The Year Ahead

The people, trends, ideas and everything else that matters in 2025

Politicians will spar over how to tackle the housing crisis. Falling interest rates will draw young people into the real estate market. And a rude awakening is coming for homeowners renewing mortgages.

The Liberals will struggle to rebuild their reputation and voter base, while Pierre Poilievre will likely take over the PMO and grapple with a disillusioned electorate. In the midst of all this turnover? A new Trump presidency.

The family doctor crisis will finally start to ease, while pharmacists take centre stage in patient care. The battle over private medicine will heat up. And governments will change how we treat addiction.

The exorbitant cost of food will have ripple effects on the restaurant industry and grocery stores. The good news? There’s a plan to save the country’s salmon supply.

Quebec’s classrooms will take centre stage in the secularism debate. Chatbots will help students create A-plus work, while others will grade themselves. And thousands of international students will be sent home.

A women’s sports boom, a Raptors rebuild and a no-nonsense Leafs makeover are all on the docket for 2025. Meanwhile, the feds will tackle sports betting ads, while Alberta ramps up its own gambling scene.

Canadians will play spot-the-landmark when The Last of Us returns. The CBC will try to Poilievre-proof itself with a new CEO. And Canada’s Wonderland will roll out the country’s fastest, tallest coaster. 

A B.C. university will train North America’s first wildfire-fighting civilians, while AI hits the forest-fire front lines. Quebec’s flood zones will get a long-awaited overhaul. And Ontario will supersize its power grid.

Canadians will make pioneering advances in artificial intelligence, driverless vehicles and quantum computing. And we’ll all finally get plugged into high-speed internet.