5 d. ago Qlik Announces Canada Cloud Region to Empower Data Sovereignty and AI Innovation

New Qlik Cloud region powered by AWS in Canada will support data residency, lower latency, and governed AI. Qlik will pursue the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security Medium assessment. TORONTO — Qlik®, a global leader in data integration, data quality, analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI), today announced the upcoming availability of the Qlik Cloud® Canada […]

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1 week ago Wages and salary data suggest getting a pay boost may soon get harder

Salary growth is expected to drop for Canadians in 2026, according to survey data, as StatCan reports business output and labour productivity declined in the second quarter.

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2 w. ago KOTHAWALA: One year in, Canada’s failed nicotine pouch policy is fuelling the illicit market

One year ago, the former minister of health moved Health Canada-approved nicotine pouches out of convenience stores, restricting their sale behind the counter in pharmacies. His rationale: Reduce youth access to these new products. Protecting young Canadians from nicotine addiction is a goal we share. But Health Canada’s own data shows convenience stores already achieve […]

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2 w. ago Number of new international students in Canada takes huge nosedive

The number of new international students arriving in Canada has seen a significant drop, according to data provided by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC).According to statistics from IRCC, although Canada issued 11,235 new international student study permits in January this year, those numbers saw a precipitous drop over the next few months. Between January and June this year, Canada issued a total of just 36,417 study permits; in comparison, from January to June 2024, Canada issued 125,034 study permits.With 88,617 fewer new international students arriving in the first half of 2025, the number represents a steep 70 per cent decline compared to the same period in 2024. March 2025 saw the lowest number of study permits issued at just 3,819, a significant difference compared to the 16,875 permits issued in March 2024.The IRCC site states, "We're reducing the number of international students coming to Canada to a sustainable level."The ripple effect ...

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2 w. ago Americans seeking refugee status in Canada on the rise since Trump’s return: data

More American asylum seekers applied for refugee status in the first half of 2025 than in all of 2024

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2 w. ago Canada on track to build far fewer homes than needed to meet housing gap

According to PBO’s projections, 2.5 million new homes will be added to Canada’s housing stock by 2035 — an addition of 227,000 net new units completed annually over 2025 to 2035.

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2 w. ago Canada Existing & Upcoming Data Center Portfolio Report 2025 | Over 2 GW Capacity Expected from Upcoming Canadian Colocation Projects – ResearchAndMarkets.com

DUBLIN — The “Canada Existing & Upcoming Data Center Portfolio” database has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. This database product covers the Canada data center market portfolio analysis, which provides the following information on colocation data centers: Detailed Analysis of 116 existing data centers Detailed Analysis of 19 upcoming data centers Locations covered: Calgary, Charlottetown, […]

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3 w. ago Data shows sharp rise in Americans applying for refugee status in Canada

Data from Canada's Immigration and Refugee Board shows a sharp rise in the number of Americans applying for refugee status in Canada in the first half of the year.

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3 w. ago Sharp rise in Americans applying for refugee status in Canada, data shows

Data from Canada's Immigration and Refugee Board shows a sharp rise in the number of Americans applying for refugee status in Canada in the first half of the year.

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3 w. ago More Americans visited Canada in June than other way around, data shows

Travel between both nations dropped sharply overall compared to this time last year, but more Americans visited Canada in June than the other way around.

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3 w. ago Canada’s measles cases pass 4,500, highest count in Americas

TORONTO — Canada’s measles case count has passed 4,500, with Alberta — which has about five million people — recording more cases this year than the United States, figures updated Thursday showed. World Health Organization data released this month show Canada accounts for about half of all the confirmed measles cases across the Americas region […]

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3 w. ago Inflation reading won’t ‘move the needle’ for Bank of Canada, says economist

Still a lot of data to come before the central bank's September decision

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3 w. ago Telehouse Canada and Vertical Data Announce Strategic Partnership to Accelerate AI Infrastructure Deployment Across Canada

TORONTO — Telehouse Canada, a leading global data centre service provider under KDDI Group, and Vertical Data, a fast-growing provider of enterprise AI infrastructure solutions, are proud to announce a strategic partnership aimed at delivering scalable, secure, and high-performance AI infrastructure to power Canada’s next generation of digital innovation. With artificial intelligence adoption accelerating across […]

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4 w. ago CUPE: 88% of Canadians support Air Canada flight attendants, new poll confirms

TORONTO — New polling conducted by Abacus Data confirms that nearly 9-in-10 Canadians support Air Canada flight attendants’ fight for fair pay – and they want the federal government to back off and let them negotiate it freely and fairly. 88% per cent of Canadians believe flight attendants should be paid for all work-related duties […]

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4 w. ago Statistics Canada accidentally publishes manufacturing data early

Not the first time the data agency has made such an error

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