In a new report, Desjardins examined the latest demographic data in light of the federal government’s commitments last year to shrink the share of non-permanent residents in the overall population ...

If a Canada-U.S. trade war materializes this year, the Canadian banks would take a hit, as an economic shock translates into weaker credit quality, Morningstar DBRS Inc. says.

The Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario (FSRA) has revoked the licence of a former life agent who bought real ...

Courts could use artificial intelligence (AI) to speed up probate and uncontested divorce applications, lawyers say. The ...

Great-West Lifeco Inc. says it earned $1.1 billion in the fourth quarter of 2024, up from $740 million a year earlier. Adjusted earnings, or what Great-West calls base earnings, were $1.1 billion, up ...

Average asking rents across Canada hit an 18-month low in January, declining 4.4% on an annual basis to $2,100. A monthly report by Rentals.ca and Urbanation, which analyzes listings in the former’s ...

A legal challenge to the Canada Revenue Agency’s (CRA) administration of the proposed capital gains tax changes continues even though the Finance Department has deferred the proposed hike in the ...

Last June, the Supreme Court of B.C. dismissed an application from the firms seeking to have the proposed class action in B.C. dismissed as an “abuse of process” on the basis that a parallel case had ...

On appeal, a court in British Columbia has certified a class action against fund manager HSBC Global Asset Management (Canada) Ltd. and HSBC Investment Funds (Canada) Inc. on behalf of investors who ...

Obtaining the support of Indigenous communities, including by providing equity, will become increasingly critical to the ...

Three weeks into his new role as president of managing general agency (MGA) Financial Horizons, Sean Downey says he’s not planning radical overhaul at the Kitchener-based firm, which has been in ...

Statistics Canada says the country’s merchandise trade surplus with the world was $708 million in December. The result compared with a revised deficit of $986 million in November. The agency says ...