Toronto, Ontario, Canada (AHN) – Canadians improved their credit card and auto loan payment records for the third quarter of 2010. According to credit analysis company TransUnion, credit card delinquency rates in the country went down to 0.34 percent in Q3 from 0.38 percent for the same quarter last year.
Auto loan payment delinquencies also decreased to 0.11 percent from 0.15 percent.
TransUnion Vice President of Analytics Thomas Higgins said the improvement indicates that many Canadians are slowly moving out of the recession.
While delinquencies were down, the number of credit-active Canadians also decreased, by 0.15 percent to 24.8 million people. However, average debt grew by 4.3 percent to $25,163. The figure excludes mortgages.
By province, Quebec had the largest rise in overall debt at 6.6 percent, while Manitoba registered the lowest at 2.8 percent.
Higgins pointed out credit card debt goes up with the approach of the yearend holiday shopping season. He said in a statement, “It will be interesting to see if consumers continue to amass more debt during this holiday season and if delinquencies rise in the first quarter of 2011 when holiday bills are due. In any event, credit card delinquency for the quarter remained well within historical norms and is not a cause for significant concern at this time.”
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Dec.2,2010
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