Insolvency statistics in Canada—Fourth quarter of 2019 (br04199)

Table 6: Insolvencies Filed by Businesses by Economic Region (ER)
Province or region	Volume			% Change		12-Month Period Ending
Province or region	Q4 2019	Q3 2019	Q4 2018	Q3 2019 to Q4 2019	Q4 2018 to Q4 2019	12-31-2019	12-31-2018	% Change
Newfoundland and Labrador	10	10	10	0.0	0.0	41	24	70.8
Bankruptcies	5	9	7	-44.4	-28.6	35	20	75.0
Proposals	5	1	3	400.0	66.7	6	4	50.0
Avalon Peninsula	8	5	6	60.0	33.3	24	18	33.3
Bankruptcies	4	4	4	0.0	0.0	19	16	18.8
Proposals	4	1	2	300.0	100.0	5	2	150.0
South Coast – Burin Peninsula	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	0	n/a
Bankruptcies	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	0	n/a
Proposals	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	0	n/a
West Coast – Northern Peninsula – Labrador	1	1	1	0.0	0.0	6	3	100.0
Bankruptcies	1	1	1	0.0	0.0	6	3	100.0
Proposals	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	0	n/a
Notre Dame – Central Bonavista Bay	1	4	3	-75.0	-66.7	11	4	175.0
Bankruptcies	0	4	2	-100.0	-100.0	10	2	400.0
Proposals	1	0	1	n/a	0.0	1	2	-50.0
Prince Edward Island	3	2	0	50.0	n/a	10	4	150.0
Bankruptcies	3	1	0	200.0	n/a	9	3	200.0
Proposals	0	1	0	-100.0	n/a	1	1	0.0
Nova Scotia	14	12	8	16.7	75.0	59	47	25.5
Bankruptcies	14	8	7	75.0	100.0	51	33	54.5
Proposals	0	4	1	-100.0	-100.0	8	14	-42.9
Cape Breton	0	2	0	-100.0	n/a	8	4	100.0
Bankruptcies	0	1	0	-100.0	n/a	7	2	250.0
Proposals	0	1	0	-100.0	n/a	1	2	-50.0
North Shore	2	0	1	n/a	100.0	6	3	100.0
Bankruptcies	2	0	1	n/a	100.0	6	2	200.0
Proposals	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	1	-100.0
Annapolis Valley	2	1	1	100.0	100.0	6	3	100.0
Bankruptcies	2	1	0	100.0	n/a	6	1	500.0
Proposals	0	0	1	n/a	-100.0	0	2	-100.0
Southern	4	0	1	n/a	300.0	9	6	50.0
Bankruptcies	4	0	1	n/a	300.0	7	5	40.0
Proposals	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	2	1	100.0
Halifax	5	9	5	-44.4	0.0	29	31	-6.5
Bankruptcies	5	6	5	-16.7	0.0	24	23	4.3
Proposals	0	3	0	-100.0	n/a	5	8	-37.5
New Brunswick	5	14	9	-64.3	-44.4	45	37	21.6
Bankruptcies	4	9	7	-55.6	-42.9	34	32	6.3
Proposals	1	5	2	-80.0	-50.0	11	5	120.0
Campbellton – Miramichi	1	3	1	-66.7	0.0	6	8	-25.0
Bankruptcies	1	2	1	-50.0	0.0	4	7	-42.9
Proposals	0	1	0	-100.0	n/a	2	1	100.0
Moncton – Richibucto	2	5	2	-60.0	0.0	20	12	66.7
Bankruptcies	1	4	1	-75.0	0.0	17	9	88.9
Proposals	1	1	1	0.0	0.0	3	3	0.0
Saint John –St. Stephen	2	2	4	0.0	-50.0	9	11	-18.2
Bankruptcies	2	1	3	100.0	-33.3	7	10	-30.0
Proposals	0	1	1	-100.0	-100.0	2	1	100.0
Fredericton – Oromocto	0	2	0	-100.0	n/a	5	0	n/a
Bankruptcies	0	2	0	-100.0	n/a	4	0	n/a
Proposals	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	1	0	n/a
Edmundston – Woodstock	0	2	2	-100.0	-100.0	5	6	-16.7
Bankruptcies	0	0	2	n/a	-100.0	2	6	-66.7
Proposals	0	2	0	-100.0	n/a	3	0	n/a
Quebec	544	445	549	22.2	-0.9	2,126	2,095	1.5
Bankruptcies	397	340	424	16.8	-6.4	1,620	1,579	2.6
Proposals	147	105	125	40.0	17.6	506	516	-1.9
Gaspésie – Îles-de-la-Madeleine	7	3	4	133.3	75.0	17	16	6.3
Bankruptcies	5	3	4	66.7	25.0	15	15	0.0
Proposals	2	0	0	n/a	n/a	2	1	100.0
Bas-Saint-Laurent	18	6	11	200.0	63.6	44	49	-10.2
