Data showing that interest rates are rising faster than income provide a wake-up call to Canadian consumers who are taking on unsustainable amounts of debt. ... More

Despite rising mortgage costs, rents, and grocery bills, these were not the biggest drain on the average Canadian household income last year. ... More

Members of Generation X (aged 37 to 52) are finding it hard to save, and the tighter timeline is causing them stress, a Franklin Templeton report finds. ... More

Bank of Canada governor says heavy debt load poses risk to the economy, but he is confident it can be managed. ... More

Upward trend in rates would negatively impact Canadians' ability to service their debts. ... More

Canadians' collective household debt has climbed to $1.8 trillion as Bank of International Settlements sounds an early warning that the country's banking system is at risk ... More

Evidence of mortgage fraud amid surging home prices and household debt has prompted S&P Global Ratings to lower a key risk metric for Canadian banks. ... More

The amount Canadians owe relative to their income hit a new high in the third quarter of 2017, household credit market debt as a proportion of household disposable income ... More

Canadian families increased their net worth by 14.7% in the four years from 2012-2016 according to new data from Statistics Canada. ... More

According to the results of a new poll conducted by a leading insolvency firm, fully one-third of Canadians indicated that they are already feeling the pinch of increasing ... More

Up to a million Canadians would struggle to cope with a 1 per cent rise in interest rates with 700,000 at risk from even a 0.25 per cent rise. ... More

Canadians’ appetite for borrowing does not appear to be waning any time soon, if the latest figures from the Bank of Canada are any indication. ... More

In its latest data release, Statistics Canada announced that the amount Canadians owed compared with their disposable income climbed higher in the second quarter. ... More

Canadian consumers can expect to feel some financial effects following the Bank of Canada's decision to raise the key interest rate. ... More

Debt levels in Ontario are outpacing the other provinces while those in Western Canada are declining – and it’s not just home loans. ... More

With home prices rising across the country, many would assume that housing costs (including rent and mortgage payments) are the most expensive budget item for the average Canadian ... More

Unprecedented household debt levels will give Canadians a rude awakening on their unpaid credit card bills if another economic downturn materializes in the coming years, according ... More

The high levels of Canadian household debt should not be viewed in isolation a new report from the Fraser Institute says. ... More

Canadian household debt is rising and is set to keep rising despite expected increases in interest rates; and that worries the Parliamentary Budget Officer. ... More

A federal agency is warning consumers addicted to home equity lines of credit — a product increasingly driving debt — could find themselves at increased risk of ... More

Almost three quarters of Canadian homeowners would have difficulty paying their mortgage every month if their payments increased by as little as 10 per cent, a new survey from ... More

Around 10 million Canadians say they have experienced moderate to high levels of income volatility in the past year. ... More

Moody’s has downgraded its ratings for six Canadian banks due to their exposure to risk from high house prices and household debt. ... More

The amount Canadians owe compared with how much they earn hit another record high last year. Statistics Canada said the amount of household ... More

The type of person you are will inform the math that goes into your decision. ... More

More than a third of Canadians polled by CIBC said that paying off their mortgage sooner was a key financial goal. ... More

Canadian household debt hit a record high in the third quarter, as the country’s love affair with low interest rates fuelled another round of heavy borrowing. ... More

A new report from Manulife Bank reveals that many Canadians are living paycheque-to-paycheque including a large percentage of those with a mortgage. ... More

Canadians continued to pile up non-mortgage debt compared with a year ago but delinquency rates remained low, according to credit monitoring agency TransUnion. ... More

Canada’s debt, swelled by a decade-long housing boom to almost triple the size of its economy, is drawing increasing concern from an international banking community that ... More