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The numbers are as sobering as a zero-proof margarita. Canadians are buying less alcohol, leading to the largest annual drop in beer, wine and spirits sales in the 20 years Statistics Canada has tracked the data, according to the agency’s latest report. Sales of alcoholic beverages fell 1.6 per cent …

The average asking price of rent in Montreal has shot up nearly 71 per cent since 2019, according to a rent report released by Statistics Canada on Wednesday. Since 2019, asking rent in the country’s second-largest city has grown from $1,130 to $1,930 in the first quarter of 2025, the …

Statistics Canada says the Canadian economy was off to a solid start in January but early signs suggest growth hit a wall in February. The agency said Friday that real gross domestic product rose 0.4 per cent in January thanks largely to a boom in the oil and gas, quarrying …