Chartered banks: business loans
The month-end balance of business loans held by chartered banks in Canada.
Monthly average, delayed Observed 2026-08 · aging · retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source: Statistics Canada · Not a live quote.
Chartered banks: business loans over time
Monthly observations. Use the period buttons to change the range; the table beneath the chart lists the values.
Chartered banks: business loans
C$.
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Latest values: Chartered banks: business loans 1,067,000,000,000 (2026-08).
What this indicator is and why it is watched
What it measures
The month-end balance of business loans held by chartered banks in Canada.
Why it is watched
A measure of how much credit businesses are using; it reflects both borrowing demand and lenders' willingness to supply.
How it connects to the wider economy
Context, not a claim of cause.
It does not separate demand from supply, and it is a stock, not a flow.
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How the data are produced
- Publisher
- Statistics Canada
- Dataset
- 10-10-0109-01
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Unit
- C$
- Observations
- 400 (long history)
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-25
- Series id
ca46_business_loans
Monthly, Bank of Canada via Statistics Canada.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Chartered banks, assets and liabilities, month-end, Bank of Canada, Table 10-10-0109-01. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada.
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Missing observations are left missing and are never interpolated. Statistical agencies can revise published values; the observation date and retrieval date above identify the version shown. Methodology and sources.
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