Insolvency Statistics in Canada—2018(Tables 7 and 8)

Table 7: Insolvencies Filed by Consumers by Census Metropolitan Area (CMA)
Metropolitan Area	Prov.	Volume			2018
Metropolitan Area	Prov.	2018	2017	% Change	Assets Declared at the Time of Filing ($)	Liabilities Declared at the Time of Filing ($)
St. John's	N.L.	1,146	1,027	11.6	178,883,798	200,114,165
Bankruptcies	empty cell	520	559	-7.0	51,196,513	80,878,299
Proposals	empty cell	626	468	33.8	127,687,285	119,235,866
Halifax	N.S.	2,031	2,068	-1.8	169,081,001	238,238,269
Bankruptcies	empty cell	1,193	1,389	-14.1	75,463,626	129,332,556
Proposals	empty cell	838	679	23.4	93,617,375	108,905,713
Moncton	N.B.	867	964	-10.1	73,624,495	97,153,381
Bankruptcies	empty cell	428	529	-19.1	25,985,044	46,068,613
Proposals	empty cell	439	435	0.9	47,639,451	51,084,768
Saint John	N.B.	770	805	-4.3	67,738,643	84,554,099
Bankruptcies	empty cell	360	429	-16.1	20,134,763	36,081,448
Proposals	empty cell	410	376	9.0	47,603,880	48,472,651
Saguenay	Que.	903	887	1.8	83,237,833	86,209,947
Bankruptcies	empty cell	513	528	-2.8	30,172,008	41,778,306
Proposals	empty cell	390	359	8.6	53,065,825	44,431,641
Québec	Que.	3,584	3,623	-1.1	279,081,745	387,433,521
Bankruptcies	empty cell	1,973	2,121	-7.0	97,612,388	158,161,874
Proposals	empty cell	1,611	1,502	7.3	181,469,357	229,271,647
Sherbrooke	Que.	1,096	1,098	-0.2	70,924,469	94,339,395
Bankruptcies	empty cell	694	742	-6.5	33,021,289	55,041,832
Proposals	empty cell	402	356	12.9	37,903,180	39,297,563
Trois-Rivières	Que.	874	887	-1.5	43,058,099	63,233,264
Bankruptcies	empty cell	561	595	-5.7	19,622,356	38,001,071
Proposals	empty cell	313	292	7.2	23,435,743	25,232,193
Montréal	Que.	18,877	19,312	-2.3	1,251,376,898	1,834,062,479
Bankruptcies	empty cell	9,143	9,879	-7.5	281,759,801	749,332,260
Proposals	empty cell	9,734	9,433	3.2	969,617,097	1,084,730,219
Ottawa – Gatineau	Ont./Que	4,851	4,853	0.0	411,356,801	552,228,593
Bankruptcies	empty cell	2,135	2,458	-13.1	99,977,768	217,706,883
Proposals	empty cell	2,716	2,395	13.4	311,379,033	334,521,710
Kingston	Ont.	500	460	8.7	31,617,832	44,564,312
Bankruptcies	empty cell	238	208	14.4	7,908,882	18,156,963
Proposals	empty cell	262	252	4.0	23,708,950	26,407,349
Peterborough	Ont.	359	364	-1.4	12,989,422	21,243,898
Bankruptcies	empty cell	132	137	-3.6	2,288,166	7,906,541
Proposals	empty cell	227	227	0.0	10,701,256	13,337,357
Oshawa	Ont.	1,131	1,038	9.0	72,236,622	101,882,994
Bankruptcies	empty cell	380	385	-1.3	12,093,717	35,938,073
Proposals	empty cell	751	653	15.0	60,142,905	65,944,921
Toronto	Ont.	14,452	14,560	-0.7	774,006,506	1,426,872,874
Bankruptcies	empty cell	4,525	5,027	-10.0	119,313,704	556,531,581
Proposals	empty cell	9,927	9,533	4.1	654,692,802	870,341,293
Hamilton	Ont.	1,899	1,834	3.5	79,621,737	138,360,571
