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Charitable Donations, Credit card statistics, Fast stats, Mortgages in arrears, Tax statistics, Transactions by delivery channel (ATM (deposits, withdrawls, transfers, bill payments), Online banking / Internet banking (Bill payments [Electronic Bill Presentment and Payment (EBPP)], Transfers), Debit cards, Telephone banking (Bill payments, Transfers)

To save money each month, % of Canadians are willing to sacrifice: Buying magazines, music, DVDs and videogames, Movies, Eating out, % of Canadians say they drive less now than they did a couple of months ago due to gasoline prices, % of Canadians use their bank's ABM "only when it is convenient" or use any bank ABM machines "regardless of whether it is (their) bank's or not. [budgeting]

Results by age group, gender, income, province.

Also international comparisons: # of ATMs per million inhabitants, Ave value per transaction, # of POS terminals, Ave value per transaction, # of accepting terminals, # of electronic money cards, Use of cashless payment instruments. (e.g. cheques, debit cards, credit cards)

Have you used your credit card to buy something, when you didn't have enough money in your bank account to pay for it? Have you avoided looking at your bank account or balance (i.e. getting an ABM receipt) because you were concerned about how much money you've spent? Have you regularly bought things on the spur of the moment? Have you focused on spending for today ahead of creating a budget or financial plan for the future?

Strategy differentiation among local banks in Canada versus the United States, 2005: Net interest margin, % of Loans net of allowance for credit losses (Allowance for credit losses, Credit Card, Residential mortgages), % of Total Assets at year-end (Trading account, Securities Foreign assets, Loans), % of Total Liabilities at year-end (Deposits, Trading liabilities), Branch network measures (Deposits per ABM (millions), Deposits per branch (millions), ATMs per branch, Total assets at year-end per employee (millions), % of Total revenue from retail banking and small business)

# of Debit Terminals, # of Debit Transactions, ABM Cash Transactions, # of ATMs

According to U.S. data: % of adults do NOT wash their hands after using the toilet, % do NOT wash or sanitize after changing a baby's diaper, % wash or sanitize after handling our pets or cleaning up after them, % wash after handling money.

Includes a comparison to 2000 and 2002.