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About 40% of Canadians understand when it is financially beneficial to borrow money.
Initiative: Canadian Financial Capability Survey
Adopter: Financial Consumer Agency of Canada
About 40% of Canadians compared credit cards from different companies before applying.
Initiative: Canadian Financial Capability Survey
Adopter: Financial Consumer Agency of Canada
About 75% of Canadians understand what lowers house mortgage costs.
Initiative: Canadian Financial Capability Survey
Adopter: Financial Consumer Agency of Canada
About 70% of Canadians say they are financially preparing for retirement.
Initiative: Canadian Financial Capability Survey
Adopter: Financial Consumer Agency of Canada
Fewer than 50% of Canadians know how much money to save for retirement.
Initiative: Canadian Financial Capability Survey
Adopter: Financial Consumer Agency of Canada
Of people who said it was too complicated to open an RDSP, 29% cited complications filling in the tax forms and 44% had complications visiting the bank to open a plan.
Initiative: Survey on Savings for Persons with Disabilities
Adopter: Statistics Canada
40% of workshop participants opened tax-free savings accounts for emergency savings.
Initiative: A targeted savings program
Adopter: Anonymous organization
Consumers' understanding that a bank cannot increase their credit card limit without their approval has declined since 2019 (down 3 points to 57% versus 60%).
Initiative: Survey of Consumers' Awareness of their Financial Rights and Responsibilities
Adopter: Financial Consumer Agency of Canada
Awareness remains highest among consumers that a bank cannot issue a credit card without the client’s prior approval (78%, unchanged from 2019).
Initiative: Survey of Consumers' Awareness of their Financial Rights and Responsibilities
Adopter: Financial Consumer Agency of Canada
Awareness remains highest among consumers that banks are required to provide easy-to-understand information on the cost of financial products and services they offer (81%, unchanged from 2019).
Initiative: Survey of Consumers' Awareness of their Financial Rights and Responsibilities
Adopter: Financial Consumer Agency of Canada
The Financial Consumer Agency of Canada does not endorse, directly or indirectly, any adopters of the Measurement Plan, nor does it make any representations or warranties, express or implied, concerning the adopters' products or services or their fitness for a particular purpose.
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