Federal government looks to usher in new students as 700K tradespeople expected to retire by 2030
By Adrian Ghobrial, Updated: September 24, 2026 WHITBY, Ont. – With a wrench in hand, second-year Electric Vehicle Technician students at Ontario’s Durham College are hoping that all their hard work will help them fasten their future career choice. The program is only in its second year, though its gaining plenty of buzz around campus and enrollment demand has risen year over year. “It’s the direction that everything is going,” proclaims Durham College Hybrid Electric Vehicle Professor,...
read moreThe $500B Push That Could Redraw Canada’s CRE Map
By: Joel Bowey, September 18, 2026 By the end of the Canada Investment Summit this week, the number attached to Canada’s latest investment push had climbed to nearly $500B. Adam Jacobs was looking somewhere else: the map. “I think we might see some legitimately new markets emerge,” the head of research in Canada at Colliers told Connect. The federal figure is not $500B of construction spending. It includes investment commitments and lending capacity across infrastructure, energy, critical...
read moreTariffs on U.S. homebuilding materials will raise costs, industry warns
Rachelle Younglai, Real Estate Reporter, Published September 11, 2026 Stainless steel sinks, plywood and other homebuilding products from the U.S. will be hit with tariffs up to 50 per cent because of the trade war, driving up construction costs when the building industry has already been dealing with years of rising expenses. The Canadian countertariffs on $28-billion of U.S. goods took effect on Tuesday and cover hundreds of items, including key homebuilding components such as heating and...
read more‘Eviscerated’: US President Donald Trump fumes over defiant Canada’s move
The one country that called Donald Trump’s bluff and didn’t blink is hopelessly outnumbered – and yet somehow still winning. By Jamie Seidel, August 30, 202 ANALYSIS “They are one of the worst countries in the world to deal with … and this has gone on for many years,” US President Donald Trump accused. Canada’s being difficult. Prime Minister Mark Carney is refusing to “bend the knee”. But he’s being polite about it. “We cannot accept what the US has offered,” he writes, “and we will not give...
read moreBank of Canada Research Warns Rate Cuts Can Worsen Housing Affordability
By: Stephen Punwasi, August 21, 2026 A new independent staff study from Canada’s central bank aims to help clarify the impact of low rates on housing. Bank of Canada (BoC) researchers found that supply and demand both get a boost with rate cuts. Demand responds almost immediately, but supply follows nearly two years later. If affordability is the goal, monetary policy is the wrong tool, warns the researchers. BoC Finds Lower Rates Stimulate Demand Faster Than Supply Central banks lower...
read moreCanada’s housing market to ‘remain subdued’ for rest of year: CMHC
Economic uncertainty weighs on home buying decisions. By Joel Schlesinger for the Calgary Herald, Published Aug 13, 2026 Slow population growth, high borrowing costs and economic uncertainty are likely to continue weighing on Canada’s housing market for the remainder of 2026, a new report has forecast. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. released its 2026 Housing Market Outlook Mid-Year Update in late July, noting that several market and economic headwinds will dampen demand for housing across...
read moreWestern Canada sees mixed financing climate for commercial real estate
Lenders like necessity retail, distribution facilities, next-gen offices Jami Makan Aug 5, 2026 The lending environment for commercial real estate in Western Canada is bifurcating, with some property types seeing more capital and others experiencing a reset or recession, experts told Western Investor. “There’s capital out there and the situation has certainly improved, but I would say it’s a lot more selective than it used to be,” said Jordan Carlson, president of the Vancouver chapter of the...
read moreDouglas Todd: Vancouver’s ‘bait and switch’ on below-market housing (Part two)
The city has allowed dozens of rental building projects to backtrack on their earlier below-market commitments. Here’s how some happened. By Douglas Todd, Published Aug 01, 2026 The City of Vancouver’s reversal on its affordable-housing rules has been called a “bait and switch.” The term refers to a deceptive tactic where an organization “baits” clients with an attractive offer, but then “switches” it for a lower-quality option after it is too late for clients to withdraw from the...
read moreCommercial real estate sector stabilizing, Avison Young report finds
Sammy Hudes, The Canadian Press Jul 23, 2026 TORONTO — Commercial real estate company Avison Young says the sector is showing signs of stability across Canada at the midway point of the year as enthusiasm tempers, but new tariffs announced by the U.S. this week could be factor to watch. The firm’s Canadian mid-year outlook said the commercial real estate market is showing signs of momentum, however sentiment has eased somewhat since its last forecast in December. The report was based on...
read moreMinto Apartment REIT’s $2.3B Go-Private Deal Receives CMHC, Lenders’ Approvals
By: Monte Stewart, July 16, 2026 Minto Apartment REIT’s proposed $2.3-billion go-private deal through a joint-venture with Crestpoint Real Estate Investments has received critical approval from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation and certain lenders. The approvals were required before the deal can close. The Ottawa-based REIT announced Thursday that the transaction, to be completed under a standard plan of arrangement in accordance with Ontario law, will close on or about August 7....
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