Chartered banks: Home equity lines of credit (HELOCs)

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HELOCs outside of combined loan plans

Quarter-end, Millions of dollarsCANSIM2024Q12024Q22024Q32024Q42025Q1
Authorized amounts
Totalv1325929545129,922125,400124,360122,406121,789
Loan-to-value ratio (LTV ratio)
50% or less1 v1325929546116,405113,881113,683111,852110,842
> 50% to ≤ 65%v13259295479,7228,5428,3198,3328,453
Over 65%v13259295483,7952,9772,3582,2222,495
Drawn amounts
Totalv132592954936,83435,36134,53233,81332,959
Loan-to-value ratio (LTV ratio)
50% or less1 v132592955032,61531,69731,13330,41129,507
> 50% to ≤ 65%v13259295512,9842,6832,5962,6112,597
Over 65%v13259295521,235980803792856

Combined mortgage-HELOC loan plans

Quarter-end, Millions of dollarsCANSIM2024Q12024Q22024Q32024Q42025Q1
Authorized amounts
Totalv13259295531,184,2131,215,2791,232,9151,250,2761,265,635
Loan-to-value ratio (LTV ratio)
50% or less1 v1325929554478,856506,312516,318503,066490,121
> 50% to ≤ 65%v1325929555340,810356,639364,597358,311353,084
Over 65%v1325929556364,548352,328351,999388,899422,430
Drawn amounts
Totalv1325929557807,370829,196839,397849,264854,785
Loan-to-value ratio (LTV ratio)
50% or less1 v1325929558260,131276,297281,470269,985257,500
> 50% to ≤ 65%v1325929559246,895258,519263,423256,932250,043
Over 65%v1325929560300,344294,379294,504322,348347,242

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

Quarter-end, Millions of dollarsCANSIM2024Q12024Q22024Q32024Q42025Q1
Authorized Amounts
Totalv1325929561688,247698,090706,329716,182727,060
Utilization rate (outstanding / authorized)2 
≥ 0% to ≤ 20%v1325929562467,193474,052481,401488,987501,017
> 20% to ≤ 40%v132592956353,75754,42654,90955,56255,585
> 40% to ≤ 60%v132592956441,64541,97142,18942,50142,197
> 60% to ≤ 80%v132592956538,34738,71538,58139,05638,763
> 80% to ≤ 100%v132592956687,30688,92589,25090,07689,497
Drawn amounts
Totalv1325929567150,802153,075153,523155,075154,207
Utilization rate (outstanding / authorized)2 
≥ 0% to ≤ 20%v13259295688,8218,9699,0709,1589,365
> 20% to ≤ 40%v132592956915,68015,86815,99716,18816,203
> 40% to ≤ 60%v132592957020,29120,44720,53620,70320,557
> 60% to ≤ 80%v132592957126,05526,26826,14026,47226,261
> 80% to ≤ 100%v132592957279,95681,52381,78082,55481,821

Residential secured lending

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

Quarter-end, Millions of dollarsCANSIM2024Q12024Q22024Q32024Q42025Q1
Total real estate secured lendingv13259295731,909,6681,934,1821,955,2011,976,0671,984,196
HELOC (stand alone)v132592957436,84935,36834,56033,84433,020
Mortgage (stand alone)v1325929575993,815995,6411,006,4341,015,1731,018,194
Combined mortgage and HELOC plansv1325929576807,203829,202839,530849,385855,011
Of which: non-amortizingv1325929577114,108117,919119,214121,438121,431
Of which: amortizingv1325929578693,095711,283720,316727,947733,580
Other lending secured by real estatev132592957971,80273,97274,67677,66477,972
HELOC and non-amortizing part of combined plansv1325929580150,957153,287153,774155,283154,451
Mortgage and amortizing part of combined plansv13259295811,686,9101,706,9241,726,7511,743,1201,751,774

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.[]