Insolvency Statistics in Canada

Table 5: Insolvencies Filed by Consumers by Economic Region (ER)
Province, Territory or Region	Volume			2018
Province, Territory or Region	2018	2017	% Change	Assets Declared at the Time of Filing ($)	Liabilities Declared at the Time of Filing ($)
Newfoundland and Labrador	2,802	2,479	13.0	350,248,246	422,595,066
Bankruptcies	1,376	1,367	0.7	114,336,186	183,095,521
Proposals	1,426	1,112	28.2	235,912,060	239,499,545
Avalon Peninsula	1,619	1,390	16.5	240,571,239	275,774,264
Bankruptcies	742	755	-1.7	73,007,694	115,269,857
Proposals	877	635	38.1	167,563,545	160,504,407
South Coast – Burin Peninsula	176	158	11.4	14,204,800	21,063,554
Bankruptcies	100	99	1.0	5,181,085	9,830,578
Proposals	76	59	28.8	9,023,715	11,232,976
West Coast – Northern Peninsula – Labrador	380	357	6.4	40,572,772	49,491,376
Bankruptcies	181	202	-10.4	12,542,595	20,056,146
Proposals	199	155	28.4	28,030,177	29,435,230
Notre Dame – Central Bonavista Bay	624	574	8.7	54,899,436	76,265,873
Bankruptcies	352	311	13.2	23,604,813	37,938,941
Proposals	272	263	3.4	31,294,623	38,326,932
Prince Edward Island	731	673	8.6	48,701,837	79,952,898
Bankruptcies	426	387	10.1	16,215,720	46,349,254
Proposals	305	286	6.6	32,486,117	33,603,644
Nova Scotia	5,595	5,724	-2.3	433,944,461	606,034,345
Bankruptcies	3,483	3,807	-8.5	203,424,484	354,076,556
Proposals	2,112	1,917	10.2	230,519,977	251,957,789
Cape Breton	1,056	1,033	2.2	79,524,061	102,258,860
Bankruptcies	575	565	1.8	27,178,402	53,000,768
Proposals	481	468	2.8	52,345,659	49,258,092
North Shore	960	1,052	-8.7	70,718,318	96,699,106
Bankruptcies	634	732	-13.4	36,306,444	59,543,188
Proposals	326	320	1.9	34,411,874	37,155,918
Annapolis Valley	731	732	-0.1	59,757,143	83,039,427
Bankruptcies	530	577	-8.1	35,920,678	57,832,509
Proposals	201	155	29.7	23,836,465	25,206,918
Southern	787	809	-2.7	52,439,681	82,144,048
Bankruptcies	532	522	1.9	26,682,220	51,494,759
Proposals	255	287	-11.1	25,757,461	30,649,289
Halifax	2,061	2,098	-1.8	171,505,257	241,892,905
Bankruptcies	1,212	1,411	-14.1	77,336,740	132,205,333
Proposals	849	687	23.6	94,168,517	109,687,572
New Brunswick	4,480	4,361	2.7	358,093,772	489,664,180
Bankruptcies	2,262	2,457	-7.9	118,862,653	235,185,932
Proposals	2,218	1,904	16.5	239,231,119	254,478,248
Campbellton – Miramichi	932	820	13.7	65,173,898	96,639,361
Bankruptcies	491	467	5.1	23,804,961	50,186,509
Proposals	441	353	24.9	41,368,937	46,452,852
Moncton – Richibucto	1,251	1,318	-5.1	107,390,503	142,246,192
Bankruptcies	617	726	-15.0	35,833,618	65,926,153
Proposals	634	592	7.1	71,556,885	76,320,039
Saint John – St. Stephen	1,018	1,051	-3.1	87,795,556	110,106,927
Bankruptcies	474	563	-15.8	26,559,406	48,402,529
Proposals	544	488	11.5	61,236,150	61,704,398
Fredericton – Oromocto	805	741	8.6	67,682,047	95,281,670
Bankruptcies	424	444	-4.5	21,725,994	46,308,816
Proposals	381	297	28.3	45,956,053	48,972,854
Edmundston – Woodstock	473	433	9.2	30,051,769	45,390,030
Bankruptcies	256	259	-1.2	10,938,674	24,361,925
Proposals	217	174	24.7	19,113,095	21,028,105
Quebec	41,736	41,670	0.2	3,000,553,236	4,128,738,251
Bankruptcies	21,188	22,647	-6.4	866,646,208	1,800,330,464
Proposals	20,548	19,023	8.0	2,133,907,028	2,328,407,787
Gaspésie – Îles-de-la-Madeleine	453	450	0.7	32,771,625	36,871,621