Bankruptcies	13	6	9	116.7	44.4	37	37	0.0
Proposals	5	0	2	n/a	150.0	7	12	-41.7
Capitale-Nationale	60	34	64	76.5	-6.3	195	217	-10.1
Bankruptcies	49	25	53	96.0	-7.5	149	169	-11.8
Proposals	11	9	11	22.2	0.0	46	48	-4.2
Chaudière – Appalaches	26	20	27	30.0	-3.7	101	120	-15.8
Bankruptcies	21	14	19	50.0	10.5	82	77	6.5
Proposals	5	6	8	-16.7	-37.5	19	43	-55.8
Estrie	14	11	12	27.3	16.7	45	38	18.4
Bankruptcies	12	7	11	71.4	9.1	36	34	5.9
Proposals	2	4	1	-50.0	100.0	9	4	125.0
Centre-du-Québec	20	13	8	53.8	150.0	58	39	48.7
Bankruptcies	15	10	7	50.0	114.3	43	30	43.3
Proposals	5	3	1	66.7	400.0	15	9	66.7
Montérégie	98	95	91	3.2	7.7	404	360	12.2
Bankruptcies	76	73	73	4.1	4.1	311	280	11.1
Proposals	22	22	18	0.0	22.2	93	80	16.3
Montréal	154	115	143	33.9	7.7	582	547	6.4
Bankruptcies	101	94	112	7.4	-9.8	430	402	7.0
Proposals	53	21	31	152.4	71.0	152	145	4.8
Laval	21	27	35	-22.2	-40.0	91	128	-28.9
Bankruptcies	15	18	24	-16.7	-37.5	65	103	-36.9
Proposals	6	9	11	-33.3	-45.5	26	25	4.0
Lanaudière	21	25	36	-16.0	-41.7	114	127	-10.2
Bankruptcies	13	14	28	-7.1	-53.6	81	91	-11.0
Proposals	8	11	8	-27.3	0.0	33	36	-8.3
Laurentides	41	42	40	-2.4	2.5	176	164	7.3
Bankruptcies	31	32	32	-3.1	-3.1	139	127	9.4
Proposals	10	10	8	0.0	25.0	37	37	0.0
Outaouais	23	13	27	76.9	-14.8	90	82	9.8
Bankruptcies	13	9	19	44.4	-31.6	58	58	0.0
Proposals	10	4	8	150.0	25.0	32	24	33.3
Abitibi – Témiscamingue	3	8	7	-62.5	-57.1	32	36	-11.1
Bankruptcies	3	7	6	-57.1	-50.0	28	31	-9.7
Proposals	0	1	1	-100.0	-100.0	4	5	-20.0
Mauricie	17	15	21	13.3	-19.0	68	85	-20.0
Bankruptcies	13	13	12	0.0	8.3	58	60	-3.3
Proposals	4	2	9	100.0	-55.6	10	25	-60.0
Saguenay – Lac-Saint-Jean	15	13	20	15.4	-25.0	69	62	11.3
Bankruptcies	13	12	14	8.3	-7.1	59	47	25.5
Proposals	2	1	6	100.0	-66.7	10	15	-33.3
Côte-Nord	2	1	1	100.0	100.0	22	12	83.3
Bankruptcies	2	1	0	100.0	n/a	18	8	125.0
Proposals	0	0	1	n/a	-100.0	4	4	0.0
Nord-du-Québec	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	2	4	-50.0
Bankruptcies	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	2	4	-50.0
Proposals	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	0	n/a
Ontario	205	212	253	-3.3	-19.0	902	937	-3.7
Bankruptcies	138	154	177	-10.4	-22.0	652	688	-5.2
Proposals	67	58	76	15.5	-11.8	250	249	0.4
Ottawa	27	35	31	-22.9	-12.9	134	108	24.1
Bankruptcies	18	24	25	-25.0	-28.0	99	85	16.5
Proposals	9	11	6	-18.2	50.0	35	23	52.2
Kingston – Pembroke	2	5	6	-60.0	-66.7	17	16	6.3
Bankruptcies	2	3	4	-33.3	-50.0	10	14	-28.6
Proposals	0	2	2	-100.0	-100.0	7	2	250.0
Muskoka – Kawarthas	0	4	5	-100.0	-100.0	8	18	-55.6
Bankruptcies	0	4	4	-100.0	-100.0	7	12	-41.7
Proposals	0	0	1	n/a	-100.0	1	6	-83.3
Toronto	124	105	140	18.1	-11.4	477	534	-10.7
Bankruptcies	78	74	94	5.4	-17.0	341	382	-10.7
Proposals	46	31	46	48.4	0.0	136	152	-10.5
Kitchener – Waterloo – Barrie	7	9	17	-22.2	-58.8	59	60	-1.7
Bankruptcies	4	7	14	-42.9	-71.4	40	50	-20.0
Proposals	3	2	3	50.0	0.0	19	10	90.0
Hamilton – Niagara Peninsula	16	28	21	-42.9	-23.8	95	82	15.9
Bankruptcies	14	25	12	-44.0	16.7	78	58	34.5
Proposals	2	3	9	-33.3	-77.8	17	24	-29.2
London	14	7	9	100.0	55.6	36	33	9.1
Bankruptcies	10	7	6	42.9	66.7	26	23	13.0
Proposals	4	0	3	n/a	33.3	10	10	0.0
