts.

Statistics on student debt, including the average debt at graduation, the percentage of graduates who owed large debt at graduation and the percentage of graduates with debt who had paid it off at the time of the interview, are presented by the province of study and the level of study. Estimates are available at five-year intervals.

Households Debt in Canada decreased to 99.58 percent of GDP in the first quarter of 2025 from 100.39 percent of GDP in the fourth quarter of 2024. This dataset provides - Canada Households Debt To Gdp- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

. Statistics Canada provides Household Debt in local currency. The Federal Reserve Board period end market exchange rate is used for currency conversions. Loans are used due to the lack of Flow of Funds statistics. Household Debt prior to January 1990 is sourced from the Bank of Canada.


Further information about Canada Household Debt

• In the latest reports, Canada Household Debt accounted for 97.7 % of the country's Nominal GDP in Sep 2025
• Money Supply M2 in Canada increased 1,966.1 USD bn YoY in Sep 2025
• Canada Foreign Exchange Reserves was measured at 99.7 USD bn in Oct 2025
• The Foreign Exchange Reserves equaled 2.0 Months of Import in Aug 2025
• Canada Domestic Credit reached 4,851.8 USD bn in Sep 2025, representing an increased of 4.7 % YoY

Households Debt in Canada increased to 171.90 percent of gross income in 2025 from 171.10 percent in 2025. This dataset provides - Canada Households Debt To Income- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Debt service ratios, interest and obligated principal payments on debt, and related statistics for households, Canada.

Government Debt in Canada increased to 1223.62 CAD Billion in 2024 from 1173.01 CAD Billion in 2023. This dataset provides - Canada Government Debt- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Key information about Canada Private Debt: % of Nominal GDP

• Canada Private Debt accounted for 210.25 % of its Nominal GDP in Sep 2025, compared with a ratio of 209.38 % in the previous quarter
• Canada Private Debt contribution to Nominal GDP ratio is updated quarterly, available from Mar 1969 to Sep 2025, with an average share of 129.85 %
• The data reached an all-time high of 237.84 % in Dec 2020 and a record low of 89.28 % in Sep 1976

CEIC calculates quarterly Private Debt as % of Nominal GDP from monthly Private Debt and quarterly Nominal GDP. Private Debt is calculated as a sum of Loans to Private Non-Financial Corporations and Household sectors. Statistics Canada provides Private Debt and Nominal GDP in local currency. Private Debt prior to Q1 1990 is sourced from the Bank of Canada.

Key information about Canada Household Debt: % of GDP

• Canada household debt accounted for 97.7 % of the country's Nominal GDP in Sep 2025, compared with the ratio of 97.6 % in the previous quarter.
• Canada household debt to GDP ratio is updated quarterly, available from Mar 1969 to Sep 2025.
• The data reached an all-time high of 111.2 % in Dec 2020 and a record low of 30.0 % in Mar 1969.

CEIC calculates quarterly Household Debt as % of Nominal GDP from monthly Household Debt and quarterly Nominal GDP. Statistics Canada provides Household Debt in local currency. Statistics Canada provides Nominal GDP in local currency. Loans are used due to the lack of Flow of Funds statistics. Household Debt prior to Q1 1990 is sourced from the Bank of Canada.


Related information about Canada Household Debt: % of GDP

• In the latest reports, Canada Household Debt reached 2,254.5 USD bn in Sep 2025.
• Money Supply M2 in Canada increased 5.2 % YoY in Sep 2025.
• Canada Foreign Exchange Reserves was measured at 99.7 USD bn in Oct 2025.
• The Foreign Exchange Reserves equaled 2.0 Months of Import in Aug 2025.
• Canada Domestic Credit reached 4,851.8 USD bn in Sep 2025, representing an increased of 4.7 % YoY.
• The country's Non Performing Loans Ratio stood at 0.7 % in Jun 2025, compared with the ratio of 0.7 % in the previous quarter.

Key information about Canada Debt Service Ratio: Households

• Canada Debt Service Ratio: Households was reported at 13.900 % in Mar 2025
• This records a decrease from the previous number of 14.100 % for Dec 2024
• Canada Debt Service Ratio: Households data is updated quarterly, averaging 12.700 % from Mar 1999 to Mar 2025, with 105 observations
• The data reached an all-time high of 14.600 % in Jun 2024 and a record low of 10.300 % in Jun 2002
• Canada Debt Service Ratio: Households data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bank for International Settlements
• The data is categorized under World Trend Plus’s Association: Banking Sector – Table RC.BIS.DSR: G2 Households (HH) and Non-Profit Institution Serving Households (NPISHs): Quarterly

This dataset provides values for HOUSEHOLDS DEBT TO INCOME reported in several countries. The data includes current values, previous releases, historical highs and record lows, release frequency, reported unit and currency.

