Saskatchewan has the highest delinquency rate in the country, according to a new report from credit-monitoring firm TransUnion Canada.

The report released Wednesday shows Saskatchewan residents carried an average non-mortgage debt of $24,036 in the second quarter of 2016, up 2.9 per cent from a year earlier. That figure was second only to Alberta, where the average debt level rose 1.4 per cent to $27,583.

Saskatchewan’s delinquency rate climbed 11.6 per cent on a year-over-year basis, while Alberta saw a 14.7 per cent increase. Meanwhile, the serious delinquency rate – the ratio of debt accounts 90 days or more past due – rose to 3.4 per cent in Saskatchewan and 3.1 per cent in Alberta, well above the national average of 2.7 per cent.

“Alberta and Saskatchewan experienced yearly double-digit percentage delinquency increases, but this was not unexpected as we had already forecast this to happen last summer,” Jason Wang, TransUnion Canada’s director of research and analysis, said in a news release.

In a July 2015 report, TransUnion warned Saskatchewan and Alberta would face delinquency pressures in 2016 and 2017 because of falling oil prices.