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Well, we should know. Just take a walk through Toronto’s neighbourhoods during October. Halloween has certainly changed over the years. What was once a carved pumpkin on the porch has become an elaborate production, complete with graveyards, giant skeletons, haunted

Beer is a manufacturing business, bringing together production, science and skilled trades. Breweries employ brewers, cellar technicians, packaging operators and quality-control staff. Behind the finished product are fermentation systems, pumps, refrigeration equipment and automated packaging lines that require maintenance and

Toronto’s manufacturing economy has undergone a significant transformation since COVID-19, but much of that change occurred before the latest U.S. tariffs. In 2019, transportation equipment manufacturing (automotive) accounted for approximately 31% of all manufacturing sales in the Toronto CMA. By

Toronto’s public colleges and universities make a substantial contribution to the economies of both the city and Ontario. The eight institutions in this chart recorded more than 321,000 enrolments in 2024/25, including over 87,000 international enrolments. To put that scale

We seem to refer to Toronto a lot in statistics. But it can mean different things to different people at……different times. Imagine leaving Toronto City Hall in 1961. You would be leaving Old City Hall; the building we know today

AI headlines have taken a dramatic turn lately, with researchers and technology experts in the area warning that increasingly powerful AI systems could eventually pose risks to humanity. While much of that conversation is about what might happen months or

As tariff and political tensions between Canada and the United States have escalated, Canadians began changing where they travelled.  Canadian-resident border crossings returning from the United States fell 25.4% in 2025. At Toronto Pearson, transborder passenger traffic declined 8.3%, while

President Trump is considering renaming Lake Ontario “Lake America.” He has also caught fish and seafood in his tariff net: 25% U.S. tariffs briefly applied to Canadian seafood in March 2025 before being suspended, while Canada is now preparing a

Right now, Canada is locked in negotiations over the US’s threat to impose 50% Tariffs on Canadian goods.  Donald Trump’s tariffs and repeated tariff threats created real uncertainty for Ontario employers, particularly in manufacturing, steel, autos and other trade-dependent sectors. That

Toronto is not immune from events far beyond Canada’s borders. Gas prices at the pump can move quickly in response to wars, geopolitical tensions and disruptions to global energy markets as seen afer Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and