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Chartered banks: Home equity lines of credit (HELOCs)

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HELOCs outside of combined loan plans

Quarter-end, Millions of dollarsCANSIM2023Q12023Q22023Q32023Q42024Q1
Authorized amounts
Totalv1325929545134,543133,658131,717130,690129,922
Loan-to-value ratio (LTV ratio)
50% or less1 v1325929546119,796118,289117,951117,478116,405
> 50% to ≤ 65%v132592954710,50510,4519,7699,7029,722
Over 65%v13259295484,2414,9183,9963,5103,795
Drawn amounts
Totalv132592954940,49639,69738,44537,62536,834
Loan-to-value ratio (LTV ratio)
50% or less1 v132592955035,62434,75034,10833,46232,615
> 50% to ≤ 65%v13259295513,4303,3273,0653,0222,984
Over 65%v13259295521,4411,6201,2721,1401,235

Combined mortgage-HELOC loan plans

Quarter-end, Millions of dollarsCANSIM2023Q12023Q22023Q32023Q42024Q1
Authorized amounts
Totalv13259295531,145,8661,159,5001,167,9681,174,4691,184,213
Loan-to-value ratio (LTV ratio)
50% or less1 v1325929554450,828464,385502,055493,610478,856
> 50% to ≤ 65%v1325929555315,697321,985344,902344,281340,810
Over 65%v1325929556379,340373,130321,010336,579364,548
Drawn amounts
Totalv1325929557797,825803,994805,042805,242807,370
Loan-to-value ratio (LTV ratio)
50% or less1 v1325929558253,753258,248281,959274,314260,131
> 50% to ≤ 65%v1325929559230,827236,346254,599251,802246,895
Over 65%v1325929560313,245309,400268,485279,126300,344

HELOCs and HELOC components of combined mortgage-HELOC loan plans utilization rates

Quarter-end, Millions of dollarsCANSIM2023Q12023Q22023Q32023Q42024Q1
Authorized Amounts
Totalv1325929561655,797665,712672,136679,808688,247
Utilization rate (outstanding / authorized)2 
≥ 0% to ≤ 20%v1325929562433,847443,078452,595459,027467,193
> 20% to ≤ 40%v132592956353,56054,00353,62953,92253,757
> 40% to ≤ 60%v132592956442,30642,05741,50041,76241,645
> 60% to ≤ 80%v132592956539,36839,19938,42638,31538,347
> 80% to ≤ 100%v132592956686,71587,37585,98586,78287,306
Drawn amounts
Totalv1325929567151,498151,819149,480150,365150,802
Utilization rate (outstanding / authorized)2 
≥ 0% to ≤ 20%v13259295688,7058,7968,7658,8378,821
> 20% to ≤ 40%v132592956915,68315,80415,67015,75915,680
> 40% to ≤ 60%v132592957020,68020,55720,25720,36820,291
> 60% to ≤ 80%v132592957126,84426,67326,09526,01026,055
> 80% to ≤ 100%v132592957279,58679,98978,69379,39279,956

Residential secured lending

This includes drawn amounts, net of allowance for expected credit losses and various balance sheet adjustments.

Quarter-end, Millions of dollarsCANSIM2023Q12023Q22023Q32023Q42024Q1
Total real estate secured lendingv13259295731,860,4631,880,0161,894,1731,905,9111,909,668
HELOC (stand alone)v132592957440,33739,51638,03528,65127,639
Mortgage (stand alone)v1325929575954,506967,825983,193992,602993,815
Combined mortgage and HELOC plansv1325929576797,950804,472805,201814,105816,413
Of which: non-amortizingv1325929577111,191112,299111,206112,896114,108
Of which: amortizingv1325929578686,759692,172693,994701,209702,305
Other lending secured by real estatev132592957967,67068,20467,74470,55371,802
HELOC and non-amortizing part of combined plansv1325929580151,528151,815149,241141,547141,747
Mortgage and amortizing part of combined plansv13259295811,641,2651,659,9981,677,1871,693,8111,696,120

Notes

Source: Bank of Canada

Federally-regulated credit unions and subsidiaries of non-bank financial institutions are excluded from the universe of chartered banks for the purposes of the Banking and Financial Statistics (BFS) tables. This treatment is consistent with the methodology used by Statistics Canada in their key economic and financial statistical programs (e.g., National Balance Sheet Accounts), which follows the NAICS framework.

The data shown provides information on the Home Equity Lines of Credit (HELOCs) and related products secured by residential properties in Canada with the exception of business loans. Reporting coverage encompasses selected chartered banks with the largest total assets.

The reporting practices for combined plans vary across financial institutions, and the mortgage component of combined plans may be reported as either a mortgage or a HELOC.

For supplemental information and general details on the source data, please visit the Home Equity Lines of Credit (HELOCs) (J2) instructions on the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) website. Please note that the re-advanceable part of a loan has undergone a definition change effective 2021 Q1.

  1. 1. This category includes loans without an available loan-to-value (LTV) ratio. The expectation is that this would only occur in unusual circumstances.[]
  2. 2. The utilization rate for a loan is defined as the drawn amount (outstanding balance) over the authorized amount.[]