Insolvency Statistics in Canada

Table 5: Insolvencies Filed by Consumers by Economic Region (ER)
Province, Territory or Region	Volume			2017
Province, Territory or Region	2017	2016	% Change	Assets Declared at the Time of Filing ($)	Liabilities Declared at the Time of Filing ($)
Newfoundland and Labrador	2,479	2,399	3.3	291,950,122	359,795,026
Bankruptcies	1,367	1,552	-11.9	109,986,395	168,223,146
Proposals	1,112	847	31.3	181,963,727	191,571,880
Avalon Peninsula	1,390	1,270	9.4	190,319,858	224,103,910
Bankruptcies	755	729	3.6	72,432,635	106,650,458
Proposals	635	541	17.4	117,887,223	117,453,452
South Coast – Burin Peninsula	158	168	-6.0	11,336,298	16,701,367
Bankruptcies	99	126	-21.4	5,304,590	9,309,233
Proposals	59	42	40.5	6,031,708	7,392,134
West Coast – Northern Peninsula – Labrador	357	383	-6.8	32,070,999	44,144,821
Bankruptcies	202	255	-20.8	10,072,694	17,158,195
Proposals	155	128	21.1	21,998,305	26,986,626
Notre Dame – Central Bonavista Bay	574	579	-0.9	58,222,966	74,844,928
Bankruptcies	311	442	-29.6	22,176,475	35,105,260
Proposals	263	137	92.0	36,046,491	39,739,668
Prince Edward Island	673	802	-16.1	45,552,799	66,115,534
Bankruptcies	387	500	-22.6	17,248,334	35,457,932
Proposals	286	302	-5.3	28,304,465	30,657,602
Nova Scotia	5,724	5,948	-3.8	449,189,090	637,021,818
Bankruptcies	3,807	4,191	-9.2	223,664,063	396,287,456
Proposals	1,917	1,757	9.1	225,525,027	240,734,362
Cape Breton	1,033	1,138	-9.2	81,136,647	96,296,829
Bankruptcies	565	704	-19.7	27,895,552	47,934,452
Proposals	468	434	7.8	53,241,095	48,362,377
North Shore	1,052	1,086	-3.1	80,789,846	117,609,276
Bankruptcies	732	757	-3.3	43,026,630	74,852,663
Proposals	320	329	-2.7	37,763,216	42,756,613
Annapolis Valley	732	870	-15.9	56,094,619	79,754,316
Bankruptcies	577	701	-17.7	35,631,952	56,697,918
Proposals	155	169	-8.3	20,462,667	23,056,398
Southern	809	639	26.6	59,408,278	102,441,527
Bankruptcies	522	441	18.4	29,645,875	66,897,559
Proposals	287	198	44.9	29,762,403	35,543,968
Halifax	2,098	2,216	-5.3	171,759,701	240,919,871
Bankruptcies	1,411	1,590	-11.3	87,464,055	149,904,865
Proposals	687	626	9.7	84,295,646	91,015,006
New Brunswick	4,361	4,442	-1.8	359,791,932	511,862,824
Bankruptcies	2,457	2,904	-15.4	140,780,005	269,277,450
Proposals	1,904	1,538	23.8	219,011,927	242,585,374
Campbellton – Miramichi	820	899	-8.8	60,784,207	93,185,514
Bankruptcies	467	611	-23.6	23,348,162	50,131,830
Proposals	353	288	22.6	37,436,045	43,053,684
Moncton – Richibucto	1,318	1,415	-6.9	120,207,844	160,822,113
Bankruptcies	726	901	-19.4	50,878,842	86,030,329
Proposals	592	514	15.2	69,329,002	74,791,784
Saint John – St. Stephen	1,051	1,055	-0.4	90,610,477	129,216,605
