Why Anyone Who Deferred Mortgage Payments Should Check Their Credit Score

Credit score charts are seen on the internet on a computer in North Vancouver, B.C., on June, 15, 2016. Hundreds of thousands of Canadians have been negotiating with lenders over the past few months, hoping to hold off paying debt amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Canadian Press/Jonathan Hayward

TORONTO—Hundreds of thousands of Canadians have been negotiating with lenders over the past few months, hoping to hold off paying debt amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Now, those payments are beginning to filter through the credit reporting system.