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Canada: TD Credit & Debit Card Spending
Canadian consumer spending started 2026 on a slightly softer footing. Our internal TD Spend data show that spending softened early in the year before stabilizing somewhat in February, leaving the three-month average growth rate at 0.8%, or roughly 9.5% annualized.
March 25, 2026
Future Ready Economy
Data Centers in a Grid Constrained World: Challenges and Opportunities for Canada
The AI revolution is fueling a surge in data center development, with the U.S. and China leading global capacity growth and reaping significant economic rewards. While Canada is eager to attract more data center investment and bridge its computational infrastructure gap, grid constraints pose a challenge to accommodating large-scale data center development in the near term.
March 23, 2026
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Provincial Economic Forecast
Canada’s economy looks set for a year of modest growth in 2026. Provincially, energy-producers like Alberta, Saskatchewan, Newfoundland and Labrador and B.C. are forecast to outperform. Higher energy prices will challenge oil importers like Ontario and Quebec, layering on a new headwind alongside trade frictions with the U.S. Higher energy costs will also weigh on many Atlantic provinces in the near-term, given energy accounts for a larger share of household budgets.
March 18, 2026
Updated Publications
Canadian Quarterly Economic Forecast
The Middle East conflict has not just lifted oil prices, but forecast uncertainty is even snaking its way into other areas like food security for some nations. The economic fallout hinges on duration. Our baseline outlook assumes a short-lived conflict, implying a temporary impact on inflation and growth; a prolonged escalation would materially worsen the global outlook.
March 17, 2026
Future Ready Economy
Narrowing of the Wealth Gap – Outcomes of Canadian Households Post Pandemic
Despite high living costs, data shows that the wealth gap, the difference in the share of wealth held by the top 20% and the bottom 40% of households by wealth, narrowed by 5 percentage points from 2019 to 2023 reaching a record low. Average wealth for the bottom 40% increased over seven times faster than for the top 20%. Similarly, average wealth for households where the major income earner is under 35 years of age also increased over seven times faster than that of 35 years and older household
March 11, 2026
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2026 Manitoba Budget
March 24, 2026
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March 20, 2026
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March 18, 2026
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March 18, 2026
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2026 Manitoba Budget
March 24, 2026
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March 20, 2026
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March 18, 2026
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2026 Quebec Budget
March 18, 2026
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Canada: TD Credit & Debit Card Spending
March 25, 2026
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Data Centers in a Grid Constrained World: Challenges and Opportunities for Canada
March 23, 2026
Future Ready Economy
Narrowing of the Wealth Gap – Outcomes of Canadian Households Post Pandemic
March 11, 2026
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Mortgage Renewal Mission Possible: The Final Reckoning
March 04, 2026
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Canada: TD Credit & Debit Card Spending
March 25, 2026
Future Ready Economy
Data Centers in a Grid Constrained World: Challenges and Opportunities for Canada
March 23, 2026
Future Ready Economy
Narrowing of the Wealth Gap – Outcomes of Canadian Households Post Pandemic
March 11, 2026
Latest Research
Mortgage Renewal Mission Possible: The Final Reckoning
March 04, 2026
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Canadian Retail Sales (January 2026)
March 20, 2026
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Bank of Canada Interest Rate Announcement (March 18, 2026)
March 18, 2026
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Canadian Existing Home Sales (February 2026)
March 17, 2026
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Canadian Consumer Price Index (February 2026)
March 16, 2026
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Canadian Retail Sales (January 2026)
March 20, 2026
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Bank of Canada Interest Rate Announcement (March 18, 2026)
March 18, 2026
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Canadian Existing Home Sales (February 2026)
March 17, 2026
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Canadian Consumer Price Index (February 2026)
March 16, 2026
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