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Quebecers left with the smallest financial cushion in Canada as strain deepens
06/10/2025
Frederic Lachance
MNP Consumer Debt Index
According to the latest MNP Consumer Debt Index, Quebecers’ financial vulnerability is intensifying as persistent economic uncertainty, concerns about borrowing costs, and employment anxiety weigh on household confidence.
Read More arrow_forwardNearly half of Quebecers regret their debt as life plans stall and financial anxieties take hold amid ongoing economic uncertainty
14/07/2025
Frederic Lachance
MNP Consumer Debt Index
Nearly two-thirds of Quebecers say they desperately need interest rates to go down (63%, -2 pts), according to the latest MNP Consumer Debt Index.
Read More arrow_forwardHalf of Saskatchewan and Manitoba residents concerned about debt repayment even if rates decline, following two interest rate pauses, as they brace for ongoing economic uncertainty
14/07/2025
Pamela Meger
MNP Consumer Debt Index
Two-thirds of Saskatchewan and Manitoba residents (65%, +5 pts) say they desperately need interest rates to go down following two consecutive interest rate pauses, according to the latest MNP Consumer Debt Index.
Read More arrow_forwardBritish Columbians report record-high concern over debt repayment amid cost-of-living struggles and ongoing economic uncertainty
14/07/2025
Linda Paul
MNP Consumer Debt Index
Two-thirds of British Columbians (67%, +2 pts) say they desperately need interest rates to go down despite two consecutive interest rate pauses, according to the latest MNP Consumer Debt Index.
Read More arrow_forwardHalf of Manitoba and Saskatchewan residents concerned about debt repayment even if rates decline, following two interest rate pauses, as they brace for ongoing economic uncertainty
14/07/2025
Tanya Reynolds
MNP Consumer Debt Index
Two-thirds of Manitoba and Saskatchewan residents (65%, +5 pts) say they desperately need interest rates to go down following two consecutive interest rate pauses, according to the latest MNP Consumer Debt Index.
Read More arrow_forwardMore Ontarians are $200 or less away each month from financial insolvency amid ongoing economic uncertainty
14/07/2025
Caryl Newbery-Mitchell
MNP Consumer Debt Index
Two in five Ontarians (43%) report they are $200 or less away from financial insolvency each month, increasing five points this quarter, according to the latest MNP Consumer Debt Index.
Read More arrow_forwardNearly half of Albertans are $200 or less away from financial insolvency each month, more than any other province, amid ongoing economic uncertainty
14/07/2025
Lindsay Burchill
MNP Consumer Debt Index
Nearly half of Albertans (47%, +2 pts) report they are $200 or less away from financial insolvency each month — more than those in any other province — according to the latest MNP Consumer Debt Index.
Read More arrow_forwardCanadians’ debt outlook reaches lowest point in five years
18/10/2023
Grant Bazian
MNP Consumer Debt Index
More Canadians report their current and expected debt situation is deteriorating.
Read More arrow_forwardManitoba and Saskatchewan residents’ debt concerns spike amid persistently high interest rates, inflation and affordability struggles, MNP Consumer Debt Index finds
16/01/2023
Tanya Reynolds
MNP Consumer Debt Index
Manitoba and Saskatchewan residents’ anxiety about their debt situation is building, amid rising interest rates, persistent inflation, and heightened affordability concerns.
Read More arrow_forwardQuebecers’ debt concerns grow amid higher interest rates, inflation and affordability struggles, MNP Consumer Debt Index Finds
16/01/2023
Frederic Lachance
MNP Consumer Debt Index
Quebecers’ anxiety about their debt situation is building amid rising interest rates, persistent inflation, and heightened affordability concerns.
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