Bankruptcies	202	229	-11.8	10,121,812	16,010,191
Proposals	251	221	13.6	22,649,813	20,861,430
Bas-Saint-Laurent	904	911	-0.8	64,790,639	80,964,782
Bankruptcies	499	500	-0.2	22,982,376	40,227,563
Proposals	405	411	-1.5	41,808,263	40,737,219
Capitale-Nationale	3,455	3,490	-1.0	276,211,271	385,167,625
Bankruptcies	1,881	2,028	-7.2	93,734,784	150,146,334
Proposals	1,574	1,462	7.7	182,476,487	235,021,291
Chaudière – Appalaches	1,784	1,649	8.2	138,610,422	165,906,982
Bankruptcies	1,028	998	3.0	60,233,566	87,666,397
Proposals	756	651	16.1	78,376,856	78,240,585
Estrie	1,596	1,563	2.1	103,057,416	137,675,194
Bankruptcies	982	1,049	-6.4	46,201,237	79,049,553
Proposals	614	514	19.5	56,856,179	58,625,641
Centre-du-Québec	1,142	1,183	-3.5	62,005,410	85,262,489
Bankruptcies	576	665	-13.4	20,292,835	36,769,540
Proposals	566	518	9.3	41,712,575	48,492,949
Montérégie	7,880	7,736	1.9	589,038,971	789,932,523
Bankruptcies	3,805	3,990	-4.6	146,594,546	308,960,137
Proposals	4,075	3,746	8.8	442,444,425	480,972,386
Montréal	8,210	8,354	-1.7	342,106,336	673,535,333
Bankruptcies	4,396	4,684	-6.1	90,099,842	324,043,558
Proposals	3,814	3,670	3.9	252,006,494	349,491,775
Laval	2,093	2,196	-4.7	162,192,198	236,393,123
Bankruptcies	935	985	-5.1	31,344,670	90,545,694
Proposals	1,158	1,211	-4.4	130,847,528	145,847,429
Lanaudière	3,315	3,318	-0.1	298,005,529	379,257,694
Bankruptcies	1,400	1,613	-13.2	69,424,368	148,879,914
Proposals	1,915	1,705	12.3	228,581,161	230,377,780
Laurentides	4,211	4,248	-0.9	391,927,442	512,261,404
Bankruptcies	1,927	2,134	-9.7	94,747,744	224,117,544
Proposals	2,284	2,114	8.0	297,179,698	288,143,860
Outaouais	2,632	2,606	1.0	234,399,765	282,125,810
Bankruptcies	1,168	1,385	-15.7	57,465,474	100,923,926
Proposals	1,464	1,221	19.9	176,934,291	181,201,884
Abitibi – Témiscamingue	715	681	5.0	50,482,754	62,374,746
Bankruptcies	352	325	8.3	16,412,511	26,777,352
Proposals	363	356	2.0	34,070,243	35,597,394
Mauricie	1,460	1,476	-1.1	81,636,030	117,453,522
Bankruptcies	922	978	-5.7	35,913,827	68,064,666
Proposals	538	498	8.0	45,722,203	49,388,856
Saguenay – Lac-Saint-Jean	1,374	1,341	2.5	126,086,423	133,233,294
Bankruptcies	827	806	2.6	53,890,645	73,068,223
Proposals	547	535	2.2	72,195,778	60,165,071
Côte-Nord	454	407	11.5	42,868,202	44,700,759
Bankruptcies	254	253	0.4	15,257,660	21,859,988
Proposals	200	154	29.9	27,610,542	22,840,771
Nord-du-Québec	54	57	-5.3	4,362,799	5,621,350
Bankruptcies	33	26	26.9	1,928,309	3,219,884
Proposals	21	31	-32.3	2,434,490	2,401,466
Ontario	38,856	38,167	1.8	2,273,993,927	3,614,819,557
Bankruptcies	14,660	15,336	-4.4	451,149,344	1,445,140,644
Proposals	24,196	22,831	6.0	1,822,844,583	2,169,678,913
Ottawa	4,154	4,014	3.5	330,950,873	470,072,288
Bankruptcies	1,898	2,005	-5.3	90,494,136	203,527,049
Proposals	2,256	2,009	12.3	240,456,737	266,545,239
Kingston – Pembroke	1,588	1,608	-1.2	116,101,531	145,995,131
Bankruptcies	692	672	3.0	28,180,575	56,998,829
Proposals	896	936	-4.3	87,920,956	88,996,302
Muskoka – Kawarthas	1,148	1,122	2.3	68,481,812	127,096,082
Bankruptcies	408	449	-9.1	11,886,218	65,063,100
Proposals	740	673	10.0	56,595,594	62,032,982
Toronto	15,684	15,654	0.2	845,789,545	1,536,671,606
Bankruptcies	4,953	5,423	-8.7	134,175,612	600,352,269
Proposals	10,731	10,231	4.9	711,613,933	936,319,337
