6 h. ago Canada’s EV market was already in trouble. Tariffs made it worse, Ontario workers say

Several companies, including Honda, Stellantis, Umicore and Ford have delayed or scrapped their EV projects amid the slow sales growth and the ongoing trade war.

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8 d. ago Canada Prepaid Card and Digital Wallet Market Intelligence Report 2025

DUBLIN — The “Canada Prepaid Card and Digital Wallet Market Intelligence and Future Growth Dynamics Databook – Q2 2025 Update” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. The prepaid card and digital wallet market in Canada is expected to grow by 6.7% on annual basis to reach US$ 26.26 billion in 2025. The prepaid card […]

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9 d. ago Canadian businesses have to ‘turn inward’ and focus on the homegrown market, says steel CEO

ArcelorMittal Dofasco's Ron Bedard castigated himself for making his business too dependent on the U.S.

Economics

1 week ago Canada Media Landscape Market Report 2025 Featuring Amazon, BeIN Sports, Bell, CBC/Radio

DUBLIN — The “Canada Media Landscape” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. The Canada Media Landscape Report provides an overview of the television, SVOD and telecommunications market in relation to sports broadcasting in Canada today, with top-level data and detailed forecasts of key indicators up to 2029. The report analyses the television, mobile handset […]

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1 week ago Canada’s jobs market ‘treading water’ as unemployment rate rises to 7% in May

OTTAWA — Job growth has been virtually non-existent in the country since the start of the year, Statistics Canada said Friday. Canada’s jobless rate rose a tenth of a point to seven per cent in May amid a gain of 8,800 jobs in the month, the agency said in its latest labour force survey. That’s […]

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1 week ago Unemployment ‘little changed’ in May with slight rise to 7%: StatCan

Canada's job market held relatively steady in May, according to Statistics Canada, as the unemployment rate ticked up slightly to 7.0 per cent.

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2 w. ago Calgary luxury homes market holds attention of buyers across Canada

This modern farmhouse in Calgary's southwest is an example of listings that are attracting interest.

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2 w. ago Hamilton home to Ontario’s worst road yet again. Here are the others

Aberdeen Avenue in Hamilton tops CAA’s Worst Roads for a second year, with over 2,400 roads nominated across Ontario in the 2024 campaign.

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2 w. ago Special weather alerts issued in Ontario for some of the worst air quality in the world

As Southern Ontario enjoys a very welcome midweek hit of summertime temperatures following an unseasonably chilly and dreary end to May, residents may notice that the sun appears to be working overtime to shine through a layer of haze carried in from the wildfires raging in B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.The skies above the Toronto area started looking a little congested on Monday as smoke began making its entrance from the western provinces, where thousands of people are being evacuated and some companies are shutting down operations amid intensifying blazes.As of Tuesday afternoon, 29 Ontario locales have been issued air quality warnings or special weather statements from Environment Canada due to the deteriorating conditions.The alerts affect the western third of the province, including cities like Thunder Bay, which had an extremely dangerous level of pollutants that rated it as "hazardous" on the U.S. Air Quality Index...

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2 w. ago Key US Oil Gauges Strengthen as Canada Fires Imperil Vital Flows

Key gauges of US oil market strength are soaring as wildfires in Canada risk flows to critical American storage hubs, limiting the impact of OPEC+ supply increases.

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2 w. ago SmartStop Enters Montréal Market With First Facility in Québec

LADERA RANCH, Calif. — SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. (“SmartStop”) (NYSE: SMA), an internally managed real estate investment trust and a premier owner and operator of self-storage facilities in the United States and Canada, has officially entered the Montréal market with the opening of a new, state-of-the-art facility in Dorval, Québec. This marks SmartStop’s first […]

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2 w. ago Ontario keeps seeing spikes in people defaulting on housing and other bills

The cost of living in Ontario has become astronomical (and is getting worse), the unemployment rate is skyrocketing, U.S. tariffs on Canadian imports are weighing on everyone, and a recession is on the horizon, if not already here.So, it's no wonder that more and more people across Canada are straining to cover their basic costs of living, including their rent, mortgage, credit card and other bills, particularly in Southern Ontario.Credit reporting firms and other companies have been raising alarm bells about the nation's growing consumer debt — which ballooned to a staggering $2.56 trillion by the end of 2024 — as well as escalating delinquency rates for mortgage and other payments.New data from RBC further bolsters these concerns, with the bank's execs this week citing an uptick in people defaulting on their residential mortgage payments.During a recent investor presentation and subsequent earnings call, it ...

