Insolvency Statistics in Canada—2015(Tables 7 and 8)

Table 7: Insolvencies Filed by Consumers by Census Metropolitan Area (CMA)
Metropolitan Area	Prov.	Volume			2015
Metropolitan Area	Prov.	2015	2014	% Change	Assets Declared at the Time of Filing ($)	Liabilities Declared at the Time of Filing ($)
St. John's	N.L.	648	512	26.6	59,173,810	80,170,800
Bankruptcies	empty cell	512	434	18.0	33,929,450	55,189,429
Proposals	empty cell	136	78	74.4	25,244,360	24,981,371
Halifax	N.S.	1,939	1,914	1.3	176,144,806	230,675,719
Bankruptcies	empty cell	1,392	1,382	0.7	104,155,723	156,471,475
Proposals	empty cell	547	532	2.8	71,989,083	74,204,244
Moncton	N.B.	870	905	-3.9	80,588,521	118,375,871
Bankruptcies	empty cell	580	614	-5.5	41,814,433	76,185,843
Proposals	empty cell	290	291	-0.3	38,774,088	42,190,028
Saint John	N.B.	760	761	-0.1	68,576,278	96,910,729
Bankruptcies	empty cell	485	512	-5.3	32,031,372	53,924,484
Proposals	empty cell	275	249	10.4	36,544,906	42,986,245
Saguenay	Que.	841	718	17.1	71,454,843	73,292,310
Bankruptcies	empty cell	470	463	1.5	29,199,760	38,046,786
Proposals	empty cell	371	255	45.5	42,255,083	35,245,524
Québec	Que.	3,167	2,699	17.3	205,069,633	282,377,179
Bankruptcies	empty cell	1,926	1,748	10.2	72,482,926	143,489,464
Proposals	empty cell	1,241	951	30.5	132,586,707	138,887,715
Sherbrooke	Que.	948	871	8.8	62,746,185	75,718,897
Bankruptcies	empty cell	629	599	5.0	28,589,347	44,641,887
Proposals	empty cell	319	272	17.3	34,156,838	31,077,010
Trois-Rivières	Que.	776	726	6.9	45,942,031	62,258,668
Bankruptcies	empty cell	527	485	8.7	21,799,200	37,007,517
Proposals	empty cell	249	241	3.3	24,142,831	25,251,151
Montréal	Que.	19,802	19,376	2.2	1,417,074,227	2,006,419,128
Bankruptcies	empty cell	10,764	11,055	-2.6	414,927,694	987,295,150
Proposals	empty cell	9,038	8,321	8.6	1,002,146,533	1,019,123,978
Ottawa – Gatineau	Ont./Que.	4,407	4,377	0.7	394,914,055	522,634,092
Bankruptcies	empty cell	2,412	2,494	-3.3	145,895,383	256,698,357
Proposals	empty cell	1,995	1,883	5.9	249,018,672	265,935,735
Kingston	Ont.	487	525	-7.2	39,464,464	48,156,756
Bankruptcies	empty cell	279	320	-12.8	12,579,708	23,840,749
Proposals	empty cell	208	205	1.5	26,884,756	24,316,007
Peterborough	Ont.	356	393	-9.4	22,755,147	27,947,503
Bankruptcies	empty cell	173	183	-5.5	4,530,559	12,195,206
Proposals	empty cell	183	210	-12.9	18,224,588	15,752,297
Oshawa	Ont.	1,092	1,204	-9.3	95,019,982	112,705,679
Bankruptcies	empty cell	440	457	-3.7	14,568,014	39,070,200
Proposals	empty cell	652	747	-12.7	80,451,968	73,635,479
Toronto	Ont.	14,254	15,169	-6.0	877,421,069	1,507,163,339
Bankruptcies	empty cell	5,532	6,032	-8.3	172,886,634	651,913,776
Proposals	empty cell	8,722	9,137	-4.5	704,534,435	855,249,563
Hamilton	Ont.	1,935	2,092	-7.5	130,287,611	192,090,624
Bankruptcies	empty cell	847	956	-11.4	28,048,330	80,574,451
