News Releases

Domestic and Inbound Travel Generated About $30 Billion for the Canadian Economy in 2010. If Fall Travel Plans Hold Up, it Would Be Welcome News for the Canadian Economy.

- Wanderlust - 61 Per Cent of Canadians Plan to Vacation This Fall or Winter.

- Seize the Day - 59 Per Cent Say They Will Not Change Their Travel Plans as a Result of Current Economic Uncertainty.

- Slight Decline After Steady Rise - After Seven Consecutive Quarters of Gains in Tourism Spending in Canada, Averaging 0.9 Per Cent a Quarter, Spending Decreased by 0.1 Per Cent Last Quarter.

BMO Salutes Finance Minister Jim Flaherty for Designating November as Financial Literacy Month

50 Communities Across Canada Came Out in Their Wildest Costumes in Support of Kids

- Half of Canadian investors fear that economic challenges in the U.S. and Europe will spread to Canada

- Canadians are actively tracking their investments all year round

- The majority of Canadians feel their investments have been performing up to expectations this year

- Annual Conference Brings Together the Who's Who of the Digital Entertainment Industry

- Media can "test drive" new games in the Demonstration Room, which showcases newest technologies - some before the retail store holiday release date

- Sector to grow 2 per cent in 2012, 2 to 3 per cent in subsequent years

- Diversification and increased sales to fast-growing world markets key to growth

- Expected re-opening of South Korean market to benefit beef producers

- Productivity key in the face of global competition

BMO Forecasts Canadian Retail Sales will be up by 3 per cent this October

- Half of Business Owners say Social Media has the Potential to Increase Their Business Profitability

- Canadian Business Owners say on Average 28 per cent of Their Marketing Efforts are Focused Online, While one-in-five Lack Social Media Savvy

- Business Owners 'like' Facebook first; LinkedIn and Twitter are Their Second and Third Choices