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2 w. ago Ontario seeing spikes in people defaulting on housing and other bills

The cost of living in Ontario has become astronomical (and is getting worse), our unemployment rate is skyrocketing, U.S. tariffs on Canadian imports are weighing on everyone, and a recession is on the horizon, if not already here.So, it's no wonder that more and more people across the province and country are straining to cover their basic costs of living, including their rent, mortgage, credit card and other bills — particularly if they live in and around Toronto.Credit reporting firms and other stakeholders have for months been raising alarm bells about the nation's growing consumer debt — which ballooned to a staggering $2.56 trillion by the end of 2024 — as well as escalating delinquency rates for mortgage and other payments.New data from RBC further bolsters these concerns, with the bank's executives this week citing an uptick in residential mortgage holders defaulting on their payments.Ontario sees hug...

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2 w. ago Hedge Fund Picton Buys Volatility, Fearing a New Tariff Tantrum

The head of Canada’s Picton Mahoney Asset Management said the global market volatility that has faded in recent weeks is likely to return, and his firm is betting on it.

Economics

3 w. ago National Bank of Canada reports surge in trading revenue amid volatile markets

A surge in trading revenue related to tariff-induced market volatility helped National Bank of Canada handily beat analyst expectations in its second quarter. The bank’s adjusted profits, which excludes items related to its recent acquisition of Canadian Western Bank, amounted to $2.85 per diluted share, up from an adjusted profit of $2.54 per diluted share […]

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3 w. ago Canada Printed Circuit Board Market Trends, Forecasts and Competitive Landscape Report 2021

DUBLIN — The “Canada Printed Circuit Board Market | Size, Outlook, Companies, Analysis, Value, Segmentation, Forecast, Growth, Share, Industry, Revenue & Trends: Market Forecast By Types, By Substrate, By End-users And Competitive Landscape” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. Canada Printed Circuit Board Market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 4.5% from […]

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3 w. ago Travelers to Sell Its Canadian Personal Insurance Business and Majority of Its Canadian Commercial Insurance Business to Definity for US$2.4 Billion

Travelers will retain its market-leading surety business in Canada NEW YORK — The Travelers Companies, Inc. (NYSE: TRV) today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell the personal insurance business and the majority of the commercial insurance business of Travelers Canada to Definity Financial Corporation (TSX: DFY) for approximately US$2.4 billion. The […]

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3 w. ago Canada $5.79 Bn Legal Cannabis Market Share, Trends Analysis and Growth Forecasts, 2025

DUBLIN — The “Canada Legal Cannabis Market Size, Share, and Trends Analysis Report by Source (Marijuana, Hemp), Derivatives (CBD, THC), Cultivation, End-use (Medical, Recreational, Industrial), with Growth Forecasts, 2025-2030” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. The Canada Legal Cannabis Market was valued at USD 3.25 Billion in 2024, and is projected to reach USD […]

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4 w. ago Filmmaker Jewison’s ‘creative space’ in Toronto selling for $7.9M

You can live and work in the same creative space as Canadian filmmaker Norman Jewison once did in Toronto for over four decades. 18 Gloucester Lane, whose laneway entrance is tucked behind Yonge St., has gone on the market for $7,900,000, according to Sotheby’s International Realty Canada, who listed it. “From within these walls, major cinematic […]

Economics

4 w. ago Calgary is the second best market in Canada to buy real estate

Some of Calgary's leading neighbourhoods for value might surprise local buyers.

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