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Q:

 

Exempt Assets - Will I Lose Everything?

 
 

A:

 


Assets you can keep in bankruptcy, by Canadian province:

Alberta  |  British Columbia  |  Saskatchewan  |  Manitoba  |  Ontario

Quebec  |  New Brunswick  |  Newfoundland & Labrador  |  Nova Scotia

PEI  |  NWT, Nunavut, Yukon

 

For all provinces:

Alberta

In Alberta, what you are entitled to keep is determined by the Civil Enforcement Act. In summary, you are generally able to keep the following property:

British Columbia

Saskatchewan

For Non-Farmers:

For Farmers:

  • Furniture, furnishings and appliances to a value of $10,000

  • The cash equivalent of produce sufficient to provide food and fuel for heating until the next harvest

  • All livestock, farm machinery and equipment, including one car or truck, necessary for the next twelve months operations

  • One motor vehicle, if required for business or profession, but not in addition to the one above

  • Tools and equipment to a value of $4,500 used by a farmer in his trade or profession

  • Equity in personal residence to a value of $32,000 ($64,000 if jointly owned)

  • Seed grain equal to two bushels per acre of land under cultivation

  • Cash equivalent of crop equal to:

    • unpaid harvesting costs

    • living expenses to next harvest

    • necessary costs of farming until next harvest

  • The homestead, provided it is not more than 160 acres

  • Any trailer that is occupied by the farmer as living quarters and not in addition to the house and buildings already exempt.

  • RRSPs, RRIFs and DPSPs are exempt from seizure

  • Certain life insurance policies

  • Certain pensions

Manitoba

Ontario

Quebec

* Nevertheless, the property referred to in first and third items above may be seized and sold by a creditor holding a hypothec thereon.

New Brunswick

Newfoundland and Labrador

Nova Scotia

Prince Edward Island

Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon

Other Legislation

Other Legislation also allows you to keep:

Income during bankruptcy (The Meaning of Directive 11-R)

When a person files an Assignment in Bankruptcy, a portion of their take-home pay may be payable to the Trustee for the benefit of all creditors. The actual amount payable depends on several factors, such as the take-home pay of the family unit, the number of people in the family and whether the family has non-discretionary expenses such as child care or child support. Any questions you have with respect to surplus income can be addressed with the Trustee at the first assessment.

 

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