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Immigrants Make Up The Largest Share Of The Canadian Population In Over 150 years
In 2021, more than 8.3 million people, or almost one-quarter (23.0 per cent) of the population, were, or had...
Resurrecting Stampede Wrestling
Dallas Hart, of Dungeon Wrestling and son of famous wrestler Bret ‘The Hitman’ Hart, discusses the resurrection of the...
6 in 10 Canadians Concerned About Impact of Interest Rates
A recent poll conducted by Ipsos on behalf of MNP LTD finds that six in 10 Canadians say they...
Canada’s Podcast to attend Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal
Members of the Canada’s Podcast network will be attending Web Summit, the largest tech conference in the world November...
Advancing Women’s Entrepreneurship In Canada
Milena Radakovic, President, Nexus Exhibits, discusses being named as one of Canada’s Most Powerful Women by the Women’s Executive...
Good News For Retail Sector As Sales Climb
Good news for the retail sector today. Statistics Canada is reporting that retail sales increased 0.7 per cent to $61.8...
Canadians receiving regular Employment Insurance Benefits Declining
In August, 485,000 Canadians received regular Employment Insurance (EI) benefits, down by 21,000 (-4.1 per cent) from July, said Statistics Canada...
Provincial Outlook: Where Are The Headwinds Strongest?
As we look ahead to 2023 and 2024 the headwinds facing the Canadian economy will likely be felt most...
Business Confidence Softens But Remains Positive
The Bank of Canada says results from its Business Leaders’ Pulse (BLP) show that business sentiment remains positive but...
Recession for who? Not government employees: Canadian Taxpayers Federation Column
Franco Terrazzano is the Federal Director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation Different people experience things differently. The pandemic exposed...
Canadian Annual Inflation Rate 6.9% in September; Food Prices Jump Higher
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 6.9 per cent in September on a year-over-year basis, decelerating from a 7.0...
Canadian Luxury Real Estate Market Adjusting To Economic Headwinds
Don Kottick, President/CEO, Sotheby’s International Realty Canada, discusses the state of the high end residential real estate market in...
Canadian Economy To Slow To A Standstill
The Conference Board of Canada, in its Canada 3-Year Outlook, released on Tuesday, forecasts the country’s overall output growth...
Decrease In Apartment Construction Main Cause of Housing Start Slowdown
After a boom recorded in 2021, housing starts in the country’s six largest census metropolitan areas (CMAs) fell five...
Canadian Businesses Spent Close to $10 Billion on Cyber Security in 2021
A report by Statistics Canada, released Tuesday, indicates 18 per cent of Canadian businesses were impacted by cyber security...
Why Improving Productivity Is Important For Canadian Small Businesses
Pierre Cleroux, VP Research/Chief Economist, BDC, discusses why improving productivity can help the bottom line of small businesses. Cleroux...
Thousands Of Small Businesses Holding COVID Emergency Loans To Lose Out
Dan Kelly, President/CEO, Canadian Federation of Independent Business, explains why thousands of small businesses in Canada are now ineligible...
Wholesale Sales Rebound To Record High As Manufacturing Sales Continue To Dip
Following a decline in July sales, August wholesale sales increased 1.4 per cent and reached a new high of...
Canadian Home Sales Drop Steeply From A Year Ago
MLS home sales in Canada fell sharply in September compared with a year ago as the housing market in...
Storm Without End: The Economic and Fiscal Impact of COVID in Canada
A large portion of Ottawa’s record-high spending during the pandemic did not relate directly to COVID-related health care or...
Condominium Market Share Continues To Climb In Major Canadian Centres
Christopher Alexander, President, RE/MAX Canada, explains how condo sales are rising across the major cities in the country. Full...
Home Prices Declining In Canada
Phil Soper, President/CEO, Royal LePage discusses how and why home prices are declining in Canada. Full video can be...
Small-and medium-sized businesses have big growth plans: KPMG Report
Despite concerns that the economy might be headed for recession, Canada’s small- and medium-sized business (SMBs) leaders are banking on...
Signs Of Strain Are Emerging As Interest Rates Rise
The pain of the upcoming recession won’t be distributed equally among Canadian businesses and households, says a new report...
