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Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s top stories. Canadian Real Estate Canadians Still Leaving At Near Record Pace Echoing 90s “Brain Drain” Canada may be attracting immigrants, but it’s failing to keep its citizens and permanent residents (PRs). In Q2 2026, nearly 25,000 Canadians emigrated—permanently relocated t
Canadians are still leaving in near record volumes. Statistics Canada (StatCan) data shows emigration—citizens and PRs leaving permanently—rose in Q2 2026. In fact, it was the third highest outflow for the second quarter ever reported. Even fewer Canadians are returning, mirroring the country’s peak “Brain Drain” era.
Canada’s economy is growing faster than expected despite flat growth in the latest GDP report. Statistics Canada (StatCan) data shows gross domestic product (GDP) growth flat in July. Growth reported for half of sectors was offset by a contraction in the other half. New accompanying revisions show previous months had h
Households continue to buckle under the weight of their supersized mortgages. That’s the takeaway from the Canadian Bankers Association (CBA) mortgage data for July. The data shows banks have seen the number of mortgages in arrears hit a 12-year high. At the same time, the size of their books is shrinking as banks fail
Canadian households may not acknowledge it publicly, but they’re falling behind. Bank of Canada (BoC) research shows incomes beat inflation from 2020 to 2025. But the researcher warns there’s a catch, as the average often cited by policymakers is an average. Most households didn’t beat inflation, and are now racking up
And just like that, Canada’s shrinking population went the way of its technical recession—revised away. Statistics Canada (StatCan) data shows that the country’s population grew in Q3 2026. More importantly, the data includes the upward revisions we’ve been discussing for months. It turns out that the much-discussed po
Remember when experts blamed Millennial home buying woes on avocado toast? Well, in Canada, Millennials now need help buying regular toast. Ditto with Gen Z, according to a new RBC survey. The bank found that most parents are providing some form of financial help to their adult children between the ages of 18 and 40. [
Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s top stories. Canadian Real Estate Canada’s Plan To Fix Housing? Just Change What Affordable Means Back in 2023, the CMHC said that building 3.5 million homes could restore 2004 levels of affordability by 2030. It reiterated the plan a year later, right before the country’s popul
Households are on a borrowing spree, but mortgages are no longer the weapon of choice. Statistics Canada (StatCan) data shows household credit hit a new high in July. Mortgages continue to represent the lion’s share of debt, but growth is slowing to one of the weakest levels in a generation. Meanwhile, consumer debt co
Canada’s East-West divide is extending to rental affordability, and not in the way many would expect. Statistics Canada (StatCan) data shows national two-bedroom asking rents sliding further in Q2 2026, but Atlantic Canada defied the trend. The East Coast has seen rents surge, with Halifax now among the most expensive
Canada’s building boom and slowing population growth finally pushed it closer to its affordability target. Just kidding. The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation‘s (CMHC) 2026 Housing Supply Report shows it was never a real target. Despite billions in subsidies and slower population growth, its estimated gap barely
Canada’s real estate recovery has barely begun but it already faces headwinds. Rising inflation and credit demand has the market now expecting 5 rate hikes. This morning, BMO Capital Markets told investors that 5 hikes seems a little much right now. However, the bank warned that rates will rise and mortgage relief for
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