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As the government invests billions in AI sovereignty, Canada will become a hub for data centres and specialty chips. Ottawa will eye OpenAI’s tempting pitch—while a homegrown unicorn could finally go public.

High mortgage turnover will cause some scrambling (but few delinquencies). Snowbirds will go the way of the dodo. And prefab, prefab, everywhere.

Justin Bieber will bring his comeback to Coachella. A Dragon’s Den villain will crash Hollywood. And B.C. will transform into feudal Japan, ancient Scandinavia and a zombified Pacific Northwest.

Wildfire displacement will redraw the map, EV adoption will decelerate and Canada will miss its emissions targets. Throughout it all, Mark Carney will put climate on the backburner.

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Moving to Canada was harder than ever this year—unless you were a scholar fleeing Trump

Readers devoured these deep-dives on the cost of living, the condo crash and our new Prime Minister

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The artworks, food and obsessions that captivated Canadians this year

In 2025, adults grappled with screen time, kids moved back home and the backlash against gentle parenting began