Bankruptcies	563	653	-13.8	29,609,784	62,705,170
Proposals	488	402	21.4	61,000,693	66,511,435
Fredericton – Oromocto	741	697	6.3	60,140,276	86,970,265
Bankruptcies	444	483	-8.1	25,619,115	48,413,824
Proposals	297	214	38.8	34,521,161	38,556,441
Edmundston – Woodstock	433	376	15.2	28,049,129	41,668,327
Bankruptcies	259	256	1.2	11,324,103	21,996,297
Proposals	174	120	45.0	16,725,026	19,672,030
Quebec	41,670	43,009	-3.1	2,989,571,874	4,006,308,454
Bankruptcies	22,647	24,241	-6.6	953,061,406	1,868,832,460
Proposals	19,023	18,768	1.4	2,036,510,468	2,137,475,994
Gaspésie – Îles-de-la-Madeleine	450	521	-13.6	27,913,825	34,631,216
Bankruptcies	229	273	-16.1	8,730,272	14,995,740
Proposals	221	248	-10.9	19,183,553	19,635,476
Bas-Saint-Laurent	911	912	-0.1	56,273,702	71,982,822
Bankruptcies	500	546	-8.4	19,926,893	33,162,153
Proposals	411	366	12.3	36,346,809	38,820,669
Capitale-Nationale	3,490	3,243	7.6	245,275,712	326,903,262
Bankruptcies	2,028	1,950	4.0	88,743,543	153,985,997
Proposals	1,462	1,293	13.1	156,532,169	172,917,265
Chaudière – Appalaches	1,649	1,621	1.7	123,712,320	157,091,458
Bankruptcies	998	997	0.1	53,696,330	86,020,369
Proposals	651	624	4.3	70,015,990	71,071,089
Estrie	1,563	1,542	1.4	108,043,211	138,499,132
Bankruptcies	1,049	1,014	3.5	53,480,997	88,870,304
Proposals	514	528	-2.7	54,562,214	49,628,828
Centre-du-Québec	1,183	1,113	6.3	64,105,583	91,317,166
Bankruptcies	665	674	-1.3	24,935,850	47,834,078
Proposals	518	439	18.0	39,169,733	43,483,088
Montérégie	7,736	8,198	-5.6	616,890,893	812,973,002
Bankruptcies	3,990	4,365	-8.6	173,961,229	349,806,176
Proposals	3,746	3,833	-2.3	442,929,664	463,166,826
Montréal	8,354	8,992	-7.1	325,480,856	635,095,131
Bankruptcies	4,684	5,176	-9.5	88,525,957	325,061,492
Proposals	3,670	3,816	-3.8	236,954,899	310,033,639
Laval	2,196	2,215	-0.9	196,569,500	268,226,958
Bankruptcies	985	1,129	-12.8	36,985,007	96,918,747
Proposals	1,211	1,086	11.5	159,584,493	171,308,211
Lanaudière	3,318	3,400	-2.4	307,815,542	369,589,936
Bankruptcies	1,613	1,751	-7.9	87,521,755	160,213,519
Proposals	1,705	1,649	3.4	220,293,787	209,376,417
Laurentides	4,248	4,190	1.4	381,304,147	474,146,123
Bankruptcies	2,134	2,215	-3.7	111,588,611	204,193,533
Proposals	2,114	1,975	7.0	269,715,536	269,952,590
Outaouais	2,606	2,736	-4.8	238,751,772	279,553,981
Bankruptcies	1,385	1,485	-6.7	82,235,252	124,606,759
Proposals	1,221	1,251	-2.4	156,516,520	154,947,222
Abitibi – Témiscamingue	681	750	-9.2	52,807,507	53,773,195
Bankruptcies	325	436	-25.5	17,961,777	22,316,446
Proposals	356	314	13.4	34,845,730	31,456,749
Mauricie	1,476	1,545	-4.5	91,622,303	120,561,466
