Category: Family Living

Nearly a thousand dollars more for food spending: for Canadian families 2026 will be… pricier

TORONTO – Nearly $1,000 more per family to buy food: 2026 is shaping up to be a more expensive year for Canadians, according to the Canada’s Food Price Report (CFPR) realized by the Agri-Food Analytics Lab (AAL), a group of experts from several Canadian universities coordinated by Professor Sylvain Charlebois of Dalhousie University, who is the study’s lead author. According to the report, an average family of four will pay approximately $994.63 more for food in 2026 than this year. This increase, which brings total estimated annual food spending to $17,571.79 per family (from 16,577.16 in 2025), stems from a forecast of 4% to 6% food inflation for 2026.

Toronto and GTA home sales down 9.5% in October from last year

TORONTO — Toronto’s infamous “housing crisis” seems to be constantly contradicted by the data: not only are there homes, but they even remain unsold. This is what emerges from the latest report from the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board (TRREB): according to the real estate board, home sales and prices in the GTA (Greater Toronto Area) decreased in October compared to the previous year, due to persistent economic uncertainty. In fact, there are more and more homes that no one is buying.