Sue McConnachie
| Mar 05, 2020
According to the Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy; “Consumer insolvencies for the 12-month period ending December 31, 2019, increased by 9.5% compared with the 12-month period ending December 31, 2018. Consumer bankruptcies decreased by 1.2%, while consumer proposals increased by 17.9%. The proportion of proposals in consumer insolvencies increased to 60.3% during the 12-month period ending December 31, 2019, up from 56.0% during the 12-month period ending December 31, 2018. For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2019, consumer insolvency filings accounted for 97.4% of total insolvency filings.”