News Releases

- Real GDP growth of 1.3 per cent expected in 2014, 1.7 per cent in 2015 (Canadian real GDP growth of 2.3 per cent expected in 2014, 2.4 per cent in 2015)

- Private sector capital spending expected to expand modestly in 2014

- Higher Exports, Capital Spending to Support Growth in New Brunswick

- Forestry exports get boost from U.S. housing recovery

- Real GDP growth of 3.5 per cent expected in 2014, 2.9 per cent in 2015 (Canadian real GDP growth of 2.3 per cent expected in 2014, 2.4 per cent in 2015)

- Energy sector remains key driver, and key risk

- Population growth similar to rates seen at height of pre-recession boom

- Real GDP growth of 2.3 per cent expected in 2014, 2.5 per cent in 2015 (Canadian real GDP growth of 2.3 per cent expected in 2014, 2.4 per cent in 2015)

- Housing market strengthening, particularly in Vancouver

- Real GDP growth of 2.0 per cent expected in 2014, 2.4 per cent in 2015 (Canadian real GDP growth of 2.3 per cent expected in 2014, 2.4 per cent in 2015)

- Stronger performance expected for exports and manufacturing

- Housing market remains strong in Toronto

- Prices in Florida and Arizona expected to increase steadily in coming years

- Canadians are the largest foreign buyers of Florida housing

- Residents spending time in Canada and U.S. face new government guidelines

Report shows deep gulf between the boom-time conditions in Calgary, Toronto and Vancouver, and the lacklustre activity almost everywhere else

Champions celebrated at special fifth anniversary conference and gala

- Thirty-nine per cent of small business owners have hired an employee with a disability, up from 29 per cent in 2013

- Almost 90 per cent of small business owners agree that workplace diversity is an asset but just 36 per cent report having a diversity program in place

- October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month

- More than half of Canadians stayed on budget

- Overspending averaged $1,165, with vacations leading the way

- Result means some consumers will have to cut back on winter holiday spending

- Canada leads G8 in proportion of residents born outside the country

- Almost half of new Canadians identified finding a job as the top challenge they face after arriving in the country

- More than 80 per cent of new Chinese-Canadians and South Asian-Canadians are focused on having enough money to cover daily expenses as their top financial priority

- Majority of business owners' expect their business to grow in 2015

- Business owners in British Columbia have the highest Confidence Index score heading into this fall

- More than half of Canadian businesses believe 2015 will be better

- Program has raised C$15 million in 10 years

- Program donates trading commissions from Canada, the United States and Europe

- Q2 growth hits 4.6 percent; BMO revises Q3 GDP growth estimate to 3.2 percent

- Slower economic growth around the globe will not derail U.S. momentum

- Global GDP forecast to increase in 2015 to just above 3.5 percent

Up to 100 Canadian legal and business decision-makers intent on growing diversity in their firms will gather in Toronto to discuss building a more diverse and inclusive workplace

- Two-thirds of business owners use mobile devices to run their company

- BYOD: Even split on companies providing a mobile device compared to those asking employees to bring their own device

- Canadian companies say costs, security weighed when considering BYOD policies

- BMO will donate the institutional equity trading commissions it earns on Sept. 24 to several charities

- More than C$13.4 million has been raised through the program since 2005

- BMO adds London commissions to trading-day drive

- Four in ten buyers have increased their price point by 21 per cent

- Preference for condos and detached houses fall, as semi-detached rises

- Ontario, B.C. and Alberta expect to spend more than national average