Canada - Personal Income

Canada: Personal Income

Mnemonic	YP.ICAN
Unit	Mil. CAD, SAAR
Adjustments	Seasonally Adjusted at Annual Rate
	Quarterly	6.68 %
Data	2020 Q3	1,518,168
	2020 Q2	1,423,080

Series Information

Source	Statistics Canada
Release	Household - Debt service indicators (CANSIM)
Frequency	Quarterly
Start Date	3/31/1961
End Date	9/30/2020

Canada: Consumer

	Reference	Last	Previous	Units	Frequency
Real Retail Sales	Oct 2020	50,377	50,260	Mil. Ch. 2012 CAD, SA	Monthly
Retail Sales	Oct 2020	54,590,325	54,387,218	Ths. CAD, SA	Monthly
Personal Income	2020 Q3	1,518,168	1,423,080	Mil. CAD, SAAR	Quarterly
Consumer Confidence	Apr 2020	96.35	98.65	Index Long term avg=100, SA	Monthly

Release Information

Description

Debt service indicators measure the amount of the income and debt for a household and the portion of disposable income that is used to pay interest on debt. The source provides information regarding debt, income, debt/debt interest paid, saving rate, debt service indicator, etc. broken down by paid/received, sector and type of loan.

Methodology

Debt service ratio - The proportion of disposable income devoted to servicing this debt

Data are seasonally adjusted annualized rates.

Survey used to collect data is Quarterly Survey of Financial Statements conducted by the Industrial Organization and Finance Division of Statistics Canada

Personal disposable income - personal income less current transfers to government. Calculated as the sum of all incomes recieved by persons residing in Canada.

The Canadian debt service ratio does not include repayment of principal.

The non-mortgage interest and mortgage interest uses a supply-side approach which looks at providers of credit to persons and unincorporated businesses.

Revisions

Data is subject to revision.

Note

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