International Arrivals To Canada Approaching Pre-Pandemic Levels
International arrivals to Canada—non-resident visitors and returning Canadians—more than tripled in September those arriving in September 2021, approaching but...
Canada gains 21,000 jobs in September
After dropping in August, employment was little changed (+21,000) in September, with both full-time and part-time work holding steady,...
Canadian Economy Cooling Down
Total GDP grew by a mere 0.3 per cent in Q3 2022, dampened by low business sentiment, although a...
Small Business Owners Want Governments to Address Inflation
Jeff Brown, Head of Commercial Solutions, Equifax Canada, discusses a recent survey showing that 82 per cent of small...
Power To Surcharge On Credit Cards Coming Soon For Small Businesses
Merchants will soon have the ability to surcharge on credit card transactions to offset credit card processing fees, and...
Canada experiences rebound in transaction volume and value in 2021
The Canadian Payment Methods and Trends 2022 report, which analyzes 19.7 billion payment transactions made in 2021, totalling $10.8 trillion, and highlights...
Canada’s labour shortage will be a long-term challenge for the economy
Canada will need to accelerate its immigration goals to address long-term labour and productivity problems, says a report released...
Canadians Struggling To Make Ends Meet – And Taxes Aren’t Helping One Bit
Franco Terrazzano, Federal Director, Canadian Taxpayers Federation, discusses the impact of rising taxes on people. Terrazzano talks about what new...
Canadian Payroll Employment Up By 1.3 Million From A Year Ago
The number of employees receiving pay or benefits from their employer edged up by 12,900 (+0.1%) in July, bringing...
Buying A Home Has Never Been So Unaffordable In Canada
Surging interest rates have driven home ownership costs to record-high levels, says RBC Economics in its latest Housing Affordability...
Canadian Economy Continues To Grow
Real gross domestic product (GDP) in Canada edged up 0.1 per cent in July, after a similar increase in...
Small Business Confidence In Canada Remains Steady
Small business confidence remained steady but muted in September, according to the latest Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB)...
Canadian Home Prices To Drop 2.2% in Q4 2022: RE/MAX Report
The national average residential sale price in Canada is expected to decline by 2.2 per cent in the final...
Investment In Canada’s Oil And Gas Industry On The Rise
The rise in demand and prices in 2021 fostered confidence in the oil and gas extraction industry, and consequently,...
Salaries Trending Upward In Canada
A new survey by Robert Half indicates 42 per cent of employers are offering higher starting salaries to recruit...
Canadian Business Opening Rate At Lowest Level Since March 2020
The business opening rate in Canada decreased from 4.7 per cent in May to 4.2 per cent in June...
Most Provincial Economies to Narrowly Keep Their Heads Above Water in 2023
Provincial economic prospects have further dimmed amid hikes in inflation and interest rates as well as a “souring global...
Food And Beverage Sectors Experience 6th Straight Month of Sales Rising
Sales in the food services and drinking places subsector increased for the sixth consecutive month, rising by 0.4 per...
Canadian Retail Sales See First Decline In 7 Months
Retail sales decreased 2.5 per cent to $61.3 billion in July, the first decline observed in seven months, according...
Digital Technology On The Rise for Canadian Businesses
Statistics Canada is reporting that Canadian businesses with five or more employees in 2021 grossed $398 billion in e-commerce...
Pourquoi la concurrence est importante
La concurrence est primordiale, aujourd’hui plus que jamais.
Why Competition Matters
Now more than ever competition is critical. Canada’s economy is now rebounding from the past two years.
OCC urges Ontario government to implement vaccine passports
The Ontario Chamber of Commerce (OCC) has thrown its support behind the implementation of a province-wide proof of immunization program following reports that such a move is being considered by the Ford government.
New app from Certn designed to simplify background checks
Certn, a Victoria, B.C.-based company that specializes in background screening software, today announced the general availability of Certn Lime for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs).
Despite pandemic, study indicates software spending up among SMBs
Since the start of the pandemic, 38% of small business owners across Canada have increased their software spending according to a survey of more than 1,000 Canadian small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) owners.
Bank of Canada increases policy interest rate by 50 basis points
The Bank of Canada on Wednesday increased its target for the overnight rate to 3¾ per cent, with the...