MNP Debt Blog

Canadians are showing record-low confidence levels when it comes to their personal finances and debt repayment abilities.

Atlantic Canadians’ confidence in their personal finances and debt repayment is noticeably shaken as uncertainty and pandemic fatigue continue to build amid the spread of the Omicron COVID-19 variant, according to the latest MNP Consumer Debt Index....

As pandemic-related government aid and loan deferral programs begin to wind down, the latest MNP Consumer Debt Index finds the number of Canadians hovering close to financial insolvency has reached a five-year high.

All debt can be overwhelming, but there’s no creditor quite as frightening as the CRA. The bottom line is if you have not filed taxes for several years or your tax debt is severely delinquent, you’re on CRA’s radar.

No matter the size of your debt there are basically only two ways to deal with it; calculating it and managing it down. Listen for tips on how to do both and help avoid the never ending feeling of debt!

More than half (53%) say they are $200 or less from not being able to meet all of their bills and debt obligations each month, a whopping 10-point jump from December. This includes three in 10 (30%, +7pts) who report they are already insolvent with no...

The latest debt index finds Canadians are showing record-low confidence levels when it comes to their personal finances and debt repayment abilities. Now in its nineteenth wave, the MNP Consumer Debt Index has reached the lowest point since inception,...

As the country inches closer to the Bank of Canada’s next interest rate announcement on March 2, 2022, many Atlantic Canadian households stretched thin by rising costs of living over the COVID-19 pandemic will be bracing for a potentially challenging...

As the country inches closer to the Bank of Canada’s next interest rate announcement on March 2, 2022, many Atlantic Canadian households stretched thin by rising costs of living over the COVID-19 pandemic will be bracing for a potentially challenging...

As the country inches closer to the Bank of Canada’s next interest rate announcement on March 2, 2022, many Ontarian households stretched thin by rising costs of living over the COVID-19 pandemic will be bracing for a potentially challenging year...