Before COVID, we didn’t worry about what’s normal. Now we we wonder if things will ever be normal again.
Some changes brought by the pandemic are gone: we can go out and meet in public once again, our kids are back to school, we can visit grandparents, and we can travel freely around the world.
But there’s no question that some changes are here to stay. Work, the economy, health, for example – they will never be the same again.
WORK
43%
Percentage of workers returning to their offices as of February 15, 2023 in downtown Toronto.
HEALTH
56%
More than half of Canadian parents say their children’s mental health and development have worsened after the pandemic.
RENTALS (New listings)
$3,215
Average price for a new listing of a 2-bedroom rental in Toronto. An increase of 18.1% over last year.
TRANSIT
Factor 10
We’ll be paying more and getting less service on the TTC by a factor of 10. 10 cents more in adult and youth fares, and almost 10 per cent less service.
FOOD
11.4 %
Grocery prices keep going up. Food costs rose faster last month, with prices up 11.4 per cent compared to a year ago.
MORTGAGE COSTS
21 %
Canadians have experienced the biggest increase in mortgage interest costs since the fall of 1982, according to Statistics Canada.