Chartered banks: Home equity lines of credit (HELOCs)

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HELOCs outside of combined loan plans

Quarter-end, Millions of dollarsCANSIM2024Q42025Q12025Q22025Q32025Q4
Authorized amounts
Totalv1325929545122,406121,789120,587118,913117,226
Loan-to-value ratio (LTV ratio)
50% or less1 v1325929546111,852110,842109,712108,497106,447
> 50% to ≤ 65%v13259295478,3328,4538,4418,3018,422
Over 65%v13259295482,2222,4952,4342,1142,356
Drawn amounts
Totalv132592954933,81332,95932,43531,75031,192
Loan-to-value ratio (LTV ratio)
50% or less1 v132592955030,41129,50729,00428,42427,752
> 50% to ≤ 65%v13259295512,6112,5972,5942,5942,617
Over 65%v1325929552792856837732824

Combined mortgage-HELOC loan plans

Quarter-end, Millions of dollarsCANSIM2024Q42025Q12025Q22025Q32025Q4
Authorized amounts
Totalv13259295531,250,2761,265,6351,292,5201,321,4271,352,708
Loan-to-value ratio (LTV ratio)
50% or less1 v1325929554503,066490,121490,771484,064463,524
> 50% to ≤ 65%v1325929555358,311353,084357,295357,250345,544
Over 65%v1325929556388,899422,430444,455480,113543,641
Drawn amounts
Totalv1325929557849,264854,785873,181892,941914,142
Loan-to-value ratio (LTV ratio)
50% or less1 v1325929558269,985257,500256,555250,602236,139
> 50% to ≤ 65%v1325929559256,932250,043250,908250,046238,383
Over 65%v1325929560322,348347,242365,719392,294439,620

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

Quarter-end, Millions of dollarsCANSIM2024Q42025Q12025Q22025Q32025Q4
Authorized Amounts
Totalv1325929561716,182727,060744,330763,603779,838
Utilization rate (outstanding / authorized)2 
≥ 0% to ≤ 20%v1325929562488,987501,017513,841530,619544,678
> 20% to ≤ 40%v132592956355,56255,58556,85257,86958,847
> 40% to ≤ 60%v132592956442,50142,19742,94943,50243,801
> 60% to ≤ 80%v132592956539,05638,76339,54439,81540,100
> 80% to ≤ 100%v132592956690,07689,49791,14391,79992,412
Drawn amounts
Totalv1325929567155,075154,207157,151158,639159,997
Utilization rate (outstanding / authorized)2 
≥ 0% to ≤ 20%v13259295689,1589,3659,5889,82910,052
> 20% to ≤ 40%v132592956916,18816,20316,55416,84317,117
> 40% to ≤ 60%v132592957020,70320,55720,90621,15121,304
> 60% to ≤ 80%v132592957126,47226,26126,78026,97427,133
> 80% to ≤ 100%v132592957282,55481,82183,32483,84284,391

Residential secured lending

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

Quarter-end, Millions of dollarsCANSIM2024Q42025Q12025Q22025Q32025Q4
Total real estate secured lendingv13259295731,976,0671,984,1962,007,1662,031,5702,050,330
HELOC (stand alone)v132592957433,84433,02032,45231,79131,270
Mortgage (stand alone)v13259295751,015,1731,018,1941,022,1911,028,0401,026,669
Combined mortgage and HELOC plansv1325929576849,385855,011873,394893,276914,372
Of which: non-amortizingv1325929577121,438121,431124,948127,141128,934
Of which: amortizingv1325929578727,947733,580748,445766,135785,438
Other lending secured by real estatev132592957977,66477,97279,12978,46378,019
HELOC and non-amortizing part of combined plansv1325929580155,283154,451157,400158,932160,204
Mortgage and amortizing part of combined plansv13259295811,743,1201,751,7741,770,6361,794,1751,812,107

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.[]