Missed payments by Manitoba small businesses rose nearly 13 per cent earlier this year, new Equifax Canada data show.

The credit bureau counted 2,005 Manitoba businesses that didn’t meet at least one payment deadline between April and June, when looking at financial trade delinquencies. Construction, mining, transportation and wholesale trades were among the categories to see increased delinquency rates.

“Provinces that have been stable in the past are really showing areas where they’re starting to pull apart,” said Jeff Brown, Equifax Canada’s head of commercial solutions.

Manitoba’s financial trades delinquency rate year-over-year change outpaced the national average of 8.67 per cent.

Still, the keystone province’s financial trades delinquency rate — which measures payments procured

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