Monthly credit aggregates, March 2026

Revisions

This release of the monthly credit aggregates for the month of March 2026 includes revised estimates from January 2025 to February 2026. These data incorporate new and revised data, as well as updated data on seasonal trends.

Reclassification of loans

In the second quarter of 2024, there was a reclassification of loans within personal loans plans of chartered banks that resulted in a significant increase to automotive loans. As a result, auto loans, as published in the Monthly Credit Aggregates, reflect a break in the time series.

Overview of the monthly credit aggregates

The monthly credit aggregates break down a portion of the quarterly National Balance Sheet Accounts (NBSA) by month. They provide details on lending to households and non-financial corporations—in other words, the stock of these sectors' outstanding liabilities from the debtor perspective—across a range of credit instruments, including mortgage loans, non-mortgage loans, and debt and equity securities. The aggregates cover all lending sectors, including chartered banks, non-bank deposit-taking institutions, other financial corporations, governments and other lenders. The estimates are presented as booked-in-Canada to capture activity within Canada, with either domestic or non-resident lenders. In addition, amounts are reported on an end-of-period basis (i.e., the value of the stock of an asset on the final day of the month). The third month of each quarter is benchmarked to the corresponding quarterly release of the NBSA.

Household sector borrowing is divided into financing in the form of non-mortgage loans (i.e., funds principally for consumption) and mortgage loans (i.e., debt acquired to finance the purchase of a property, whether residential or non-residential in nature). Household borrowing in the form of mortgage debt and home equity lines of credit is referred to as real estate secured debt and presents a further delineation of household liabilities associated with residential and non-residential properties.

As with the household sector, non-financial corporation borrowing is divided into non-mortgage and mortgage loans. However, overall credit liabilities of non-financial corporations also include their borrowing in the form of debt securities, with terms to maturity that are both short and long term in duration.

The NBSA are composed of the balance sheets of all sectors and subsectors of the economy. The main sectors are households, non-profit institutions serving households, financial corporations, non-financial corporations, governments and non-residents. The NBSA cover all national non-financial assets and all financial asset-liability claims outstanding in all sectors and, similarly, present stocks at the end of each quarter.

Estimates are available on a seasonally adjusted basis to improve the interpretability of period-to-period changes in debt. For information on seasonal adjustment, see the article "Seasonal adjustment: Concepts and interpretation, 2026."

For more information on the concepts, methodologies and classifications used to compile these monthly estimates, see the document "Guide to the Monthly Credit Aggregates."

Next release

Data on the monthly credit aggregates for April 2026 will be released on June 19.