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This Is How Many Canadians Missed Credit Payments in the First Quarter of 2025

  • During the first quarter of 2025, approximately 1.4 million Canadians, equating to one in every 22 consumers, failed to make a scheduled credit payment.
  • This rise stemmed from economic uncertainty, rising unemployment, high living costs, and mortgage stress, especially in Ontario where mortgage delinquency rates surged 72 percent year-over-year.
  • Non-Mortgage delinquency rates grew 8.9 percent year-over-year, with credit card delinquencies up 21.7 percent and average monthly credit card spending down $107 per holder.
  • Rebecca Oakes of Equifax Canada highlighted that missed payments are increasing notably among younger individuals and those with lower incomes, indicating growing financial difficulties within these demographics.
  • These trends suggest increasing financial strain for younger Canadians and Ontario residents, which could heighten risks to consumer credit markets going forward.
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Equifax report says 1.4M consumers missed a credit payment in Q1

There's a deepening divide between consumers in the face of economic uncertainty as those missing payments rose compared with a year ago, a new Equifax report shows.

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The Globe & Mail broke the news in Canada on Tuesday, May 27, 2025.
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