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Making sense of the markets: Looking at 2025
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Can we make sense of the 2025 markets?
Stock market predictions rarely age well. (As you can read from our look at 2024.)
There are simply too many variables to accurately predict market outcomes. We can’t even agree on where interest rates will be a year from now, never mind esoteric concepts like how investor enthusiasm could translate into higher stock valuations.
As we attempt to make sense of what could come to the 2025 markets, it’s important to keep in mind that nothing below constitutes investing advice. Our predictions are for informational purposes only and for identifying trends and outcomes that could happen this year.
President Trump will employ tariffs
One of the biggest questions many Canadian business owners and investors have for 2025 is whether incoming president Donald Trump will carry out his threat of large tariffs on Canadian imports into the U…

About Old Age Security (OAS)
Old Age Security benefits are monthly payments made by the federal government to supplement the income of eligible Canadians age 65 and older. Along with the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and personal savings, OAS contributes to financial support for older Canadians. CPP and OAS payments are issued on the same dates.
OAS payment dates for 2025
January 29, 2025
February 26, 2025
March 27, 2025
April 28, 2025
May 28, 2025
June 26, 2025
July 29, 2025
August 27, 2025
September 25, 2025
October 29, 2025
November 26, 2025
December 22, 2025
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What’s new for 2025 and TFSAs? You can contribute another $7,000 for this year. Once you figure out how much contribution room you have, keep reading on how to use this account effectively.
Tax-free savings account is a bit of a misnomer. While you can use it for straightforward savings, think of it more accurately as an investment holding account to store things like exchange-traded funds (ETFs), guaranteed investment certificates (GICs), bonds, stocks and, yes, plain old cash. While you do have to abide by the set amount of contribution room each year, any growth you earn on those investments will not affect your contribution room for the current year or years to come. Plus, the income earned is tax-free (more on that below). Any resident of Canada who is 18 or older and has a valid social insurance number can open a TFSA.
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Brian Quinlan, a chartered professional accountant with Allay LLP, says many of the changes are routine. These include inflation-based adjustments to what tax bracket you fall into or what your TFSA contribution room looks like.
Other changes—such as the capital gains tax changes that will be in effect for their first full year in 2025—may need more planning.
Here’s a list of changes to be aware of:
Changes to Canadian tax brackets in 2025
For 2025, income tax brackets are increasing by 2.7% in the new year to prevent higher prices from pushing Canadians into higher tax brackets. That comes after a 4.7% increase in 2024.
For 2025, federal tax is 15% for earnings up to $57,375; 20.5% between $57,375.01 and $114,750; and 26% between $114,750.01 and $177,882.
The tax rate is 29% for earnings between $177,882.01 and $253,414, while anything more than that is taxed at 33%…