Proposals	empty cell	1,088	1,136	-4.2	102,239,281	111,516,173
St. Catharines – Niagara	Ont.	1,524	1,622	-6.0	129,917,933	174,470,670
Bankruptcies	empty cell	690	797	-13.4	33,807,108	80,972,518
Proposals	empty cell	834	825	1.1	96,110,825	93,498,152
Kitchener	Ont.	1,470	1,516	-3.0	122,223,378	147,027,628
Bankruptcies	empty cell	625	779	-19.8	22,720,165	51,668,957
Proposals	empty cell	845	737	14.7	99,503,213	95,358,671
Brantford	Ont.	419	463	-9.5	33,818,079	43,675,553
Bankruptcies	empty cell	174	200	-13.0	7,013,489	17,575,637
Proposals	empty cell	245	263	-6.8	26,804,590	26,099,916
Guelph	Ont.	324	328	-1.2	19,007,167	30,853,884
Bankruptcies	empty cell	149	168	-11.3	4,596,991	14,402,776
Proposals	empty cell	175	160	9.4	14,410,176	16,451,108
London	Ont.	1,887	1,913	-1.4	154,090,415	187,365,033
Bankruptcies	empty cell	863	996	-13.4	37,700,335	69,820,645
Proposals	empty cell	1,024	917	11.7	116,390,080	117,544,388
Windsor	Ont.	1,191	1,156	3.0	85,743,618	117,060,287
Bankruptcies	empty cell	560	584	-4.1	25,914,314	50,573,103
Proposals	empty cell	631	572	10.3	59,829,304	66,487,184
Barrie	Ont.	811	829	-2.2	68,967,073	95,183,778
Bankruptcies	empty cell	400	376	6.4	16,274,184	45,033,602
Proposals	empty cell	411	453	-9.3	52,692,889	50,150,176
Greater Sudbury	Ont.	851	729	16.7	87,365,786	99,481,279
Bankruptcies	empty cell	417	362	15.2	25,357,318	45,985,795
Proposals	empty cell	434	367	18.3	62,008,468	53,495,484
Thunder Bay	Ont.	337	288	17.0	24,962,747	34,804,844
Bankruptcies	empty cell	215	184	16.8	9,434,374	17,648,943
Proposals	empty cell	122	104	17.3	15,528,373	17,155,901
Winnipeg	Man.	1,262	1,133	11.4	115,167,128	164,755,724
Bankruptcies	empty cell	774	747	3.6	50,540,330	95,112,307
Proposals	empty cell	488	386	26.4	64,626,798	69,643,417
Regina	Sask.	462	425	8.7	68,676,064	73,964,645
Bankruptcies	empty cell	201	226	-11.1	16,129,978	25,294,705
Proposals	empty cell	261	199	31.2	52,546,086	48,669,940
Saskatoon	Sask.	544	518	5.0	83,642,733	91,684,467
Bankruptcies	empty cell	263	292	-9.9	30,170,121	41,730,635
Proposals	empty cell	281	226	24.3	53,472,612	49,953,832
Calgary	Alta.	3,078	2,705	13.8	380,520,724	510,450,444
Bankruptcies	empty cell	1,237	1,178	5.0	104,005,612	222,330,845
Proposals	empty cell	1,841	1,527	20.6	276,515,112	288,119,599
Edmonton	Alta.	2,553	2,411	5.9	306,378,209	400,103,974
Bankruptcies	empty cell	1,168	1,160	0.7	102,069,494	191,921,419
Proposals	empty cell	1,385	1,251	10.7	204,308,715	208,182,555
Kelowna	B.C.	567	593	-4.4	64,009,486	93,120,848
Bankruptcies	empty cell	273	310	-11.9	23,511,395	43,880,616
Proposals	empty cell	294	283	3.9	40,498,091	49,240,232
Abbotsford	B.C.	504	522	-3.4	59,642,619	75,149,954
Bankruptcies		230	312	-26.3	23,101,416	38,370,827
Proposals		274	210	30.5	36,541,203	36,779,127
