House Standing Committee on Finance (February 13, 2024)
ANNEX C: FCAC data on homeowners with/without mortgages and renters (graphs)
Figure 1: Percentage of Canadians who owned their home with a mortgage, owned their home without a mortgage, or who rented their home

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*March - May 2019 | Aug - Oct 2020 | Nov 2020 - Jan 2021 | Feb - April 2021 | May - July 2021 | **Aug - Dec 2021 | Jan - March 2022 | April - June 2022 | July - Sept 2022 | Oct - Dec 2022 | Jan - March 2023 | April - June 2023 | July - Sept 2023 | Oct - Dec 2023 | |
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Homeowners without a mortgage | 28,4% | 26,9% | 25,5% | 24,6% | 22,7% | 21,9% | 22,1% | 21,8% | 21,7% | 22,3% | 21,6% | 21,9% | 27,1% | 26,4% |
Homeowners with a mortgage | 39,9% | 40,1% | 39,4% | 38,3% | 34,6% | 32,7% | 32,0% | 33,8% | 33,2% | 35,6% | 33,4% | 32,1% | 38,4% | 37,4% |
Renters | 31,8% | 33,0% | 35,1% | 37,1% | 42,7% | 45,5% | 45,9% | 44,4% | 45,0% | 42,1% | 45,0% | 46,0% | 34,5% | 36,1% |
* These results come from the 2019 Canadian Financial Capability Survey.
** Data were not collected during September and October 2021 because of the federal election.
Figure 2: Percentage of Canadians who kept with their financial commitments without any problems

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**March - May 2019 | Aug - Oct 2020 | Nov 2020 - Jan 2021 | Feb - April 2021 | May - July 2021 | ***Aug - Dec 2021 | Jan - March 2022 | April - June 2022 | July - Sept 2022 | Oct - Dec 2022 | Jan - March 2023 | April - June 2023 | July - Sept 2023 | Oct - Dec 2023 | |
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Homeowners without a mortgage | 80,2% | 74,4% | 74,3% | 76,0% | 69,5% | 66,7% | 64,9% | 62,9% | 60,7% | 55,8% | 62,1% | 64,9% | 70,1% | 63,0% |
Homeowners with a mortgage | 56,0% | 56,9% | 54,9% | 51,7% | 51,2% | 49,3% | 45,4% | 44,4% | 41,4% | 35,9% | 41,9% | 34,7% | 40,8% | 37,1% |
Renters | 50,1% | 45,4% | 48,4% | 43,0% | 45,5% | 41,6% | 39,2% | 36,6% | 32,3% | 30,8% | 36,9% | 31,9% | 37,1% | 34,2% |
* Among Canadians who had financial commitments (97.0% in the MFWBM, 98.7% in the 2019 CFCS).
** These results come from the 2019 Canadian Financial Capability Survey.
*** Data were not collected during September and October 2021 because of the federal election.
Figure 3: Percentage of Canadians who spent more than they earned

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Aug - Oct 2020 | Nov 2020 - Jan 2021 | Feb - April 2021 | May - July 2021 | *Aug - Dec 2021 | Jan - March 2022 | April - June 2022 | July - Sept 2022 | Oct - Dec 2022 | Jan - March 2023 | April - June 2023 | July - Sept 2023 | Oct - Dec 2023 | |
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Homeowners without a mortgage | 23,4% | 24,8% | 23,7% | 29,2% | 31,1% | 31,5% | 30,1% | 35,4% | 42,3% | 41,9% | 39,6% | 33,8% | 35,9% |
Homeowners with a mortgage | 35,0% | 32,3% | 36,2% | 33,2% | 39,9% | 36,5% | 41,0% | 51,5% | 56,5% | 54,5% | 62,6% | 57,1% | 56,9% |
Renters | 46,2% | 41,7% | 51,9% | 51,3% | 50,1% | 51,2% | 55,0% | 58,5% | 62,9% | 58,5% | 68,3% | 59,5% | 62,4% |
* These results come from the 2019 Canadian Financial Capability Survey.
** Data were not collected during September and October 2021 because of the federal election.
Figure 4: Percentage of Canadians who needed to draw on their savings

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*March - May 2019 | Aug - Oct 2020 | Nov 2020 - Jan 2021 | Feb - April 2021 | May - July 2021 | **Aug - Dec 2021 | Jan - March 2022 | April - June 2022 | July - Sept 2022 | Oct - Dec 2022 | Jan - March 2023 | April - June 2023 | July - Sept 2023 | Oct - Dec 2023 | |
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Homeowners without a mortgage | 10,9% | 14,5% | 16,7% | 11,2% | 18,0% | 23,6% | 16,0% | 20,9% | 20,6% | 22,2% | 22,6% | 19,4% | 24,6% | 22,1% |
Homeowners with a mortgage | 18,2% | 20,7% | 19,6% | 16,1% | 21,0% | 25,5% | 23,6% | 26,2% | 26,6% | 33,2% | 29,4% | 29,5% | 30,4% | 28,3% |
Renters | 21,2% | 23,2% | 23,2% | 21,7% | 26,5% | 29,1% | 27,8% | 32,1% | 24,9% | 36,3% | 29,5% | 34,7% | 32,3% | 30,5% |
* Data were not collected during September and October 2021 because of the federal election.
Figure 5: Percentage of Canadians who borrowed to meet rheir daily expenses

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*March - May 2019 | Aug - Oct 2020 | Nov 2020 - Jan 2021 | Feb - April 2021 | May - July 2021 | **Aug - Dec 2021 | Jan - March 2022 | April - June 2022 | July - Sept 2022 | Oct - Dec 2022 | Jan - March 2023 | April - June 2023 | July - Sept 2023 | Oct - Dec 2023 | |
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Homeowners without a mortgage | 10,2% | 9,8% | 10,1% | 12,2% | 16,3% | 17,4% | 14,6% | 15,8% | 17,7% | 22,1% | 15,4% | 18,0% | 12,9% | 14,0% |
Homeowners with a mortgage | 30,7% | 27,3% | 28,5% | 31,3% | 30,1% | 31,9% | 32,4% | 34,0% | 36,8% | 39,1% | 38,0% | 41,4% | 34,6% | 38,2% |
Renters | 39,0% | 41,5% | 37,4% | 39,6% | 38,1% | 42,0% | 44,9% | 44,6% | 45,9% | 49,8% | 44,7% | 51,2% | 43,9% | 44,4% |
* These results come from the 2019 Canadian Financial Capability Survey.
** Data were not collected during September and October 2021 because of the federal election.
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