% indicate they need to feel well informed about a market before they invest there, % are willing to invest anywhere they think there are

In the past three years, % of Canada's affluent have spent two months or less outside Canada, % have spent four months or more abroad, % have travelled to the U.S. in the last three years.

Employment (labour force data, unemployment, wages, female to male earnings, job creation)

Social conditions (disposable income, personal debt, cost of living, crime, dependence on social safety net, youth at risk, health expenditures)