Vancouver	B.C.	5,025	5,012	0.3	356,767,597	567,935,192
Bankruptcies		2,210	2,581	-14.4	99,668,942	263,407,655
Proposals		2,815	2,431	15.8	257,098,655	304,527,537
Victoria	B.C.	1,168	1,096	6.6	145,384,583	188,235,532
Bankruptcies	empty cell	546	595	-8.2	40,864,240	84,570,852
Proposals	empty cell	622	501	24.2	104,520,343	103,664,680

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Table 8: Insolvencies Filed by Businesses by Census Metropolitan Area (CMA)
Metropolitan Area	Prov.	Volume			2015
Metropolitan Area	Prov.	2015	2014	% Change	Assets Declared at the Time of Filing ($)	Liabilities Declared at the Time of Filing ($)
St. John's	N.L.	14	15	-6.7	1,445,226	14,392,671
Bankruptcies	empty cell	12	12	0.0	1,445,226	3,496,552
Proposals	empty cell	2	3	-33.3	0	10,896,119
Halifax	N.S.	49	33	48.5	9,283,671	41,177,978
Bankruptcies	empty cell	35	26	34.6	9,265,971	32,564,988
Proposals	empty cell	14	7	100.0	17,700	8,612,990
Moncton	N.B.	18	15	20.0	6,341,703	17,473,959
Bankruptcies		14	12	16.7	3,730,971	11,609,222
Proposals		4	3	33.3	2,610,732	5,864,737
Saint John	N.B.	8	10	-20.0	8,403,300	6,875,675
Bankruptcies	empty cell	7	7	0.0	8,383,300	6,697,325
Proposals	empty cell	1	3	-66.7	20,000	178,350
Saguenay	Que.	28	26	7.7	6,052,079	25,380,009
Bankruptcies	empty cell	22	16	37.5	5,009,472	12,684,963
Proposals	empty cell	6	10	-40.0	1,042,607	12,695,046
Québec	Que.	178	202	-11.9	12,038,763	58,151,526
Bankruptcies		135	147	-8.2	9,394,419	34,537,886
Proposals		43	55	-21.8	2,644,344	23,613,640
Sherbrooke	Que.	25	39	-35.9	1,956,393	29,622,077
Bankruptcies	empty cell	19	27	-29.6	1,324,948	4,556,752
Proposals	empty cell	6	12	-50.0	631,445	25,065,325
Trois-Rivières	Que.	47	33	42.4	7,603,621	21,490,025
Bankruptcies	empty cell	32	25	28.0	1,742,195	7,793,084
Proposals	empty cell	15	8	87.5	5,861,426	13,696,941
Montréal	Que.	1,135	1,248	-9.1	145,280,387	1,084,063,665
Bankruptcies	empty cell	831	887	-6.3	42,937,733	535,567,567
Proposals	empty cell	304	361	-15.8	102,342,654	548,496,098
Ottawa – Gatineau	Ont./Que.	189	178	6.2	21,307,429	97,494,764
Bankruptcies	empty cell	149	123	21.1	20,904,488	93,579,739
Proposals	empty cell	40	55	-27.3	402,941	3,915,025
Kingston	Ont.	15	8	87.5	7,026,750	2,757,199
Bankruptcies	empty cell	13	6	116.7	6,783,249	2,371,649
Proposals	empty cell	2	2	0.0	243,501	385,550
Peterborough	Ont.	4	1	300.0	38,752	562,526
Bankruptcies	empty cell	4	1	300.0	38,752	562,526
Proposals	empty cell	0	0	--	0	0
Oshawa	Ont.	34	29	17.2	1,919,690	15,572,668
Bankruptcies	empty cell	31	25	24.0	1,176,612	14,402,015
Proposals	empty cell	3	4	-25.0	743,078	1,170,653
Toronto	Ont.	521	492	5.9	138,383,535	2,520,016,801
Bankruptcies	empty cell	401	368	9.0	106,670,354	2,361,560,674
Proposals	empty cell	120	124	-3.2	31,713,181	158,456,127
Hamilton	Ont.	67	47	42.6	8,238,284	41,323,584