Windsor – Sarnia	7	8	12	-12.5	-41.7	33	34	-2.9
Bankruptcies	6	5	11	20.0	-45.5	23	24	-4.2
Proposals	1	3	1	-66.7	0.0	10	10	0.0
Stratford – Bruce Peninsula	1	3	1	-66.7	0.0	8	9	-11.1
Bankruptcies	1	1	1	0.0	0.0	5	8	-37.5
Proposals	0	2	0	-100.0	n/a	3	1	200.0
Northeast	5	5	8	0.0	-37.5	26	29	-10.3
Bankruptcies	3	3	4	0.0	-25.0	16	22	-27.3
Proposals	2	2	4	0.0	-50.0	10	7	42.9
Northwest	1	1	1	0.0	0.0	4	6	-33.3
Bankruptcies	1	0	1	n/a	0.0	3	5	-40.0
Proposals	0	1	0	-100.0	n/a	1	1	0.0
Manitoba	9	9	5	0.0	80.0	39	28	39.3
Bankruptcies	7	8	5	-12.5	40.0	33	26	26.9
Proposals	2	1	0	100.0	n/a	6	2	200.0
Southeast	1	2	1	-50.0	0.0	6	2	200.0
Bankruptcies	1	2	1	-50.0	0.0	6	2	200.0
Proposals	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	0	n/a
South Central	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	2	0	n/a
Bankruptcies	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	1	0	n/a
Proposals	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	1	0	n/a
Southwest	0	0	1	n/a	-100.0	6	6	0.0
Bankruptcies	0	0	1	n/a	-100.0	6	5	20.0
Proposals	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	1	-100.0
North Central	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	1	1	0.0
Bankruptcies	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	1	0	n/a
Proposals	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	1	-100.0
Winnipeg	7	5	3	40.0	133.3	21	15	40.0
Bankruptcies	5	4	3	25.0	66.7	16	15	6.7
Proposals	2	1	0	100.0	n/a	5	0	n/a
Interlake	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	1	2	-50.0
Bankruptcies	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	1	2	-50.0
Proposals	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	0	n/a
Parklands	0	1	0	-100.0	n/a	1	2	-50.0
Bankruptcies	0	1	0	-100.0	n/a	1	2	-50.0
Proposals	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	0	n/a
North	0	1	0	-100.0	n/a	1	0	n/a
Bankruptcies	0	1	0	-100.0	n/a	1	0	n/a
Proposals	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	0	n/a
Saskatchewan	35	24	28	45.8	25.0	104	99	5.1
Bankruptcies	26	16	18	62.5	44.4	64	59	8.5
Proposals	9	8	10	12.5	-10.0	40	40	0.0
Regina – Moose Mountain	21	12	14	75.0	50.0	56	51	9.8
Bankruptcies	13	8	8	62.5	62.5	32	29	10.3
Proposals	8	4	6	100.0	33.3	24	22	9.1
Swift Current – Moose Jaw	4	8	3	-50.0	33.3	17	9	88.9
Bankruptcies	4	4	1	0.0	300.0	11	5	120.0
Proposals	0	4	2	-100.0	-100.0	6	4	50.0
Saskatoon – Biggar	3	0	6	n/a	-50.0	14	24	-41.7
Bankruptcies	3	0	5	n/a	-40.0	10	16	-37.5
Proposals	0	0	1	n/a	-100.0	4	8	-50.0
Yorkton – Melville	5	3	2	66.7	150.0	10	5	100.0
Bankruptcies	5	3	1	66.7	400.0	9	2	350.0
Proposals	0	0	1	n/a	-100.0	1	3	-66.7
Prince Albert	2	1	3	100.0	-33.3	7	10	-30.0
Bankruptcies	1	1	3	0.0	-66.7	2	7	-71.4
Proposals	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	5	3	66.7
Northern	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	0	n/a
Bankruptcies	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	0	n/a
Proposals	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	0	n/a
Alberta	57	60	56	-5.0	1.8	223	206	8.3
Bankruptcies	38	43	50	-11.6	-24.0	155	162	-4.3
Proposals	19	17	6	11.8	216.7	68	44	54.5
Lethbridge – Medicine Hat	0	1	2	-100.0	-100.0	5	5	0.0
