9 h. ago Income gap is at ‘record high’ amid weakening economy, StatCan says

Canada's income divide remains at record high levels, according to Statistics Canada, which adds that the top 20 per cent hold the majority of household net worth in Canada.

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55 h. ago Renting? Report says Canada is at ‘best levels of affordability’ in 2 years

Average asking rents in September in Canada dropped 3.2 per cent compared to September last year, a new report by Rentals.ca and Urbanation shows.

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55 h. ago Average asking rents drop for 12th straight month to $2,123 in September: Report

Average asking rents in Canada fell 3.2 per cent in September from a year earlier to $2,123, marking the 12th straight month of annual declines. The latest monthly report from Rentals.ca and Urbanation says asking rents for purpose-built apartments were down 2.1 per cent from a year ago to an average of $2,093, while asking […]

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7 d. ago Home resales in Canada reach highest level in August for 2025

Prairie provinces remain in balanced conditions, while B.C. and Ontario's markets favour buyers.

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2 w. ago Canada could experience a rental market boom not seen since the 1970s

Increase in purpose-built rentals could be further stimulated by incentives to build more, CIBC report says.

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3 w. ago David Rosenberg: The Bank of Canada and Fed finally cut rates, but both clearly have more to do

The Bank of Canada’s confidence level that inflation is back on a downward path has substantially increased

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3 w. ago Nobody is building homes in Ontario anymore as market tumbles

Ontario is has found itself in quite the confounding real estate situation, with officials issuing urgent calls for more new housing while a record number of homes sit up for sale each month, untouched.With home sales in such a lull, developers have acutely pulled back from building in the province, especially in Toronto, while pleading for government intervention in the form of less red tape, lower taxes and a cut to sky-high development charges that have, along with low levels of market activity, stalled tens of thousands of new units.According to a new snapshot from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), Ontario continues to pull down the residential construction stats for the rest of the country, as it has been for months while other areas see some recovery.While the level of new housing starts has risen across Canada as of August (based on the six-month moving average of the seasonally adjusted annual rate), Ontario saw a dismal development turn...

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3 w. ago Canada should drop immigration levels even further, think tank says

Canada should focus on fixing a system that has continued to 'move in the wrong direction', says C.D. Howe Institute

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4 w. ago Buffalo Bills hint at possible return of NFL games in Canada

The Buffalo Bills are looking to make their mark on the Canadian market.On Tuesday, the Bills announced a joint partnership with the Toronto Argonauts and owner MLSE in an attempt to help grow the sport within Canada, particularly at the youth level.According to a release from the Bills, the new deal "represents one of the many Canadian community partnerships the Bills are planning to forge this season."Earlier this year, former Toronto athletes Vince Carter, Tracy McGrady, and Jozy Altidore were announced as minority shareholders in the Bills, with all three of them on hand at a ceremony announcing the partnership at BMO Field.But one question that was on a lot of minds with the new deal: would the Bills ever play another game in Canada, more than a decade since their last one?Buffalo Bills' history of NFL games in CanadaFrom 2008 to 2013, the Bills played two preseason and six regular-season games in Toronto, all of which were hosted at the Argos' former hom...

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