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Six in 10 (59%) Manitoba and Saskatchewan residents within $200 of financial insolvency; up 16 points since December, reaching a five-year high
08/04/2021
Tanya Reynolds
MNP Consumer Debt Index
Six in 10 (59%) say they are $200 or less from not being able to pay all their bills and debt obligations each month — a whopping 16-point jump from December and the highest compared to the other provinces. This includes three in 10 (31%, +10pts) who report they are already insolvent with no money left to cover their payments at month-end.
Six in 10 (59%) Saskatchewan and Manitoba residents within $200 of financial insolvency; up 16 points since December, reaching a five-year high
08/04/2021
Pamela Meger
MNP Consumer Debt Index
Six in 10 (59%) say they are $200 or less from not being able to pay all their bills and debt obligations each month — a whopping 16-point jump from December and the highest compared to the other provinces. This includes three in 10 (31%, +10pts) who report they are already insolvent with no money left to cover their payments at month-end.
Tax debt? You have options
01/04/2021
John Athanasiou
Bankruptcy
Consumer Proposal
Alternatives to Bankruptcy
This year’s tax season will more than likely be extra challenging for the nearly nine million Canadians who applied for the Canada Emergency Response Benefit in 2020.
More than half (54%) of Ontarians within $200 of financial insolvency; up 13 points since December, reaching a five-year high
08/04/2021
Caryl Newbery-Mitchell
MNP Consumer Debt Index
More than half (54%) say they are $200 or less from not being able to cover their monthly bills and debt obligations, a whopping 13-point jump from December. Compared to the other provinces, Ontarians are the most likely (32%, +10pts) to report they are already insolvent with no money left to cover their payments at month-end.
Newfoundlanders among six in 10 (58%) Atlantic Canadians within $200 of financial insolvency; up three points since December, reaching a five-year high
08/04/2021
Greg Gosse
MNP Consumer Debt Index
Nova Scotians among six in 10 (58%) Atlantic Canadians within $200 of financial insolvency; up three points since December, reaching a five-year high
08/04/2021
Tina Powell
MNP Consumer Debt Index
More than half (52%) of Albertans within $200 of financial insolvency; up 10 points since December
08/04/2021
Donna Carson
MNP Consumer Debt Index
More than half (52%) say they are $200 or less away 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 (31%, +6pts) who report they are already insolvent with no money left to cover their payments at month-end.
Why earlier is always better when discussing money with your children
01/04/2021
Randy Kobbert
Lifestyle Debt
We may not always agree with our parents, but we are undoubtedly influenced by their habits, attitudes, and points of view. The norms and traditions of our upbringing can have lasting impacts on everything from the kind of laundry detergent we prefer to our conscious and unconscious relationship with money.
January Debt Index Update (MNP 3 Minute Debt Break)
04/02/2021
MNP Consumer Debt Index