Bankruptcies	empty cell	709	726	-2.3	12,035,876	53,490,629
Proposals	empty cell	1,190	1,108	7.4	67,585,861	84,869,942
St. Catharines – Niagara	Ont.	1,331	1,330	0.1	57,319,169	94,963,525
Bankruptcies	empty cell	538	536	0.4	9,551,096	42,054,771
Proposals	empty cell	793	794	-0.1	47,768,073	52,908,754
Kitchener	Ont.	1,509	1,396	8.1	72,378,132	114,859,903
Bankruptcies	empty cell	545	583	-6.5	11,769,052	36,865,499
Proposals	empty cell	964	813	18.6	60,609,080	77,994,404
Brantford	Ont.	372	371	0.3	15,355,299	25,891,546
Bankruptcies	empty cell	129	139	-7.2	3,522,944	10,021,835
Proposals	empty cell	243	232	4.7	11,832,355	15,869,711
Guelph	Ont.	408	371	10.0	14,608,042	25,230,422
Bankruptcies	empty cell	198	159	24.5	3,285,138	12,194,352
Proposals	empty cell	210	212	-0.9	11,322,904	13,036,070
London	Ont.	1,758	1,759	-0.1	84,888,526	132,967,223
Bankruptcies	empty cell	695	733	-5.2	13,113,402	47,155,793
Proposals	empty cell	1,063	1,026	3.6	71,775,124	85,811,430
Windsor	Ont.	1,034	1,059	-2.4	46,007,652	79,776,356
Bankruptcies	empty cell	469	451	4.0	11,351,508	36,705,746
Proposals	empty cell	565	608	-7.1	34,656,144	43,070,610
Barrie	Ont.	815	762	7.0	47,285,240	67,286,657
Bankruptcies	empty cell	277	302	-8.3	8,288,147	22,601,074
Proposals	empty cell	538	460	17.0	38,997,093	44,685,583
Greater Sudbury	Ont.	878	918	-4.4	78,505,193	88,196,372
Bankruptcies	empty cell	339	367	-7.6	17,182,953	31,425,053
Proposals	empty cell	539	551	-2.2	61,322,240	56,771,319
Thunder Bay	Ont.	375	336	11.6	35,261,309	41,418,772
Bankruptcies	empty cell	230	189	21.7	12,708,857	21,166,613
Proposals	empty cell	145	147	-1.4	22,552,452	20,252,159
Winnipeg	Man.	1,896	1,687	12.4	172,393,563	224,502,297
Bankruptcies	empty cell	908	879	3.3	55,616,396	104,380,988
Proposals	empty cell	988	808	22.3	116,777,167	120,121,309
Regina	Sask.	896	813	10.2	145,984,189	142,926,205
Bankruptcies	empty cell	230	269	-14.5	30,414,562	41,720,647
Proposals	empty cell	666	544	22.4	115,569,627	101,205,558
Saskatoon	Sask.	993	924	7.5	186,013,739	171,487,922
Bankruptcies	empty cell	391	432	-9.5	52,254,649	65,626,035
Proposals	empty cell	602	492	22.4	133,759,090	105,861,887
Calgary	Alta.	4,982	4,551	9.5	773,939,862	960,475,761
Bankruptcies	empty cell	1,683	1,529	10.1	199,397,765	362,745,384
Proposals	empty cell	3,299	3,022	9.2	574,542,097	597,730,377
Edmonton	Alta.	4,661	4,314	8.0	726,496,984	898,834,891
Bankruptcies	empty cell	1,475	1,605	-8.1	186,232,057	322,109,285
Proposals	empty cell	3,186	2,709	17.6	540,264,927	576,725,606
Kelowna	B.C.	554	512	8.2	31,949,428	55,639,190
Bankruptcies	empty cell	229	218	5.0	8,162,647	26,622,488
Proposals	empty cell	325	294	10.5	23,786,781	29,016,702
Abbotsford	B.C.	358	394	-9.1	14,648,148	27,203,252
Bankruptcies	empty cell	147	167	-12.0	2,740,840	13,832,210
Proposals	empty cell	211	227	-7.0	11,907,308	13,371,042
