Year Ahead 2024

Slowing inflation and rising incomes will provide relief, even as the threat of an economic slowdown looms. Canadian business stalwarts like Indigo and Irving Oil are in for serious change. And fast-evolving AI will keep transforming everything.

Taylor Swift will leave her mark on Toronto and Vancouver, while business mogul Ryan Reynolds returns to the big screen. Montreal’s video game industry will boom with new business, but Canada’s film and TV sector may take a hit. 

Pronoun arguments and French-English language tensions will ensnare school boards. International students will get extra government protection, but find housing harder to come by—and fewer will come from India. For the rest of us: AI lessons. 

Governments will shell out more cash for struggling health systems as private care providers make new inroads. Technological breakthroughs will create new treatments. And psychedelics will find a cannabis-like fast track to the mainstream.

Antibiotic-resistant infections threaten our health system. We need urgent action.

Global conflicts are deepening political divisions at home, and Canadians need to fight back

In 2024, the country will launch payloads (plus an astronaut of our own) into orbit

Canada is poised to become a leader in EVs, but we’ll need to move fast

The Earth has a fever, and we’re all feeling the symptoms

Our annual look at what’s coming your way this year