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Year to Date Change in Consumer Bankruptcies by Major Urban Centres

Province Jan. - Dec. 2005 Jan. - Dec. 2004 Change Change (%)
Newfoundland
Corner Brook 136 137 -1 -0.7%
Gander 153 113 40 35.4%
Grand Falls-Windsor 231 239 -8 -3.3%
Labrador City 20 28 -8 -28.6%
St-John's 914 857 57 6.7%
Others 1215 946 269 28.4%
Total 2669 2320 349 15.0%
Nova Scotia
Halifax 1577 1576 1 0.1%
Kentville 281 248 33 13.3%
New Glasgow 225 230 -5 -2.2%
Sydney 676 640 36 5.6%
Truro 210 219 -9 -4.1%
Others 1007 836 171 20.5%
Total 3976 3749 227 6.1%
Prince Edward Island
Charlottetown 212 162 50 30.9%
Summerside 84 68 16 23.5%
Others 39 23 16 69.6%
Total 335 253 82 32.4%
New Brunswick
Bathurst 51 44 7 15.9%
Campbellton 33 34 -1 -2.9%
Edmundston 26 22 4 18.2%
Fredericton 248 276 -28 -10.1%
Moncton 420 383 37 9.7%
Saint-John 325 384 -59 -15.4%
Others 1477 1401 76 5.4%
Total 2580 2544 36 1.4%
Québec
Alma 71 68 3 4.4%
Baie-Comeau 143 150 -7 -4.7%
Campbellton 113 100 13 13.0%
Chicoutimi-Jonquière 660 693 -33 -4.8%
Cowansville 46 48 -2 -4.2%
Dolbeau 50 57 -7 -12.3%
Drummondville 312 248 64 25.8%
Granby 331 306 25 8.2%
Hawkesbury 5 10 -5 -50.0%
Joliette 116 124 -8 -6.5%
La Tuque 31 45 -14 -31.1%
Lachute 50 41 9 22.0%
Magog 104 77 27 35.1%
Matane 50 35 15 42.9%
Montréal 11,147 11,397 -250 -2.2%
Ottawa-Hull (Qué.) 1,598 1,490 108 7.2%
Pembroke 13 7 6 85.7%
Québec 2,506 2,257 249 11.0%
Rimouski 118 142 -24 -16.9%
Rivière-Du-Loup 138 134 4 3.0%
Rouyn-Noranda 233 196 37 18.9%
Saint-Georges 116 109 7 6.4%
Saint-Hyacinthe 150 142 8 5.6%
Saint-Jean-Sur-Richelieu 338 379 -41 -10.8%
Saint-Jérôme 251 262 -11 -4.2%
Salaberry-De-Valleyfield 174 152 22 14.5%
Sept-Îles 87 83 4 4.8%
Shawinigan 177 165 12 7.3%
Sherbrooke 617 613 4 0.7%
Sorel 118 94 24 25.5%
Thetford Mines 117 104 13 12.5%
Trois-Rivières 414 412 2 0.5%
Val-D'or 246 243 3 1.2%
Victoriaville 146 133 13 9.8%
Others 2,647 2,629 18 0.7%
Total 23,433 23,145 288 1.2%
Ontario
Barrie 430 386 44 11.4%
Belleville 633 552 81 14.7%
Brantford 360 363 -3 -0.8%
Brockville 283 222 61 27.5%
Chatham 216 213 3 1.4%
Cobourg 39 56 -17 -30.4%
Collingwood 43 42 1 2.4%
Cornwall 278 266 12 4.5%
Elliot Lake 129 120 9 7.5%
Guelph 260 291 -31 -10.7%
Haileybury 85 76 9 11.8%
Hamilton 1,920 2,126 -206 -9.7%
Hawkesbury 85 70 15 21.4%
Kenora 86 79 7 8.9%
Kingston 462 460 2 0.4%
Kirkland Lake 101 77 24 31.2%
Kitchener 1,154 1,212 -58 -4.8%
Leamington 285 275 10 3.6%
Lindsay 104 128 -24 -18.8%
London 1,774 1,894 -120 -6.3%
Midland 122 107 15 14.0%
North Bay 375 382 -7 -1.8%
Orillia 160 119 41 34.5%
Oshawa 865 773 92 11.9%