Kitchener – Waterloo – Barrie	4,022	3,767	6.8	214,775,249	334,074,506
Bankruptcies	1,491	1,518	-1.8	33,798,651	119,798,895
Proposals	2,531	2,249	12.5	180,976,598	214,275,611
Hamilton – Niagara Peninsula	3,976	3,850	3.3	177,624,397	289,772,785
Bankruptcies	1,502	1,524	-1.4	28,134,187	113,242,071
Proposals	2,474	2,326	6.4	149,490,210	176,530,714
London	2,308	2,267	1.8	110,674,934	168,304,259
Bankruptcies	902	944	-4.4	17,414,525	58,752,777
Proposals	1,406	1,323	6.3	93,260,409	109,551,482
Windsor – Sarnia	2,034	2,041	-0.3	99,715,239	157,108,819
Bankruptcies	961	906	6.1	24,956,666	67,222,343
Proposals	1,073	1,135	-5.5	74,758,573	89,886,476
Stratford – Bruce Peninsula	630	600	5.0	38,158,416	50,256,916
Bankruptcies	296	304	-2.6	8,976,824	20,660,425
Proposals	334	296	12.8	29,181,592	29,596,491
Northeast	2,756	2,735	0.8	223,881,481	275,582,943
Bankruptcies	1,226	1,306	-6.1	55,797,276	109,056,891
Proposals	1,530	1,429	7.1	168,084,205	166,526,052
Northwest	556	511	8.8	47,840,449	59,884,221
Bankruptcies	330	284	16.2	17,334,673	30,465,994
Proposals	226	227	-0.4	30,505,776	29,418,227
Manitoba	2,824	2,604	8.4	266,571,898	347,845,492
Bankruptcies	1,364	1,375	-0.8	91,139,543	164,650,005
Proposals	1,460	1,229	18.8	175,432,355	183,195,487
Southeast	227	225	0.9	26,413,668	34,313,512
Bankruptcies	114	147	-22.4	11,045,691	18,889,413
Proposals	113	78	44.9	15,367,977	15,424,099
South Central	92	91	1.1	9,138,901	14,819,663
Bankruptcies	56	49	14.3	4,367,720	7,891,631
Proposals	36	42	-14.3	4,771,181	6,928,032
Southwest	290	295	-1.7	27,970,462	30,569,527
Bankruptcies	135	137	-1.5	10,164,538	14,532,324
Proposals	155	158	-1.9	17,805,924	16,037,203
North Central	89	79	12.7	9,362,599	10,186,932
Bankruptcies	37	42	-11.9	2,275,676	4,043,356
Proposals	52	37	40.5	7,086,923	6,143,576
Winnipeg	1,842	1,637	12.5	162,018,704	212,662,218
Bankruptcies	873	846	3.2	48,494,799	95,591,404
Proposals	969	791	22.5	113,523,905	117,070,814
Interlake	156	132	18.2	20,147,501	27,601,922
Bankruptcies	88	80	10.0	10,636,073	16,297,983
Proposals	68	52	30.8	9,511,428	11,303,939
Parklands	75	69	8.7	7,821,178	11,903,211
Bankruptcies	38	38	0.0	2,923,553	4,676,620
Proposals	37	31	19.4	4,897,625	7,226,591
North	51	69	-26.1	3,698,884	5,788,507
Bankruptcies	21	34	-38.2	1,231,491	2,727,274
Proposals	30	35	-14.3	2,467,393	3,061,233
Saskatchewan	3,399	3,122	8.9	572,244,564	553,018,610
Bankruptcies	1,280	1,368	-6.4	168,872,988	215,400,211
Proposals	2,119	1,754	20.8	403,371,576	337,618,399
Regina – Moose Mountain	1,183	1,041	13.6	198,466,663	193,075,761
Bankruptcies	344	357	-3.6	49,317,945	62,519,551
Proposals	839	684	22.7	149,148,718	130,556,210
Swift Current – Moose Jaw	251	207	21.3	36,418,375	38,559,695
Bankruptcies	119	114	4.4	13,408,962	17,581,477
Proposals	132	93	41.9	23,009,413	20,978,218
Saskatoon – Biggar	1,111	1,036	7.2	202,612,360	189,107,522
Bankruptcies	440	499	-11.8	59,495,866	74,380,244
Proposals	671	537	25.0	143,116,494	114,727,278
Yorkton – Melville	187	181	3.3	25,282,199	25,405,563
Bankruptcies	78	99	-21.2	10,053,999	11,063,818
Proposals	109	82	32.9	15,228,200	14,341,745
Prince Albert	628	615	2.1	104,360,497	100,260,055
Bankruptcies	279	282	-1.1	34,131,965	46,283,453
Proposals	349	333	4.8	70,228,532	53,976,602
