Canada

Explore our coverage of Canada’s politics, economics, business and culture, in articles, charts, podcasts and video


Finance & economics

Trump wastes no time in reigniting trade wars

Canada and Mexico look likely to suffer

The World Ahead The Americas in 2025

Justin Trudeau is unlikely to win the Canadian election

A pugnacious Conservative could win the 2025 election

The Americas

Justin Trudeau’s dodgy defence promise

Canada is about to receive a MAGA mauling

The Americas

Justin Trudeau is paying for solar panels in the cold, dark Arctic

They can save diesel, but at a cost

Leaders

Canada’s Trudeau trap

How the world’s most reasonable country grew sick of centre-left liberalism 

The Americas

The Mounties take on Modi. Who will win?

India’s government has dismissed explosive charges by Canada’s police

The Americas

Justin Trudeau is killing Canada’s liberal dream

His failings hold lessons for liberals the world over

China

Michael Kovrig, former hostage of the Chinese state

Three years after his release, the Canadian tells his story to The Economist

Finance & economics

Why is Canada’s economy falling behind America’s?

The country was slightly richer than Montana in 2019. Now it is just poorer than Alabama

The Americas

A by-election loss puts Justin Trudeau on the ropes

For how much longer can the Liberal leader hold on?

The Americas

Canada’s Conservatives are crushing Justin Trudeau

Pierre Poilievre is even winning over the young and the unionised

Podcast Money Talks

Policy lessons from North America’s second-largest economy

Our podcast on markets, the economy and business. This week, we speak to deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland about the biggest challenges facing Canada’s government

The Americas

Vancouver pioneered liberal drug policies. Fentanyl destroyed them

So-called harm-reduction measures have become a rod for Justin Trudeau’s back

1843 magazine | Canadian Sikhs thought they were safe to protest against India. Then one of them was gunned down

Sikhs campaigning for an independent state believe they are in the Indian government’s sights

The Americas

Canada’s jade mines boomed on Chinese demand. Now that’s over

Local indigenous groups are happy that jade mines will no longer scar their lands

The Americas

Canadians are taking dramatic steps to avoid more ruinous firestorms

The focus is as much on mitigation and preparation as on suppression

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