MONTREAL - Almost a third of Canadian households report never or almost never having any money left to save after paying their bills, according to a n...

“Pre-retirement” Canadians aged 50 to 59 are taking on an alarming amount of debt and are most at risk of bankruptcy, according to a new study tha...

Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney warned on Thursday the bank could raise interest rates if the growth in household debt doesn’t slow. It was a...

TORONTO - Bank of Montreal will end a controversial low mortgage rate at the end of this week, when the limited-time offer runs out.The bank (TSX:BMO)...

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty successfully pressured Manulife Bank of Canada to withdraw a record-low mortgage rate, The Globe and Mail reported Tuesd...

OTTAWA - Canadian households continue to get into deeper debt, but the most recent data also offers a bit of a respite — credit accumulation is slow...

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty thanked Canada's banks on Friday for not lowering mortgage rates to match BMO's recently announced rock-bottom offer. ...

Canada’s economy has outperformed the U.S. for five years, but Canadians better prepare themselves for an equally long period of underperformance, s...

Help wanted: The Canadian economy seeks a new driver of economic growth. The position must be filled immediately to replace sectors – housing, co...

Retail sales over the crucial holiday season plunged a much larger than expected 2.1 per cent, Statistics Canada reported Friday. Economists had be...

In a country that prides itself on its social safety net, one could argue that the current personal debt story is really a story of an endangered future for the things we hold dear as a society. Will debt-ridden Canadians be supportive at election time of paying more in taxes to maintain universal health care?

TORONTO - A new report says the level of Canadian consumer debt at the end of 2012 — not counting mortgages — was up nearly six per cent from a ye...

MONTREAL -- An online poll has found that Canadians were planning to save almost $10,000 this year, but 66 per cent say they're tucking the money away...

TORONTO - Canadians are paying off their debts faster, with the number of those more than three months behind on loan payments dropping to a record lo...

Black Friday and Cyber Monday may be winning over an increasing number of Canadian shoppers, but November retail sales data are expected to show the m...

TORONTO — As Canadian officials issue repeated warnings about the perils of overborrowing amid troubling consumer debt levels, one quarter of respon...

Instead of making unrealistic and lofty resolutions this year, start 2013 off on the right foot by committing to a personal financial goal, and create a plan to achieve that goal.To help you get started on the road to financial health, try some of these proven methods to tackle debt, and make your 2013 financial goals a reality.

TORONTO -- Canadians appear less concerned about retirement planning than in years past as they continue to focus on debt reduction as their main fina...

OTTAWA - Canadians are more in hock today than ever before, Statistics Canada said Thursday in releasing fresh data on household debt.The new report s...

OTTAWA — Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is not worried about a housing collapse, saying he is happy he has helped cool the market with the latest rou...

TORONTO - One-third of Canadian respondents to a new survey admit their financial plans include counting on a future injection of good luck, either by...

TORONTO - The news out of Canada's real estate market isn't good, but the country will avoid a U.S.-style real estate meltdown, CIBC said Tuesday. ...

Recent data revisions from Statistics Canada showed that Canadians are even more in debt than previously estimated. The average household debt in Cana...

Canadians, you’re more indebted than you think. Statistics Canada is busy re-evaluating economic data going back two decades as part of an effort...

TORONTO - A new poll suggests that most Canadians are quite comfortable with using debt as a financial strategy — at a time when debt loads have ris...