Bankruptcies	978	1,024	-4.5	41,714,796	69,866,566
Proposals	498	521	-4.4	49,907,507	50,694,900
Saguenay – Lac-Saint-Jean	1,341	1,499	-10.5	113,967,631	125,185,287
Bankruptcies	806	898	-10.2	46,996,902	65,604,073
Proposals	535	601	-11.0	66,970,729	59,581,214
Côte-Nord	407	481	-15.4	34,607,468	39,532,429
Bankruptcies	253	279	-9.3	15,083,750	22,614,043
Proposals	154	202	-23.8	19,523,718	16,918,386
Nord-du-Québec	57	53	7.5	4,429,900	7,245,893
Bankruptcies	26	32	-18.8	972,485	2,762,466
Proposals	31	21	47.6	3,457,415	4,483,427
Ontario	38,167	39,611	-3.6	2,231,917,904	3,858,708,431
Bankruptcies	15,336	16,904	-9.3	508,318,576	1,765,820,896
Proposals	22,831	22,707	0.5	1,723,599,328	2,092,887,535
Ottawa	4,014	3,908	2.7	360,489,517	488,680,422
Bankruptcies	2,005	2,053	-2.3	114,047,206	235,975,388
Proposals	2,009	1,855	8.3	246,442,311	252,705,034
Kingston – Pembroke	1,608	1,679	-4.2	120,397,272	149,434,059
Bankruptcies	672	813	-17.3	28,591,368	54,578,458
Proposals	936	866	8.1	91,805,904	94,855,601
Muskoka – Kawarthas	1,122	1,202	-6.7	77,426,739	101,450,258
Bankruptcies	449	515	-12.8	16,246,995	42,449,515
Proposals	673	687	-2.0	61,179,744	59,000,743
Toronto	15,654	15,691	-0.2	730,893,307	1,422,658,903
Bankruptcies	5,423	5,694	-4.8	121,634,007	567,956,775
Proposals	10,231	9,997	2.3	609,259,300	854,702,128
Kitchener – Waterloo – Barrie	3,767	3,836	-1.8	175,320,758	287,001,519
Bankruptcies	1,518	1,690	-10.2	31,316,645	119,585,387
Proposals	2,249	2,146	4.8	144,004,113	167,416,132
Hamilton – Niagara Peninsula	3,850	4,482	-14.1	174,453,722	351,834,583
Bankruptcies	1,524	1,872	-18.6	34,836,428	121,345,478
Proposals	2,326	2,610	-10.9	139,617,294	230,489,105
London	2,267	2,647	-14.4	134,706,945	186,235,876
Bankruptcies	944	1,163	-18.8	33,399,354	74,788,648
Proposals	1,323	1,484	-10.8	101,307,591	111,447,228
Windsor – Sarnia	2,041	2,081	-1.9	127,264,871	473,353,811
Bankruptcies	906	1,009	-10.2	33,393,810	370,232,942
Proposals	1,135	1,072	5.9	93,871,061	103,120,869
Stratford – Bruce Peninsula	600	689	-12.9	38,506,622	52,382,886
Bankruptcies	304	380	-20.0	11,515,382	23,513,403
Proposals	296	309	-4.2	26,991,240	28,869,483
Northeast	2,735	2,840	-3.7	243,935,828	291,632,808
Bankruptcies	1,306	1,385	-5.7	68,298,482	129,671,283
Proposals	1,429	1,455	-1.8	175,637,346	161,961,525
Northwest	511	557	-8.3	48,522,324	54,043,306
Bankruptcies	284	331	-14.2	15,038,899	25,723,619
Proposals	227	226	0.4	33,483,425	28,319,687
Manitoba	2,604	2,607	-0.1	234,185,126	325,565,862
Bankruptcies	1,375	1,448	-5.0	90,803,206	177,384,515
Proposals	1,229	1,159	6.0	143,381,920	148,181,347
Southeast	225	176	27.8	22,522,889	32,006,829
