Statistics Canada Says Household Debt-to-Income Ratio up in Q1

Statistics Canada Says Household Debt-to-Income Ratio up in Q1
A Statistics Canada sign is pictured in Ottawa on July 3, 2019. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
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Statistics Canada says the amount Canadians owe relative to their income rose in the first quarter of the year as disposable income fell even as debt levels continued to rise.

The agency says that on a seasonally adjusted basis, household credit market debt as a proportion of household disposable income rose to 184.5 percent in the first quarter, up from 181.7 percent in the fourth quarter of 2022.