IRCC's inventory has decreased for the first time since July 2021. Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) is reporting a decrease in its August 31 inventory. A spokesperson from IRCC sent CIC News inventory data suggesting the backlog has been reduced by 95,204 persons in a matter of six weeks. The inventory across all

Economists say the flood of retirements will likely continue, causing a major drain on the labour force. Think there’s a labour shortage now? Just stick around. The number of Canadians who retired jumped almost 50 per cent in the last year, according to recent data from Statistics Canada. And economists warn it’s a trend

A housing development on the northern edge of London, Ont., is shown Monday. Despite the homebuilding growth in the province, the Smart Prosperity Institute says in a new report that Ontario will likely never meet its target of adding 1.5 million homes by 2031. During the housing crisis, there have been sharp increases in rents

Warming temperatures will devastate Canadian infrastructure across the territories and northern swaths of large provinces, causing billions of dollars in damage to airports, roads and buildings over the next three decades, according to a report by the Canadian Climate Institute. The report, called Due North: Facing the costs of climate change for northern infrastructure,

Canada’s Housing Supply Shortages: Estimating what’s needed to restore affordability in Canadian provinces by 2030 Canada’s Housing Supply Shortages: Estimating what’s needed to restore affordability in Canadian provinces by 2030 In 2018, the creation of housing supply responsiveness was identified as a challenge. Our 2018 report indicated that demand for housing increased for multiple reasons

Majority of supply gap found in Ontario and British Columbia, agency says The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. (CMHC) says 3.5 million more homes need to be built by 2030 to reach affordability. The agency released a report Thursday explaining the need for a different approach to the housing supply shortage at a time

Systemic underinvestment has left Northerners vulnerable as the North warms more rapidly than the rest of Canada. A new report from the Canadian Climate Institute reveals that climate change will devastate Northern infrastructure, threatening lives and livelihoods across the territories and the northern regions of large provinces. Because of the accumulated impacts of colonial