Nearly 40% of Canadians Borrowing Money to Cover Daily Expenses: Federal Research

Nearly 40% of Canadians Borrowing Money to Cover Daily Expenses: Federal Research
A woman shops for produce in a grocery store in Toronto in a file photo. Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press
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Nearly 40 percent of Canadians are borrowing money to cover the rising costs of daily expenses like groceries and rent, says new federal research.

“The percentage of Canadians who borrow money to cover daily expenses increased from 26% in 2020 to 38% in September 2022,” wrote the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada in a report published in November 2022, as first reported by Blacklock’s Reporter.