The average total debt owed on things like new cars, vacations, shopping or just paying the bills now stands at $20,891 per person in Canada. That figure — which excludes the biggest line item in many people’s budgets, their mortgage – is up nearly 3 per cent versus a year ago, according credit monitoring agency Equifax Canada.
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