Table 7
Financial, health, and social impacts of most serious problem or dispute in the past 3 years, by gender, provinces, 2021


Table 7
Financial, health, and social impacts of most serious problem or dispute in the past 3 years, by gender, provinces, 2021
Table summary
This table displays the results of Financial. The information is grouped by Financial, socio-economic and health impacts (appearing as row headers), Women, Men, Total, percent and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Financial, socio-economic and health impacts WomenTable 7 Note † Men Total
percent 95% confidence interval percent 95% confidence interval percent 95% confidence interval
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Financial impacts
Yes 76 73 79 74 70 78 75 72 78
Had to borrow money from friends or relatives 23 20 27 19 16 23 21 19 24
Had to put expenses on credit card 38 35 42 32Note * 29 37 35 33 38
Borrowed money from a credit or loan agency 6 4 8 6 4 9 6 5 8
Borrowed money from the bank 11 9 14 14 11 17 12 11 14
Had to take out a mortgage or remortgage 3 2 5 4 3 6 4 3 5
Had to spend savings 48 44 52 50 46 54 49 46 52
Had to declare bankruptcy 1 1 3 3Note * 2 5 2 2 4
Had to miss payment on bills or pay them late 21 18 25 19 16 23 20 18 23
Other financial impact 6 4 8 7 5 10 7 5 8
No financial impacts related to most serious problem 22 18 25 24 20 28 23 20 25
Socio-economic impacts
Yes 30 27 33 30 26 33 30 28 32
Caused or contributed to losing job 11 9 14 14Note * 12 17 13 11 14
Caused or contributed to losing housing 5 4 7 6 5 8 6 5 7
Applied for employment insurance 11 9 13 11 9 13 11 9 12
Applied for a housing subsidy 4 3 5 2Note * 1 3 3 2 4
Applied for another type of social assistance 5 3 7 5 4 7 5 4 6
Caused an insurance claim 9 7 11 9 7 11 9 8 10
No socio-economic impacts related to most serious problem 65 61 68 66 63 69 65 63 67
Health impacts
Yes 85 83 88 72Note * 69 75 79 77 81
Physical health problem(s) 38 35 41 27Note * 25 31 33 31 35
Mental health problem(s) 49 46 53 41Note * 38 44 45 43 48
Social, family, or personal issues 42 39 45 38 35 42 40 38 42
Extreme stress 79 76 81 65Note * 62 68 72 70 74
No health challenges related to most serious problem 14 12 17 27Note * 24 30 21 19 23
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Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Legal Problems Survey.
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