That's how a recent IMF* paper characterized Canada's mortgage market. 8 l4 f& ?& |2 W0 |6 h' i, @- v ) L- k1 c2 D- [7 L, A2 AAmong other things, it compared Canadian and American mortgages and listed several key differences. Here are the big ones: " ^8 j. E" L# F" |/ ^+ `' R# m6 z + E8 J, n0 G+ g- n6 A9 M( q