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View the Archive..March 20, 2026RETAIL TRADE, JANUARY 2026 Monthly (seasonally adjusted, January 2026 vs December 2025)
In Nova Scotia retail trade increased 1.8% to $1.93 billion. Nationally, retail trade rose 1.1% to $70.71 billion. Every provinces reported increasing retail trade, led by Alberta. Manitoba reported the slowest monthly increase in retail sales. &...
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March 20, 2026TERANET-NATIONAL BANK HOUSE PRICE INDEX, FEBRUARY 2026 Monthly (February vs January 2026, seasonally adjusted)
Halifax resale home prices, as measured by the Teranet-National Bank House Price Index (seasonally adjusted), fell 0.76% from January to February 2026.
The composite 11-city index of resale house prices dropped 0.54%, with declines in eight cities. ...
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March 20, 2026NEW HOUSING PRICE INDEX, FEBRUARY 2026 Monthly (February vs January 2026)
New housing prices in Nova Scotia were up 0.9% from January to February 2026. Nationally the price of new houses was up 0.3%, with growth in five provinces. The fastest monthly gain was reported in Alberta. British Columbia and Ontario were the only provinces to post declines in new house prices.&nb...
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March 19, 2026BUILDING CONSTRUCTION, JANUARY 2026 Monthly (January 2026 vs December 2025, seasonally adjusted)
Investment in Nova Scotia building construction declined 1.0% in January 2026 to $568.5 million. Halifax monthly building construction was down 5.1% to $290.1 million while outside of Halifax building construction was up 3.6% to $278.4 million. Nationally, investment in building constru...
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March 19, 2026QUEBEC BUDGET 2026-27 The Province of Québec released its provincial budget for 2026-27 on March 18, 2026.
Québec's 2026-27 budget anticipates a deficit of $8.612 billion, though $2.347 billion of this is a contribution to the province's Generations Fund, leaving an "accounting" deficit of $6.265 billion.
In the 2027-28 fiscal year, the province anticipates a further deficit of $5.695 billion. In this year, Québec's fiscal plan inclu ...
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