Canada’s continuing its immigration experiments but this time it’s a little more discreet. Ottawa’s 2027-29 immigration plan maintains the current regular permanent resident admissions target. However, BMO notes that existing and new special measures mean the number of permanent residents will be much higher. As a result, the bank’s economists have nearly doubled their population […]
Canada is adjusting its immigration plan after a recent slowdown in population growth. Budget 2026 shows the country is adding 200,000 permanent resident spots in 2027. On top of regular admissions and existing programs, the total can exceed 580,000 spots by the end of next year. However, this won’t add much to housing demand, as […]
Canadians just made the largest migration across provinces in 3 years. Statistics Canada (StatCan) data shows 116,832 residents in Q2 2026 made an interprovincial migration, the most since 2023. The numbers reveal Alberta continues to be the top spot in the country for people looking for a new province. Meanwhile in Ontario, the mass exodus […]
Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s top stories. Canadian Real Estate Canadian Home Prices Back To 2016 Levels After Inflation, Still Out of Reach Canadian home prices rose—just not in real (inflation-adjusted) terms. BIS data shows home prices in Canada rose 0.78% in Q2 2026, the first increase in a year—though they remain […]
Canada’s major international student shift hit schools hard, but not enrollment totals. Postsecondary enrollment hit a new high in 2024/2025, according to Statistics Canada (StatCan) data. International enrollment made its sharpest drop in over 30 years, as widely expected. However, a surge in domestic enrollment almost entirely offset the drop. Canadian Postsecondary Enrollment Growth Is […]
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 population contraction plaguing the country didn’t exist. The […]
Canada’s economy is booming, as long as you ignore the actual data and upcoming revisions. Statistics Canada’s (StatCan) latest Labour Force Survey (LFS) shows seasonally adjusted employment climbed by 75,000 jobs in July. The unseasoned reality was a little less savoury, showing a 6-digit decline in the same month, along with rising unemployment. The picture […]
Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s top stories. Canadian Real Estate Canadian Real Estate Is The Fastest Falling In The G7, Remains Frothy Canadian real (inflation-adjusted) home prices fell 2.1% in Q4 2025, bringing the decline from their 2022 peak to 28.4%. The correction is the sharpest among G7 countries, after Canada led […]
Is it Canada’s cost of living or did its bet on diploma mills tarnish its academic reputation? Statistics Canada (StatCan) researchers crunched the numbers on the country’s foreign postdoctoral fellows—elite researchers working on temporary visas after earning their PhDs. The agency found that these workers earn significantly more than other categories of immigrants and provide […]
Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s top stories. Canadian Real Estate Canadians Are Leaving At The Fastest Pace In 74 Years Canadians are leaving the country at a pace unseen in 74 years of StatCan data. An estimated 30,092 citizens or permanent residents left in Q1 2026—the largest Q1 outflow on record. It’s […]