Vancouver	B.C.	4,623	4,607	0.3	166,344,301	431,689,517
Bankruptcies	empty cell	1,646	1,675	-1.7	45,238,283	226,378,795
Proposals	empty cell	2,977	2,932	1.5	121,106,018	205,310,722
Victoria	B.C.	1,040	937	11.0	46,492,838	81,711,953
Bankruptcies	empty cell	352	352	0.0	7,096,443	29,689,169
Proposals	empty cell	688	585	17.6	39,396,395	52,022,784

Table 8: Insolvencies Filed by Businesses by Census Metropolitan Area (CMA)
Metropolitan Area	Prov.	Volume			2018
Metropolitan Area	Prov.	2018	2017	% Change	Assets Declared at the Time of Filing ($)	Liabilities Declared at the Time of Filing ($)
St. John's	N.L.	13	23	-43.5	9,855,622	34,420,197
Bankruptcies	empty cell	11	13	-15.4	9,855,622	17,558,501
Proposals	empty cell	2	10	-80.0	0	16,861,696
Halifax	N.S.	30	27	11.1	15,292,874	58,621,100
Bankruptcies	empty cell	22	24	-8.3	12,647,941	48,933,283
Proposals	empty cell	8	3	166.7	2,644,933	9,687,817
Moncton	N.B.	8	17	-52.9	3,911,225	13,672,927
Bankruptcies		6	8	-25.0	3,777,825	6,580,095
Proposals		2	9	-77.8	133,400	7,092,832
Saint John	N.B.	9	8	12.5	5,376,449	13,730,012
Bankruptcies	empty cell	9	7	28.6	5,376,449	13,730,012
Proposals	empty cell	0	1	-100.0	0	0
Saguenay	Que.	32	32	0.0	1,617,791	15,367,642
Bankruptcies	empty cell	25	26	-3.8	1,579,997	6,988,325
Proposals	empty cell	7	6	16.7	37,794	8,379,317
Québec	Que.	235	242	-2.9	22,161,905	134,663,199
Bankruptcies		177	193	-8.3	18,460,798	83,161,736
Proposals		58	49	18.4	3,701,107	51,501,463
Sherbrooke	Que.	33	31	6.5	1,936,256	31,240,728
Bankruptcies	empty cell	31	27	14.8	1,936,254	30,721,407
Proposals	empty cell	2	4	-50.0	2	519,321
Trois-Rivières	Que.	51	59	-13.6	4,469,391	14,307,184
Bankruptcies	empty cell	34	47	-27.7	2,285,260	8,018,493
Proposals	empty cell	17	12	41.7	2,184,131	6,288,691
Montréal	Que.	1,069	1,084	-1.4	74,306,979	1,121,474,254
Bankruptcies	empty cell	817	797	2.5	49,641,360	563,196,614
Proposals	empty cell	252	287	-12.2	24,665,619	558,277,640
Ottawa – Gatineau	Ont./Que	152	137	10.9	15,036,882	63,449,534
Bankruptcies	empty cell	112	96	16.7	10,254,162	53,092,449
Proposals	empty cell	40	41	-2.4	4,782,720	10,357,085
Kingston	Ont.	6	2	200.0	40,006	1,027,178
Bankruptcies	empty cell	5	1	400.0	40,006	1,027,178
Proposals	empty cell	1	1	0.0	0	0
Peterborough	Ont.	4	5	-20.0	22,980	590,252
Bankruptcies	empty cell	4	2	100.0	22,980	590,252
Proposals	empty cell	0	3	-100.0	0	0
Oshawa	Ont.	29	24	20.8	6,159,591	33,977,422
Bankruptcies	empty cell	25	21	19.0	6,137,587	33,727,882
Proposals	empty cell	4	3	33.3	22,004	249,540
Toronto	Ont.	491	434	13.1	94,488,552	4,059,801,339
Bankruptcies	empty cell	351	303	15.8	65,093,653	3,745,570,167
Proposals	empty cell	140	131	6.9	29,394,899	314,231,172
Hamilton	Ont.	45	52	-13.5	6,306,039	184,589,803
Bankruptcies	empty cell	32	38	-15.8	5,657,658	182,240,932