Ottawa - Hull (Ont.) 2,198 2,101 97 4.6%
Owen Sound 140 142 -2 -1.4%
Pembroke 143 132 11 8.3%
Peterborough 317 305 12 3.9%
Port Hope 51 47 4 8.5%
Sarnia-Clearwater 251 276 -25 -9.1%
Sault-Ste-Marie 338 348 -10 -2.9%
Simcoe 39 49 -10 -20.4%
St-Catharines/Niagara 1,215 1,245 -30 -2.4%
Stratford 91 82 9 11.0%
Sudbury 721 772 -51 -6.6%
Thunder Bay 350 345 5 1.4%
Tillsonburg 54 66 -12 -18.2%
Timmins 233 245 -12 -4.9%
Toronto 10,983 10,691 292 2.7%
Wallaceburg 60 50 10 20.0%
Windsor 1,258 1,167 91 7.8%
Woodstock 158 154 4 2.6%
Others 2,452 2,236 216 9.7%
Total 31,301 30,742 559 1.8%
Manitoba
Brandon 164 139 25 18.0%
Portage La Prairie 47 34 13 38.2%
Selkirk 29 31 -2 -6.5%
Thompson 16 21 -5 -23.8%
Winnipeg 1902 1761 141 8.0%
Others 349 353 -4 -1.1%
Total 2507 2339 168 7.2%
Saskatchewan
Estevan 36 24 12 50.0%
Lloydminster 18 14 4 28.6%
Moose Jaw 124 149 -25 -16.8%
North Battleford 38 59 -21 -35.6%
Prince Albert 234 241 -7 -2.9%
Regina 556 616 -60 -9.7%
Saskatoon 677 693 -16 -2.3%
Swift Current 30 43 -13 -30.2%
Weyburn 12 25 -13 -52.0%
Yorkton 105 116 -11 -9.5%
Others 219 207 12 5.8%
Total 2049 2187 -138 -6.3%
Alberta
Calgary 2,500 2,752 -252 -9.2%
Camrose 24 39 -15 -38.5%
Edmonton 3,095 3,534 -439 -12.4%
Fort Mcmurray 76 145 -69 -47.6%
Grand Centre 25 32 -7 -21.9%
Grande Prairie 122 144 -22 -15.3%
Lethbridge 240 253 -13 -5.1%
Lloydminster 28 30 -2 -6.7%
Medicine Hat 278 350 -72 -20.6%
Red Deer 251 319 -68 -21.3%
Wetaskiwin 43 39 4 10.3%
Others 860 1,077 -217 -20.1%
Total 7,542 8,714 -1172 -13.4%
British Columbia
Campbell River 144 133 11 8.3%
Chilliwack 147 153 -6 -3.9%
Courtenay 130 145 -15 -10.3%
Cranbrook 62 70 -8 -11.4%
Dawson Creek 29 28 1 3.6%
Duncan 88 101 -13 -12.9%
Fort St. John 72 78 -6 -7.7%
Kamloops 200 219 -19 -8.7%
Kelowna 436 421 15 3.6%
Kitimat 20 21 -1 -4.8%
Matsqui 265 270 -5 -1.9%
Nanaimo 231 227 4 1.8%
Penticton 124 123 1 0.8%
Port Alberni 49 67 -18 -26.9%
Powell River 57 63 -6 -9.5%
Prince-George 292 268 24 9.0%
Prince Rupert 32 43 -11 -25.6%
Quesnel 70 73 -3 -4.1%
Terrace 35 65 -30 -46.2%
Vancouver 3,669 3,804 -135 -3.5%
Vernon 108 113 -5 -4.4%
Victoria 728 672 56 8.3%
Williams Lake 90 85 5 5.9%
Others 1,095 1,136 -41 -3.6%
Total 8,173 8,378 -205 -2.4%
Northwest Territories
Total 35 32 3 9.4%
Yukon
Total 34 21 13 61.9%
Nunavut
Total 4 2 2 100.0%
Canada
Total 84,638 84,426 212 0.3%

Downloadable Format:  Year to Date Change in Consumer Bankruptcies by Major Urban Centres (Microsoft Excel Format)

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Created: 2005-05-29
Updated: 2006-02-08
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