Bankruptcies	0	0	2	n/a	-100.0	2	5	-60.0
Proposals	0	1	0	-100.0	n/a	3	0	n/a
Camrose – Drumheller	8	2	4	300.0	100.0	12	7	71.4
Bankruptcies	8	2	4	300.0	100.0	12	7	71.4
Proposals	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	0	n/a
Calgary	25	18	19	38.9	31.6	103	87	18.4
Bankruptcies	14	15	17	-6.7	-17.6	70	69	1.4
Proposals	11	3	2	266.7	450.0	33	18	83.3
Banff – Jasper – Rocky Mountain House	2	2	2	0.0	0.0	6	5	20.0
Bankruptcies	0	2	2	-100.0	-100.0	3	4	-25.0
Proposals	2	0	0	n/a	n/a	3	1	200.0
Red Deer	2	3	1	-33.3	100.0	9	10	-10.0
Bankruptcies	2	2	1	0.0	100.0	7	9	-22.2
Proposals	0	1	0	-100.0	n/a	2	1	100.0
Edmonton	17	31	18	-45.2	-5.6	77	61	26.2
Bankruptcies	12	20	16	-40.0	-25.0	54	41	31.7
Proposals	5	11	2	-54.5	150.0	23	20	15.0
Athabasca – Grande Prairie – Peace River	2	2	2	0.0	0.0	6	16	-62.5
Bankruptcies	1	1	2	0.0	-50.0	4	15	-73.3
Proposals	1	1	0	0.0	n/a	2	1	100.0
Wood Buffalo – Cold Lake	1	0	5	n/a	-80.0	3	10	-70.0
Bankruptcies	1	0	4	n/a	-75.0	3	8	-62.5
Proposals	0	0	1	n/a	-100.0	0	2	-100.0
British Columbia	23	37	28	-37.8	-17.9	127	103	23.3
Bankruptcies	16	28	17	-42.9	-5.9	90	75	20.0
Proposals	7	9	11	-22.2	-36.4	37	28	32.1
Vancouver Island and Coast	2	2	3	0.0	-33.3	17	15	13.3
Bankruptcies	2	2	1	0.0	100.0	14	8	75.0
Proposals	0	0	2	n/a	-100.0	3	7	-57.1
Lower Mainland – Southwest	16	30	21	-46.7	-23.8	85	67	26.9
Bankruptcies	12	23	13	-47.8	-7.7	63	50	26.0
Proposals	4	7	8	-42.9	-50.0	22	17	29.4
Thompson – Okanagan	2	4	3	-50.0	-33.3	15	15	0.0
Bankruptcies	1	3	3	-66.7	-66.7	6	12	-50.0
Proposals	1	1	0	0.0	n/a	9	3	200.0
Kootenay	1	1	1	0.0	0.0	4	1	300.0
Bankruptcies	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	3	0	n/a
Proposals	0	1	1	-100.0	-100.0	1	1	0.0
Cariboo	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	2	1	100.0
Bankruptcies	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	1	1	0.0
Proposals	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	1	0	n/a
North Coast	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	1	-100.0
Bankruptcies	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	1	-100.0
Proposals	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	0	n/a
Nechako	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	1	0	n/a
Bankruptcies	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	1	0	n/a
Proposals	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	0	n/a
Northeast	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	2	2	0.0
Bankruptcies	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	2	2	0.0
Proposals	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	0	n/a
Northwest Territories	0	2	0	-100.0	n/a	2	0	n/a
Bankruptcies	0	1	0	-100.0	n/a	1	0	n/a
Proposals	0	1	0	-100.0	n/a	1	0	n/a
Yukon	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	0	n/a
Bankruptcies	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	0	n/a
Proposals	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	0	n/a
Nunavut	2	0	0	n/a	n/a	2	0	n/a
Bankruptcies	2	0	0	n/a	n/a	2	0	n/a
Proposals	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	0	n/a

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Insolvency statistics in Canada—Fourth quarter of 2019 (br04199)