Proposals	empty cell	13	14	-7.1	648,381	2,348,871
St. Catharines – Niagara	Ont.	21	25	-16.0	1,056,315	11,824,139
Bankruptcies	empty cell	16	19	-15.8	441,740	9,418,021
Proposals	empty cell	5	6	-16.7	614,575	2,406,118
Kitchener	Ont.	15	19	-21.1	1,868,298	9,406,073
Bankruptcies	empty cell	13	15	-13.3	1,755,324	8,884,805
Proposals	empty cell	2	4	-50.0	112,974	521,268
Brantford	Ont.	9	12	-25.0	135,933	1,175,775
Bankruptcies	empty cell	5	10	-50.0	124,842	1,129,214
Proposals	empty cell	4	2	100.0	11,091	46,561
Guelph	Ont.	6	9	-33.3	751,466	3,242,866
Bankruptcies		5	8	-37.5	745,376	3,139,000
Proposals		1	1	0.0	6,090	103,866
London	Ont.	24	26	-7.7	1,764,309	6,597,991
Bankruptcies	empty cell	15	16	-6.3	338,476	4,830,293
Proposals	empty cell	9	10	-10.0	1,425,833	1,767,698
Windsor	Ont.	21	17	23.5	3,091,635	8,176,969
Bankruptcies	empty cell	17	12	41.7	2,768,734	7,565,279
Proposals	empty cell	4	5	-20.0	322,901	611,690
Barrie	Ont.	17	8	112.5	2,553,256	8,516,686
Bankruptcies	empty cell	14	6	133.3	2,443,241	7,776,094
Proposals	empty cell	3	2	50.0	110,015	740,592
Greater Sudbury	Ont.	8	3	166.7	1,396,287	5,173,429
Bankruptcies	empty cell	4	1	300.0	101,505	784,544
Proposals	empty cell	4	2	100.0	1,294,782	4,388,885
Thunder Bay	Ont.	6	3	100.0	1,773,276	42,008,666
Bankruptcies	empty cell	5	3	66.7	1,215,655	41,015,264
Proposals	empty cell	1	0	n/a	557,621	993,402
Winnipeg	Man.	17	17	0.0	4,542,650	14,381,446
Bankruptcies	empty cell	17	15	13.3	4,542,650	14,381,446
Proposals	empty cell	0	2	-100.0	0	0
Regina	Sask.	41	28	46.4	3,377,392	10,232,760
Bankruptcies	empty cell	23	17	35.3	2,048,846	8,060,288
Proposals	empty cell	18	11	63.6	1,328,546	2,172,472
Saskatoon	Sask.	21	39	-46.2	5,777,728	10,757,942
Bankruptcies	empty cell	13	35	-62.9	2,976,112	10,197,586
Proposals	empty cell	8	4	100.0	2,801,616	560,356
Calgary	Alta.	76	82	-7.3	14,946,951	308,287,658
Bankruptcies		57	61	-6.6	13,169,233	103,486,955
Proposals		19	21	-9.5	1,777,718	204,800,703
Edmonton	Alta.	58	70	-17.1	27,858,067	541,230,718
Bankruptcies	empty cell	38	36	5.6	14,703,560	349,574,068
Proposals	empty cell	20	34	-41.2	13,154,507	191,656,650
Kelowna	B.C.	4	6	-33.3	39,290	1,056,233
Bankruptcies	empty cell	3	5	-40.0	30,369	969,812
Proposals	empty cell	1	1	0.0	8,921	86,421
Abbotsford	B.C.	9	7	28.6	165,178	2,679,793
Bankruptcies	empty cell	9	6	50.0	165,178	2,679,793
Proposals	empty cell	0	1	-100.0	0	0
Vancouver	B.C.	50	95	-47.4	10,463,851	108,722,902
Bankruptcies	empty cell	33	77	-57.1	8,310,387	47,471,668
Proposals	empty cell	17	18	-5.6	2,153,464	61,251,234
Victoria	B.C.	6	9	-33.3	96,957	13,829,611
Bankruptcies	empty cell	3	7	-57.1	21,751	595,231
Proposals	empty cell	3	2	50.0	75,206	13,234,380

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Insolvency Statistics in Canada—2018
(Tables 7 and 8)