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.

Quarterly financial flows and stocks of household credit market debt, consumer credit, non-mortgage loans, and mortgage loans, on a seasonally adjusted basis.

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.

Annual household disposable income, debt service ratio and other statistics, by province and territory.

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.

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

. 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

Quarterly debt to gross domestic product, debt to disposable income and other indicators, for the household sector and the non-profit institutions serving households sector, by category.

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.

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

This table contains 14 series, with data for years 1990 - 2012 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and is no longer being released. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 item: Canada);  Estimates (14 items: Debt to gross domestic product (GDP); Debt to personal disposable income; Credit market debt to personal disposable income; Consumer credit and mortgage liabilities to personal disposable income; ...).

Portugal, Canada, and the United States were the countries with the highest house price to income ratio in 2024. In all three countries, the index exceeded 130 index points, while the average for all OECD countries stood at 116.2 index points. The index measures the development of housing affordability and is calculated by dividing nominal house price by nominal disposable income per head, with 2015 set as a base year when the index amounted to 100. An index value of 120, for example, would mean that house price growth has outpaced income growth by 20 percent since 2015. How have house prices worldwide changed since the COVID-19 pandemic? House prices started to rise gradually after the global financial crisis (2007–2008), but this trend accelerated with the pandemic. The countries with advanced economies, which usually have mature housing markets, experienced stronger growth than countries with emerging economies. Real house price growth (accounting for inflation) peaked in 2022 and has since lost some of the gain. Although, many countries experienced a decline in house prices, the global house price index shows that property prices in 2023 were still substantially higher than before COVID-19. Renting vs. buying In the past, house prices have grown faster than rents. However, the home affordability has been declining notably, with a direct impact on rental prices. As people struggle to buy a property of their own, they often turn to rental accommodation. This has resulted in a growing demand for rental apartments and soaring rental prices.

Household debt service indicators. Disposable income has been adjusted for interest on consumer credit. Canada totals in the provincial and territorial gross domestic product by income and by expenditure accounts (PTEA) do not correspond to the national gross domestic product by income and by expenditure accounts (IEA) estimates at certain times of the year. The two accounts are brought back in line when annual revisions are incorporated. Terminated with the 1998 data. Prior to 1999, see Northwest Territories including Nunavut. Includes compensation of employees of all resident households.

Quarterly debt to gross domestic product, debt to disposable income and other indicators, for the household sector and the non-profit institutions serving households sector, by category.

Of the G7 countries, Japan had the highest net debt in terms of share of gross domestic product (GDP) between 2010 and 2024. That year, Japan's government's net debt reached an estimated *** percent of its total GDP. Italy had the second highest debt rate at *** percent of its GDP, whereas Canada had the lowest at only ** percent.

This table contains 14 series, with data for years 1990 - 2012 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and is no longer being released. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 item: Canada); Estimates (14 items: Debt to gross domestic product (GDP); Debt to personal disposable income; Credit market debt to personal disposable income; Consumer credit and mortgage liabilities to personal disposable income; ...).

This table has been archived and replaced by table 36100664. Income quintiles are assigned based on the equalized household disposable income. This takes into account differences in household size and composition. The Oxford-modified equivalence scale is used; it assigns a value of 1 to the first adult, 0.5 to each additional person aged 14 and over, and 0.3 for all children under 14. The coefficients of variation from Statistics Canada's Survey of Financial Security for 2012 and 2016, which serve as indicators of the accuracy of these estimates for net worth and its components, are available in the appendix to Distributions of Household Economic Accounts, estimates of asset, liability and net worth distributions, 2010 to 2019, technical methodology and quality report for the March 2020 release. Age groups refer to the age group of the major income earner. This refers to the main source of income for the household, that is, wages and salaries, self-employment income, net property income, current transfers received related to pension benefits, or other current transfers received from non-pension related sources.
Self-employment income refers to mixed income related to non-farm and farm businesses. Household rental income is not included. Revenues from Current transfers received - pension benefits relate to current transfers received from corporations for employer's pension plans and current transfers received from government for the Canada and Québec pension plans (CPP/QPP) and the Old Age Security program including the Guaranteed Income Supplement (OAS/GIS). Revenues from Current transfers received - others, relate to all other current transfers received not included in Current transfers received - pensions benefits, that is, it includes current transfers from the government sector except for the Canada and Québec pension plans (CPP/QPP) and from the Old Age Security Program (OAS) and the Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS). It also includes current transfers from Non-profit institutions serving households (NPISH) and from the non-residents sector. Owner/Renter refers to the housing tenure of a household. Households that have subsidized rents (partially or fully) are included under Renter. Distributions by generation are defined as follows and are based on the birth year of the major income earner: pre-1946 for those born before 1946, baby boom for those born between 1946 and 1964, generation X for those born between 1965 and 1980 and millennials for those born after 1980. Note that generation Z has been combined with the millennial generation as their sample size is relatively small. Life insurance and pensions include the value of all life insurance and employer pension plans, termination basis. Excludes public plans administered or sponsored by governments: Old Age Security (OAS) including the Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS) and the Spouse's Allowance (SPA), as well as the Canada and Quebec Pension Plans (CPP/QPP). Other financial assets include total currency and deposits, Canadian short-term paper, Canadian bonds and debentures, foreign investments in paper and bonds, mortgages, equity and investment funds, and other receivables. Other non-financial assets include consumer durables, machinery and equipment, and intellectual property products. Excludes accumulation of value of collectibles including coins, stamps and art work. Other liabilities include major credit cards and retail store cards, gasoline station cards, etc., vehicle loans, lines of credit, student loans, other loans from financial institutions and other money owed. Owner's equity refers to the value of the interests of an owner or partial owner in an asset, in this case real estate, divided by household real estate, which includes the value of structures (residential and non-residential) and land owned by households. Distributions of Household Economic Accounts (DHEA) estimates are benchmarked to year-end estimates for liabilities and assets from the National Balance Sheet Accounts (NBSA, Table 36-10-0580-01), and for annual household disposable income from the Provincial-Territorial Economic Accounts (Table 36-10-0224-01). DHEA ratios for debt to disposable income, real estate as a share of disposable income, and net worth as a share of disposable income differ from those included in “Financial indicators of households and non-profit institutions serving households, national balance sheet accounts” (Table 38-10-0235-01) as the latter source adjusts disposable income for the change in pension entitlements. The measure of disposable income used for the DHEA ratios is more consistent with that shown in “Household sector credit market summary table, seasonally adjusted estimates” (Table 38-10-0238), which does not adjust disposable income for the change in pension entitlements.

