A five-year chart of consumer filings shows strong recent growth in both consumer proposals and total filings.
To measure growth and include recent trends we eliminate month-to-month and seasonal variances by comparing total filings in the 12 months ending March 2023 with the 12 months ending March 2022.
We consider census metropolitan areas and regions and compare current volumes with the 10-year historical mean. Showing the current month as a percentage of the mean reveals the degree to which current filings exceed the mean.
We filter out those cities having less than 120 filings per year and report the fifteen having the highest growth.
| City | 12.mos.to.Mar2023 | 12.mos.to.Mar2022 | Change | Percent Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Esquimalt | 168 | 96 | 72 | 75.0% |
| New Westminster | 227 | 150 | 77 | 51.3% |
| Abbotsford | 412 | 274 | 138 | 50.4% |
| Maple Ridge | 231 | 165 | 66 | 40.0% |
| Penticton | 120 | 86 | 34 | 39.5% |
| Highlands | 175 | 126 | 49 | 38.9% |
| Surrey | 1294 | 955 | 339 | 35.5% |
| Chilliwack | 291 | 220 | 71 | 32.3% |
| Port Coquitlam | 238 | 185 | 53 | 28.6% |
| Delta | 197 | 154 | 43 | 27.9% |
| Kelowna | 397 | 316 | 81 | 25.6% |
| Vernon | 205 | 164 | 41 | 25.0% |
| Vancouver | 1202 | 977 | 225 | 23.0% |
| Coquitlam | 146 | 121 | 25 | 20.7% |
| Burnaby | 406 | 342 | 64 | 18.7% |
We report the 10 cities with the lowest growth rates.
| City | 12.mos.to.Mar2023 | 12.mos.to.Mar2022 | Change | Percent Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kamloops | 270 | 267 | 3 | 1.1% |
| North Vancouver | 232 | 209 | 23 | 11.0% |
| Saanich | 209 | 188 | 21 | 11.2% |
| Prince George | 249 | 223 | 26 | 11.7% |
| Langley | 336 | 293 | 43 | 14.7% |
| Nanaimo | 293 | 253 | 40 | 15.8% |
| Victoria | 152 | 131 | 21 | 16.0% |
| Richmond | 312 | 263 | 49 | 18.6% |
| Burnaby | 406 | 342 | 64 | 18.7% |
| Coquitlam | 146 | 121 | 25 | 20.7% |
For each city having at least 120 files annually, we determined the maximum and minimum monthly filings since 2013 and compared these to the current monthly filings to determine whether the city was experiencing an historic high or low number of filings.
The 20 most active FSAs in the current month and their mean monthly filings since 2013.
| FSA | FSA.Place.Name | City | March2023 | Mean | March2023.over.Mean |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V9A | Esquimalt | Esquimalt | 27 | 12 | 214.0% |
| V9B | Highlands | Highlands | 23 | 16 | 141.8% |
| V3S | Surrey East | Surrey | 22 | 18 | 121.3% |
| V3B | Port Coquitlam Central | Port Coquitlam | 21 | 9 | 211.9% |
| V2X | Maple Ridge West | Maple Ridge | 20 | 10 | 182.4% |
| V3T | Surrey Inner Northwest | Surrey | 20 | 11 | 171.8% |
| V3W | Surrey Upper West | Surrey | 19 | 17 | 109.0% |
| V4N | Surrey Northeast | Surrey | 19 | 12 | 148.0% |
| V0N | North Island | Rural Area | 18 | 10 | 174.9% |
| V3R | Surrey North | Surrey | 18 | 15 | 116.5% |
| V3V | Surrey Outer Northwest | Surrey | 18 | 10 | 172.4% |
| V2P | Chilliwack Central | Chilliwack | 17 | 10 | 162.1% |
| V2V | Mission East | Mission | 17 | 7 | 228.8% |
| V9W | Campbell River Central | Campbell River | 17 | 7 | 215.3% |
| V2B | Kamloops Northwest | Kamloops | 16 | 10 | 149.9% |
| V2R | Chilliwack West | Chilliwack | 16 | 9 | 174.6% |
| V0H | South Okanagan (Summerland) | Rural Area | 15 | 9 | 154.4% |
| V1T | Vernon Central | Vernon | 15 | 9 | 157.2% |
| V2S | Abbotsford Southeast | Abbotsford | 15 | 12 | 123.5% |
| V0R | Central Island (Chemainus) | Rural Area | 14 | 14 | 98.8% |
We average over 10 years the number of monthly files in FSAs and we filter out those having less than 72 files annually. We compare the number of files in the 12-month period ended March 2023 to those in the 12-month period ended March 2022 to calculate the recent trend in filings. We show the top twenty.
