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 44 series, with data starting from 1969 (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 items: Canada ...), Monthly (2 items: At month-end; Average at month-end ...), Seasonal adjustment (2 items: Unadjusted; Seasonally adjusted ...), Components (11 items: Total outstanding balances; Finance companies and other institutions; Total of foregoing; Chartered banks ...).

Vancouver and Toronto, two of the biggest metropolitan areas in Canada, led the ranking by average value of new mortgage loans in the country. In Vancouver, the average new mortgage loan was approximately 522,000 Canadian dollars, whereas the national average was 339,000 Canadian dollars. Vancouver and Toronto are also the country's largest mortgage markets.

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.

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

Evaluate Canada’s best mortgage rates in one place. RATESDOTCA’s Rate Matrix lets you compare pricing for all key mortgage types and terms. Rates are based on an average mortgage of $300,000

Rates have been trending downward in Canada for the last five years. The ebbs and flows are caused by changes in Canada’s bond yields (driven by Canadians economic developments and international rate movements, particularly U.S. rate fluctuations) and the overnight rate (which is set by the Bank of Canada). As of August 2022, there has been a 225 bps increase in the prime rate, since beginning of year 2022, from 2.45% to 4.70% as of Aug 24th 2022. The following are the historical conventional mortgage rates offered by the 6 major chartered banks in Canada in the past 20 years.

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.