Bankruptcies	empty cell	44	37	18.9	5,072,018	30,202,879
Proposals	empty cell	23	10	130.0	3,166,266	11,120,705
St. Catharines – Niagara	Ont.	26	36	-27.8	665,548	7,554,965
Bankruptcies	empty cell	19	28	-32.1	622,042	6,810,720
Proposals	empty cell	7	8	-12.5	43,506	744,245
Kitchener	Ont.	12	33	-63.6	1,459,105	11,436,391
Bankruptcies	empty cell	11	29	-62.1	1,459,105	11,436,391
Proposals	empty cell	1	4	-75.0	0	0
Brantford	Ont.	16	14	14.3	2,101,807	87,852,918
Bankruptcies	empty cell	11	10	10.0	900,807	78,841,742
Proposals	empty cell	5	4	25.0	1,201,000	9,011,176
Guelph	Ont.	12	2	500.0	2,477,278	44,379,043
Bankruptcies		6	2	200.0	2,411,115	7,374,164
Proposals		6	0	--	66,163	37,004,879
London	Ont.	25	28	-10.7	1,834,910	51,065,805
Bankruptcies	empty cell	16	20	-20.0	1,762,435	5,497,912
Proposals	empty cell	9	8	12.5	72,475	45,567,893
Windsor	Ont.	18	28	-35.7	2,847,216	11,150,871
Bankruptcies	empty cell	14	26	-46.2	2,826,368	10,940,291
Proposals	empty cell	4	2	100.0	20,848	210,580
Barrie	Ont.	22	19	15.8	3,975,955	14,593,044
Bankruptcies	empty cell	17	14	21.4	3,095,163	13,049,260
Proposals	empty cell	5	5	0.0	880,792	1,543,784
Greater Sudbury	Ont.	9	12	-25.0	561,964	4,373,612
Bankruptcies	empty cell	7	8	-12.5	399,261	4,074,079
Proposals	empty cell	2	4	-50.0	162,703	299,533
Thunder Bay	Ont.	7	10	-30.0	438,534	1,982,117
Bankruptcies	empty cell	6	8	-25.0	438,534	1,982,117
Proposals	empty cell	1	2	-50.0	0	0
Winnipeg	Man.	17	29	-41.4	3,189,612	8,420,181
Bankruptcies	empty cell	11	25	-56.0	1,784,420	4,571,957
Proposals	empty cell	6	4	50.0	1,405,192	3,848,224
Regina	Sask.	40	32	25.0	4,378,914	21,260,111
Bankruptcies	empty cell	26	20	30.0	2,666,490	8,771,632
Proposals	empty cell	14	12	16.7	1,712,424	12,488,479
Saskatoon	Sask.	15	24	-37.5	1,615,268	131,907,769
Bankruptcies	empty cell	13	18	-27.8	1,578,769	130,978,262
Proposals	empty cell	2	6	-66.7	36,499	929,507
Calgary	Alta.	48	56	-14.3	47,978,387	186,323,300
Bankruptcies		38	41	-7.3	47,912,610	185,968,642
Proposals		10	15	-33.3	65,777	354,658
Edmonton	Alta.	42	41	2.4	13,608,320	52,697,374
Bankruptcies	empty cell	30	32	-6.3	11,708,974	30,853,198
Proposals	empty cell	12	9	33.3	1,899,346	21,844,176
Kelowna	B.C.	17	10	70.0	461,126	150,510,483
Bankruptcies	empty cell	14	7	100.0	457,126	150,387,753
Proposals	empty cell	3	3	0.0	4,000	122,730
Abbotsford	B.C.	8	9	-11.1	1,013,070	6,813,358
Bankruptcies	empty cell	7	2	250.0	1,013,070	6,813,358
Proposals	empty cell	1	7	-85.7	0	0
Vancouver	B.C.	110	140	-21.4	22,613,752	220,131,658
Bankruptcies	empty cell	75	110	-31.8	14,682,911	90,006,179
Proposals	empty cell	35	30	16.7	7,930,841	130,125,479
Victoria	B.C.	13	23	-43.5	3,841,238	55,869,743
Bankruptcies	empty cell	10	18	-44.4	3,841,234	55,794,361
Proposals	empty cell	3	5	-40.0	4	75,382

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