Conference Board Of Canada articles & Excerpts (fees involved): 1) Provincial Fiscal Outlook—July 2025; 2) Confidence Continues Its Upward Climb; 3) Housing Market Update for July 2025; 4) Canadian Hiring Index for July 2025
1) Provincial Fiscal Outlook—July 2025
Author: CBoC Economics Team, July 29, 2025
(There is a fee for this: $2,195.00) Excerpt below:
Deficits to Gradually Narrow
Provincial governments across Canada are facing fiscal challenges. Most are struggling to balance their books amid spending pressures, as pandemic-related interest costs linger, and a rising number of seniors is increasing demand for healthcare. Yet, despite the challenges, our fiscal outlook improves toward the end of the decade.
How is Canada’s incoming population slowdown affecting the provincial fiscal landscape? While Alberta and Saskatchewan remain in the strongest fiscal position of all the provinces, what is the impact of having their revenues closely tied to the resource sector? How does Ontario plan to return to balance later this decade given its focus on infrastructure spending?
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2) Confidence Continues Its Upward Climb
Author: Loubna Zebiri, August 5, 2025
$335.00
In this research, we examine the results of a consumer confidence survey conducted in July 2025.
What accounts for the overall positive momentum in consumer sentiment about household finances and job prospects? Which regions recorded the largest gains—and where did consumer sentiment actually fall? How confident are households in their future financial and employment prospects?
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3)Housing Market Update for July 2025
Author: Robin Wiebe, July 24, 2025
$495.00
The monthly Housing Market Update provides an overview of the new and existing housing markets for 25 areas across the country.
Resale Market Flat in June While Housing Starts Remain Buoyant
This month, we describe ongoing new construction strength, along with a further slight improvement in resale housing market conditions.
What is fuelling housing starts? Where are they strongest? Why is the resale market still uneven? What is the trend in Canada’s average resale price? We share our analysis of housing starts, prices and which cities have sellers’, buyers’, or balanced markets.
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4) Canadian Hiring Index for July 2025
Author: Loubna Zebiri, July 28, 2025
$335.00
The monthly Canadian Hiring Index tracks changes in the volume of online job postings across provinces and cities, industries, and occupations over time. It also includes a new measure of labour market tightness. Job postings data are powered by Vicinity Jobs.
Employment Growth Surpassing Expectations
This month’s hiring index continues its downward trend. Job postings also declined, suggesting a cooling in labour demand, consistent with broader signals of economic uncertainty stemming from the trade tensions.
Which sectors are seeing the most decline in job postings, and which sectors are showing employment growth and why? Why are wage gains outpacing inflation despite an easing in average hourly wages in May?
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