| FSA | FSA_Place_Name | City | 12.mos.to.Mar2023 | 12.mos.to.Mar2022 | Change | Percent Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V9A | Esquimalt | Esquimalt | 168 | 96 | 72 | 75.0% |
| V2R | Chilliwack West | Chilliwack | 142 | 89 | 53 | 59.6% |
| V3B | Port Coquitlam Central | Port Coquitlam | 124 | 80 | 44 | 55.0% |
| V4N | Surrey Northeast | Surrey | 171 | 112 | 59 | 52.7% |
| V1C | Cranbrook | Cranbrook | 82 | 55 | 27 | 49.1% |
| V2S | Abbotsford Southeast | Abbotsford | 170 | 114 | 56 | 49.1% |
| V3V | Surrey Outer Northwest | Surrey | 137 | 92 | 45 | 48.9% |
| V2X | Maple Ridge West | Maple Ridge | 161 | 109 | 52 | 47.7% |
| V5X | Vancouver (SE Oakridge / East Marpole / South Sunset) | Vancouver | 76 | 52 | 24 | 46.2% |
| V9R | Nanaimo South | Nanaimo | 136 | 94 | 42 | 44.7% |
| V1Y | Kelowna Central | Kelowna | 133 | 92 | 41 | 44.6% |
| V3M | New Westminster Southwest (Includes Annacis Island) | New Westminster | 137 | 97 | 40 | 41.2% |
| V2A | Penticton | Penticton | 120 | 86 | 34 | 39.5% |
| V9W | Campbell River Central | Campbell River | 121 | 87 | 34 | 39.1% |
| V9B | Highlands | Highlands | 175 | 126 | 49 | 38.9% |
| V3T | Surrey Inner Northwest | Surrey | 169 | 123 | 46 | 37.4% |
| V0N | North Island | Rural Area | 122 | 89 | 33 | 37.1% |
| V3R | Surrey North | Surrey | 183 | 134 | 49 | 36.6% |
| V2T | Abbotsford Southwest | Abbotsford | 151 | 111 | 40 | 36.0% |
| V8Z | Saanich Central | Saanich | 62 | 46 | 16 | 34.8% |
| FSA | FSA_Place_Name | City | 12.mos.to.Mar2023 | 12.mos.to.Mar2022 | Change | Percent Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V0H | South Okanagan (Summerland) | Rural Area | 93 | 108 | -15 | -13.9% |
| V3C | Port Coquitlam South | Port Coquitlam | 73 | 79 | -6 | -7.6% |
| V3N | Burnaby (East Big Bend / Stride Avenue / Edmonds / Cariboo-Armstrong) | Burnaby | 88 | 85 | 3 | 3.5% |
| V3A | Langley City | Langley | 133 | 127 | 6 | 4.7% |
| V1J | Fort St. John | Fort St. John | 100 | 94 | 6 | 6.4% |
| V9N | Courtenay Central | Courtenay | 100 | 94 | 6 | 6.4% |
| V3J | Coquitlam North | Coquitlam | 80 | 73 | 7 | 9.6% |
| V1X | Kelowna East Central | Kelowna | 100 | 91 | 9 | 9.9% |
| V4T | Westbank | Westbank | 91 | 82 | 9 | 11.0% |
| V2B | Kamloops Northwest | Kamloops | 158 | 141 | 17 | 12.1% |
| V4C | Delta Northeast | Delta | 98 | 87 | 11 | 12.6% |
| V3W | Surrey Upper West | Surrey | 183 | 159 | 24 | 15.1% |
| V0E | Central Okanagan and High Country (Revelstoke) | Rural Area | 157 | 136 | 21 | 15.4% |
| V2N | Prince George South | Prince George | 73 | 63 | 10 | 15.9% |
| V2P | Chilliwack Central | Chilliwack | 142 | 122 | 20 | 16.4% |
FSA and Forward Sortation Area are protected terms for the benefit of Canada Post Corporation.
Data sources: the Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy (“OSB”), Canada Post Corporation.
We report only on consumer bankruptcies and consumer proposals as defined by the OSB. As such and although immaterial, we include in “consumer proposals” those BIA Division 1 proposals made by a natural person if their Licensed Insolvency Trustee reports consumer-related debts exceed 50% of total debts.
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