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.

The purpose of the survey is to collect information from a sample of Canadian families on their assets, debts, employment, income and education. This helps in understanding how family finances change because of economic pressures. The SFS provides a comprehensive picture of the net worth 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. A family's net worth can be thought of as the amount of money they would be left with if they sold all of their assets and paid off all of their debts. The survey data are used by government departments to help formulate policy, the private sector and by individuals and families to compare their wealth with those of similar types of families.

This dataset includes one dataset which was custom ordered from Statistics Canada.The table includes information on housing suitability and shelter-cost-to-income ratio by number of bedrooms, housing tenure, age of primary household maintainer, household type, and income quartile ranges for census subdivisions in British Columbia. The dataset is in Beyond 20/20 (.ivt) format. The Beyond 20/20 browser is required in order to open it. This software can be freely downloaded from the Statistics Canada website: https://www.statcan.gc.ca/eng/public/beyond20-20 (Windows only). For information on how to use Beyond 20/20, please see: http://odesi2.scholarsportal.info/documentation/Beyond2020/beyond20-quickstart.pdf https://wiki.ubc.ca/Library:Beyond_20/20_Guide Custom order from Statistics Canada includes the following dimensions and variables: Geography: Non-reserve CSDs in British Columbia - 299 geographies The global non-response rate (GNR) is an important measure of census data quality. It combines total non-response (households) and partial non-response (questions). A lower GNR indicates a lower risk of non-response bias and, as a result, a lower risk of inaccuracy. The counts and estimates for geographic areas with a GNR equal to or greater than 50% are not published in the standard products. The counts and estimates for these areas have a high risk of non-response bias, and in most cases, should not be released. Housing Tenure Including Presence of Mortgage (5) 1. Total – Private non-band non-farm off-reserve households with an income greater than zero by housing tenure 2. Households who own 3. With a mortgage1 4. Without a mortgage 5. Households who rent Notes: 1) Presence of mortgage - Refers to whether the owner households reported mortgage or loan payments for their dwelling. 2015 Before-tax Household Income Quartile Ranges (5) 1. Total – Private households by quartile ranges1, 2, 3 2. Count of households under or at quartile 1 3. Count of households between quartile 1 and quartile 2 (median) (including at quartile 2) 4. Count of households between quartile 2 (median) and quartile 3 (including at quartile 3) 5. Count of households over quartile 3 Notes: 1) A private household will be assigned to a quartile range depending on its CSD-level location and depending on its tenure (owned and rented). Quartile ranges for owned households in a specific CSD are delimited by the 2015 before-tax income quartiles of owned households with an income greater than zero and residing in non-farm off-reserve dwellings in that CSD. Quartile ranges for rented households in a specific CSD are delimited by the 2015 before-tax income quartiles of rented households with an income greater than zero and residing in non-farm off-reserve dwellings in that CSD. 2) For the income quartiles dollar values (the delimiters) please refer to Table 1. 3) Quartiles 1 to 3 are suppressed if the number of actual records used in the calculation (not rounded or weighted) is less than 16. For cases in which the renters’ quartiles or the owners’ quartiles (figures from Table 1) of a CSD are suppressed the CSD is assigned to a quartile range depending on the provincial renters’ or owners’ quartile figures. Number of Bedrooms (Unit Size) (6) 1. Total – Private households by number of bedrooms1 2. 0 bedrooms (Bachelor/Studio) 3. 1 bedroom 4. 2 bedrooms 5. 3 bedrooms 6. 4 bedrooms Note: 1) Dwellings with 5 bedrooms or more included in the total count only. Housing Suitability (6) 1. Total - Housing suitability 2. Suitable 3. Not suitable 4. One bedroom shortfall 5. Two bedroom shortfall 6. Three or more bedroom shortfall Note: 1) 'Housing suitability' refers to whether a private household is living in suitable accommodations according to the National Occupancy Standard (NOS); that is, whether the dwelling has enough bedrooms for the size and composition of the household. A household is deemed to be living in suitable accommodations if its dwelling has enough bedrooms, as calculated using the NOS. 'Housing suitability' assesses the required number of bedrooms for a household based on the age, sex, and relationships among household members. An alternative variable, 'persons per room,' considers all rooms in a private dwelling and the number of household members. Housing suitability and the National Occupancy Standard (NOS) on which it is based were developed by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) through consultations with provincial housing agencies. Shelter-cost-to-income-ratio (4) 1. Total – Private non-band non-farm off-reserve households with an income greater than zero 2. Spending less than 30% of households total income on shelter costs 3. Spending 30% or more of households total income on shelter costs 4. Spending 50% or more of households total income on shelter costs Note: 'Shelter-cost-to-income ratio' refers to the proportion of average total income of household which is spent on shelter costs. Household Statistics (8) 1....