Northern	38	36	5.6	5,104,470	6,610,015
Bankruptcies	20	14	42.9	2,464,250	3,571,669
Proposals	18	22	-18.2	2,640,220	3,038,346
Alberta	14,555	13,286	9.6	2,260,447,589	2,801,832,533
Bankruptcies	4,925	5,008	-1.7	620,916,473	1,077,852,388
Proposals	9,630	8,278	16.3	1,639,531,116	1,723,980,145
Lethbridge – Medicine Hat	1,115	931	19.8	130,390,546	164,560,618
Bankruptcies	386	383	0.8	41,193,451	72,907,496
Proposals	729	548	33.0	89,197,095	91,653,122
Camrose – Drumheller	505	568	-11.1	76,123,060	93,165,585
Bankruptcies	208	267	-22.1	30,852,385	42,942,784
Proposals	297	301	-1.3	45,270,675	50,222,801
Calgary	5,503	5,002	10.0	865,352,511	1,073,731,235
Bankruptcies	1,882	1,714	9.8	224,797,316	406,442,727
Proposals	3,621	3,288	10.1	640,555,195	667,288,508
Banff – Jasper – Rocky Mountain House	275	241	14.1	34,598,085	45,269,665
Bankruptcies	122	108	13.0	14,017,826	25,321,321
Proposals	153	133	15.0	20,580,259	19,948,344
Red Deer	899	847	6.1	129,025,145	155,968,544
Bankruptcies	290	331	-12.4	36,239,575	61,150,633
Proposals	609	516	18.0	92,785,570	94,817,911
Edmonton	4,987	4,576	9.0	787,429,549	970,227,859
Bankruptcies	1,578	1,712	-7.8	200,647,459	346,161,707
Proposals	3,409	2,864	19.0	586,782,090	624,066,152
Athabasca – Grande Prairie – Peace River	730	733	-0.4	106,660,499	142,105,794
Bankruptcies	265	336	-21.1	31,418,782	61,951,722
Proposals	465	397	17.1	75,241,717	80,154,072
Wood Buffalo – Cold Lake	542	389	39.3	130,868,194	156,803,233
Bankruptcies	193	158	22.2	41,749,679	60,973,997
Proposals	349	231	51.1	89,118,515	95,829,236
British Columbia	10,172	9,991	1.8	485,594,404	961,242,684
Bankruptcies	4,072	4,146	-1.8	132,336,704	472,838,098
Proposals	6,100	5,845	4.4	353,257,700	488,404,586
Vancouver Island and Coast	2,210	2,022	9.3	104,529,467	182,649,915
Bankruptcies	946	922	2.6	21,655,034	79,211,711
Proposals	1,264	1,100	14.9	82,874,433	103,438,204
Lower Mainland – Southwest	5,472	5,453	0.3	198,619,530	498,263,539
Bankruptcies	2,055	2,073	-0.9	55,502,875	264,116,928
Proposals	3,417	3,380	1.1	143,116,655	234,146,611
Thompson – Okanagan	1,453	1,402	3.6	85,527,805	144,750,593
Bankruptcies	630	625	0.8	25,901,281	69,376,300
Proposals	823	777	5.9	59,626,524	75,374,293
Kootenay	308	327	-5.8	26,618,360	37,710,647
Bankruptcies	143	166	-13.9	9,543,288	18,059,982
Proposals	165	161	2.5	17,075,072	19,650,665
Cariboo	412	450	-8.4	31,872,449	44,234,422
Bankruptcies	178	222	-19.8	7,210,636	18,808,201
Proposals	234	228	2.6	24,661,813	25,426,221
North Coast	70	86	-18.6	7,202,233	10,167,367
Bankruptcies	30	37	-18.9	3,265,283	5,267,754
Proposals	40	49	-18.4	3,936,950	4,899,613
Nechako	58	53	9.4	5,078,421	6,866,119
Bankruptcies	25	30	-16.7	1,864,566	3,439,168
Proposals	33	23	43.5	3,213,855	3,426,951
Northeast	186	196	-5.1	26,146,138	36,600,083
Bankruptcies	63	71	-11.3	7,393,741	14,558,055
Proposals	123	125	-1.6	18,752,397	22,042,028
Northwest Territories	78	80	-2.5	9,017,123	10,194,102
Bankruptcies	42	51	-17.6	4,069,563	5,415,590
Proposals	36	29	24.1	4,947,560	4,778,512
Yukon Territory	35	37	-5.4	2,632,348	4,915,959
Bankruptcies	13	18	-27.8	1,257,655	2,989,536
Proposals	22	19	15.8	1,374,693	1,926,423
Nunavut	3	4	-25.0	431,212	672,534
Bankruptcies	0	2	-100.0	0	0
Proposals	3	2	50.0	431,212	672,534

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