Bank of Montreal topped estimates on stronger-than-expected performance both at its U.S. operations as it pushes to improve results at the business and at its capital-markets unit, which benefited from strong trading.

National Bank of Canada beat analyst estimates in its fiscal first quarter after it reported stronger results across the board, boosted by the bank’s purchase of Canadian Western Bank. The shares hit a record high.

Bank of Nova Scotia topped estimates on better-than-expected results at its Canadian banking division even as pressure on loans in that business increased. 

After a volatile 2025, mortgage rates have steadied, but experts say the next move could be lower, and that has implications for borrowers.

Canada’s trade deficit last year widened to $31.3 billion, marking the largest annual shortfall on record outside of the COVID-19 pandemic, as U.S. tariffs hammered key export sectors.

CIBC is warning that cracks forming in the housing market will weigh on the economy as construction lags and homeowners keep a tighter grip on their wallets.

As it builds market share in insured and insurable lending, Highclere Capital is turning to an uncommon strategy: paying brokers at renewal to strengthen long-term partnerships.

The Canadian Real Estate Association says home sales in January fell 16.2% compared with a year earlier as southern Ontario was hit by a massive winter storm.

Canada’s top bank regulator says lenders haven’t pushed to remove the stress test and reiterated how loan-to-income limits fit into the framework, while weighing in on renewal risks, private lending growth, AI-driven fraud and the industry’s outlook.

Canada’s headline inflation rate slowed slightly to 2.3% last month, versus economist expectations for it to hold steady at 2.4%, as last year’s temporary federal sales tax break continued to push up annual price growth.