Canada Trends to Watch in 2025

Advertisers Are Buying Local, Dealing With a New Digital Services Tax, and Investing in Emerging Retail Media Formats

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Our annual Trends to Watch report for Canada highlights expected developments in the country’s media and advertising market for 2025. Next year, we anticipate a shift in media buying will favor domestic publishers and retail media channels, while large platforms will contend with the new Digital Services Tax.
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Canada’s digital advertising market will grow another 8.8% next year, but that’s off from a stronger 2024. Change is afoot as advertisers increasingly shift media buys to domestic media and take advantage of growing opportunities in retail media networks. They are also contending with the new Digital Services Tax, which will put pressure on ad spending returns in 2025.

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Paul Briggs

Contributors

Vladimir de Leon
Chart Editor
Jennifer Pearson
VP, Research
Heather Sprung
Senior Editor
Paul Verna
VP, Content
Ali Young
Senior Copy Editor
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