Bankruptcies	147	96	53.1	11,978,062	20,538,084
Proposals	78	80	-2.5	10,544,827	11,468,745
South Central	91	94	-3.2	7,984,802	10,261,858
Bankruptcies	49	68	-27.9	3,901,504	6,266,360
Proposals	42	26	61.5	4,083,298	3,995,498
Southwest	295	309	-4.5	24,793,994	27,638,534
Bankruptcies	137	140	-2.1	8,551,490	13,120,956
Proposals	158	169	-6.5	16,242,504	14,517,578
North Central	79	90	-12.2	8,603,481	11,437,330
Bankruptcies	42	48	-12.5	3,667,010	6,685,493
Proposals	37	42	-11.9	4,936,471	4,751,837
Winnipeg	1,637	1,642	-0.3	142,829,022	206,022,678
Bankruptcies	846	924	-8.4	49,456,167	108,592,177
Proposals	791	718	10.2	93,372,855	97,430,501
Interlake	132	140	-5.7	17,009,210	23,290,682
Bankruptcies	80	81	-1.2	8,579,627	14,375,396
Proposals	52	59	-11.9	8,429,583	8,915,286
Parklands	69	78	-11.5	5,421,172	7,507,462
Bankruptcies	38	43	-11.6	2,175,850	4,330,549
Proposals	31	35	-11.4	3,245,322	3,176,913
North	69	77	-10.4	5,020,558	7,400,490
Bankruptcies	34	48	-29.2	2,493,497	3,475,501
Proposals	35	29	20.7	2,527,061	3,924,989
Saskatchewan	3,122	2,960	5.5	493,772,437	504,523,059
Bankruptcies	1,368	1,421	-3.7	160,157,928	214,864,941
Proposals	1,754	1,539	14.0	333,614,509	289,658,118
Regina – Moose Mountain	1,041	991	5.0	178,328,147	173,316,456
Bankruptcies	357	366	-2.5	42,629,900	58,032,906
Proposals	684	625	9.4	135,698,247	115,283,550
Swift Current – Moose Jaw	207	235	-11.9	30,326,299	30,901,700
Bankruptcies	114	130	-12.3	13,473,777	15,837,732
Proposals	93	105	-11.4	16,852,522	15,063,968
Saskatoon – Biggar	1,036	923	12.2	173,650,887	174,980,776
Bankruptcies	499	471	5.9	59,408,214	77,709,222
Proposals	537	452	18.8	114,242,673	97,271,554
Yorkton – Melville	181	186	-2.7	20,384,939	23,875,119
Bankruptcies	99	95	4.2	8,808,055	13,352,026
Proposals	82	91	-9.9	11,576,884	10,523,093
Prince Albert	615	593	3.7	87,670,181	97,225,635
Bankruptcies	282	343	-17.8	34,781,646	48,490,221
Proposals	333	250	33.2	52,888,535	48,735,414
Northern	36	32	12.5	3,411,984	4,223,373
Bankruptcies	14	15	-6.7	1,056,336	1,442,835
Proposals	22	17	29.4	2,355,648	2,780,538
Alberta	13,286	13,170	0.9	2,069,193,781	2,509,986,379
Bankruptcies	5,008	5,427	-7.7	608,936,385	1,005,030,673
Proposals	8,278	7,743	6.9	1,460,257,396	1,504,955,706
Lethbridge – Medicine Hat	931	1,164	-20.0	119,516,643	132,655,351
Bankruptcies	383	475	-19.4	40,707,855	56,075,864
Proposals	548	689	-20.5	78,808,788	76,579,487
Camrose – Drumheller	568	607	-6.4	85,513,977	105,260,966
Bankruptcies	267	311	-14.1	35,516,422	52,872,954
Proposals	301	296	1.7	49,997,555	52,388,012
Calgary	5,002	4,746	5.4	800,820,872	984,495,804
Bankruptcies	1,714	1,687	1.6	210,014,987	376,404,921
Proposals	3,288	3,059	7.5	590,805,885	608,090,883