During the year 2020, household average net savings in Canada peaked in the second quarter for each income group. Compared to the other groups, households ranked in the highest income quintile displayed considerably higher average net savings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. As of the second quarter of 2020, households belonging to this income group reported on average net savings for ****** Canadian dollars.

Data on the average amount of OSAP debt owed by students. The data is specific to those who attended programs with typical durations. Data is for: * 4-year undergraduate university students * 2-year college diploma students * 1-year private career college students The data fields are: * academic year of completion * postsecondary sector (university, publicly-assisted college, or private career college) * program duration (1 year, 2 years or 4 years) * average repayable debt after loan forgiveness applied through the Ontario Student Opportunity Grant Debt is in nominal dollars with no adjustment for inflation. *[OSAP]: Ontario Student Assistance Program

Key information about Canada National Government Debt

• Canada National Government Debt reached 1,517.7 USD bn in Mar 2025, compared with 1,519.8 USD bn in the previous year.
• Canada National Government Debt data is updated yearly, available from Mar 1962 to Mar 2025.
• The data reached an all-time high of 1,519.8 USD bn in Mar 2024 and a record low of 20.5 USD bn in Mar 1962.

*This indicator will be no longer available from March 2026, 4th onwards. CEIC has a plan to remove the non-standard frequency indicator after the standard frequency indicator has been added and be available on this table. CEIC converts annual Government Debt into USD. The Department of Finance Canada provides Government Debt in local currency. The Federal Reserve Board period end market exchange rate is used for currency conversions. Government Debt is in annual frequency, ending in March of each year.


Related information about Canada National Government Debt

• In the latest reports, Canada Consolidated Fiscal Balance recorded a deficit equal to 1.3 % of its Nominal GDP in Sep 2025.
• The country's Government debt accounted for 69.3 % of its Nominal GDP in Mar 2025.
• Canada Nominal GDP reached 590.9 USD bn in Sep 2025.

Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal are Canada's largest mortgage markets. With nearly 419 billion Canadian dollars in mortgages outstanding, Toronto accounted for close to 23 percent of the country's 1.8 trillion Canadian dollar mortgage market. Toronto was also the metropolitan area with the second-highest average loan size for new mortgages.

Private Debt to GDP in Canada decreased to 163.25 percent in 2024 from 164 percent in 2023. Canada Private Debt to GDP - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on December of 2025.

The average loan size of new mortgages in Canada increased in 2024, after a year of steady decline in 2023. In the third quarter of 2024, the average size of a mortgage amounted to ******* Canadian dollars, up from ******* in the second quarter of 2024. Mortgages varied in size in different metropolitan areas, with Toronto and Vancouver seeing the highest value of new mortgages.

This table contains 58320 series, with data for years 1999 - 2016 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (20 items: Canada; Atlantic; Newfoundland and Labrador; Prince Edward Island; ...); Assets and debts (27 items: Total assets; Private pension assets; Registered Retirement Savings Plans (RRSPs), Registered Retirement Income Funds (RRIFs), Locked-in Retirement Accounts (LIRAs) and other; Employer-sponsored Registered Pension Plans (EPPs); ...); Net worth quintiles (6 items: Total, all net worth quintiles; Lowest net worth quintile; Second net worth quintile; Middle net worth quintile; ...); Statistics (6 items: Total values; Percentage of total assets or total debts; Number holding asset or debt; Percentage holding asset or debt; ...); Confidence intervals (3 items: Estimate; Lower bound of a 95% confidence interval; Upper bound of a 95% confidence interval).

Statistics on postsecondary graduates who owed money for their education to government-sponsored student loans at graduation, including the average debt at graduation, the percentage of graduates who owed large debt at graduation and the percentage of debt paid off at the time of the interview, are presented by the province of study and the level of study. Estimates are available at five-year intervals.

The average mortgage payment in the large and mid-sized cities in Canada ranged between 1,300 Canadian dollars and 2,600 Canadian dollars. In the fourth quarter of the year, Vancouver topped the ranking, with homebuyers paying, on average, ***** Canadian dollars monthly. In Toronto, the average monthly scheduled mortgage payment was ***** Canadian dollars. Canada’s housing market House prices in Canada vary widely across the country. In 2023, the average sales price of detached single-family homes in Vancouver was nearly three times as expensive as the national average. Vancouver is undoubtedly considered the least affordable housing market: In 2023, the cost of buying a home with a **-year mortgage in Canada was approximately ** percent of the median household income, whereas in Vancouver, it was nearly *** percent. Development of house prices The development of house prices depends on multiple factors, such as availability on the market and demand. Since 2005, house prices in Canada have been continuously growing. According to the MSL composite house price index, 2021 measured the highest house price increase.