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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Figure 1: Percentage of Canadians who owned their home with a mortgage, owned their home without a mortgage, or who rented their home
  *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
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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Figure 2: Percentage of Canadians who kept with their financial commitments without any problems
  **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
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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Figure 3: Percentage of Canadians who spent more than they earned
  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
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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Table 4: Percentage of Canadians who needed to draw on their savings
  *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
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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Table 5: Percentage of Canadians who borrowed to meet their daily expenses
  *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
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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