Banff – Jasper – Rocky Mountain House	241	283	-14.8	31,593,106	41,397,806
Bankruptcies	108	120	-10.0	11,301,096	20,356,625
Proposals	133	163	-18.4	20,292,010	21,041,181
Red Deer	847	1,058	-19.9	126,701,632	148,497,108
Bankruptcies	331	414	-20.0	37,890,694	57,409,247
Proposals	516	644	-19.9	88,810,938	91,087,861
Edmonton	4,576	4,093	11.8	696,576,287	833,572,807
Bankruptcies	1,712	1,814	-5.6	194,317,240	315,141,675
Proposals	2,864	2,279	25.7	502,259,047	518,431,132
Athabasca – Grande Prairie – Peace River	733	882	-16.9	123,895,020	161,653,827
Bankruptcies	336	436	-22.9	46,565,214	78,740,795
Proposals	397	446	-11.0	77,329,806	82,913,032
Wood Buffalo – Cold Lake	389	335	16.1	84,576,244	102,452,711
Bankruptcies	158	169	-6.5	32,622,878	48,028,593
Proposals	231	166	39.2	51,953,366	54,424,118
British Columbia	9,991	10,806	-7.5	563,967,181	1,021,760,761
Bankruptcies	4,146	4,719	-12.1	159,360,458	510,233,458
Proposals	5,845	6,087	-4.0	404,606,723	511,527,303
Vancouver Island and Coast	2,022	2,405	-15.9	112,235,987	183,864,507
Bankruptcies	922	1,145	-19.5	33,406,966	91,196,810
Proposals	1,100	1,260	-12.7	78,829,021	92,667,697
Lower Mainland – Southwest	5,453	5,737	-5.0	218,616,332	498,663,997
Bankruptcies	2,073	2,244	-7.6	52,312,391	243,515,435
Proposals	3,380	3,493	-3.2	166,303,941	255,148,562
Thompson – Okanagan	1,402	1,452	-3.4	109,735,130	182,972,454
Bankruptcies	625	695	-10.1	32,682,725	99,593,107
Proposals	777	757	2.6	77,052,405	83,379,347
Kootenay	327	331	-1.2	42,041,171	54,058,310
Bankruptcies	166	188	-11.7	17,659,399	30,118,402
Proposals	161	143	12.6	24,381,772	23,939,908
Cariboo	450	539	-16.5	38,872,244	50,200,315
Bankruptcies	222	283	-21.6	10,676,311	22,251,938
Proposals	228	256	-10.9	28,195,933	27,948,377
North Coast	86	67	28.4	7,849,548	8,945,756
Bankruptcies	37	38	-2.6	2,258,605	3,742,552
Proposals	49	29	69.0	5,590,943	5,203,204
Nechako	53	68	-22.1	3,119,057	5,074,700
Bankruptcies	30	34	-11.8	1,010,938	2,684,880
Proposals	23	34	-32.4	2,108,119	2,389,820
Northeast	196	205	-4.4	31,497,712	37,980,722
Bankruptcies	71	91	-22.0	9,353,123	17,130,334
Proposals	125	114	9.6	22,144,589	20,850,388
Northwest Territories	80	60	33.3	9,406,905	10,761,769
Bankruptcies	51	35	45.7	4,623,581	5,961,408
Proposals	29	25	16.0	4,783,324	4,800,361
Yukon Territory	37	55	-32.7	1,342,016	3,106,919
Bankruptcies	18	27	-33.3	362,536	1,346,333
Proposals	19	28	-32.1	979,480	1,760,586
Nunavut	4	9	-55.6	1,603,661	2,802,514
Bankruptcies	2	3	-33.3	1,365,611	2,530,096
Proposals	2	6	-66.7	238,050	272,418

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Insolvency Statistics in Canada—2017 (Table 5)