Canada

A group of Quebec investors including the founding Dutil family is buying back the Canadian operations of the Canam Group architectural steel company, as well as certain assets in the United States and overseas, less than three years after…

OTTAWA – The Bank of Canada is keeping its key interest rate target on hold at 1.75 per cent and forecasting a slower-than-expected start for the Canadian economy in 2020.In its latest forecast, the central bank predicted the Canadian…

Rentals.ca and Bullpen Research & Consulting’s December National Rent Report forecasts a 3 per cent year over year rental rate increase on a national basis in 2020.Annual rental rates could increase in 2020 by as much as 7 per cent…

According to Altus Group’s latest Housing Report, total housing starts in Canada during the 2010s reached 201,000 units on an average annual basis, and tied for the 2nd best decade ever, after the 1970s.In the 2000s, just under…

The aggregate price of a home in Canada increased 2.2 per cent year-over-year to $648,544 in the fourth quarter of 2019, according to the recently released Royal LePage House Price Survey. According to Royal Lepage, similar to the third…

OTTAWA – Developers started building fewer homes than expected in December, mostly because of a decline in multi-unit projects, Canada's housing agency said Thursday.Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. said the seasonally adjusted annual…

OTTAWA – They say justice must be seen to be done, and that should become a little easier in the Supreme Court of Canada's temporary new home.A few years from now, visitors to the renovated West Memorial Building in Ottawa will enter a…

The OAA celebrated this year’s World Architecture Day with its fourth annual visit to Queen’s Park, hosting a reception with Members of Provincial Parliament.At the December 10 event, the OAA underscored the importance of architects and…

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the annual pace of housing starts edged higher last month compared with October, although there were declines in five provinces.The national housing agency says the seasonally adjusted annual…

The Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) released the results of its Disclosure Challenge, an initiative designed to champion the importance of energy benchmarking and data transparency in the Canadian commercial real estate market.…