Claire Bennett
Business journalist — Toronto. Covering Canadian markets, entrepreneurship, technology, real estate, personal finance and the wider economy.
Claire Bennett is a Toronto-based business journalist covering Canadian markets, entrepreneurship, technology, real estate, personal finance, and the wider economy. She has spent seven years writing about business trends in Canada, with experience across digital newsrooms, financial newsletters, and industry publications.
Before becoming a full-time journalist, Claire worked for four years in communications for a Canadian fintech company, where she developed a practical understanding of startups, banking, consumer finance, and investor relations. Her writing focuses on how economic shifts affect Canadian businesses, workers, consumers, and founders.
Claire is particularly interested in small business growth, housing affordability, retail trends, AI adoption, Canadian tech companies, and the future of work. She aims to make complex financial and economic stories clear, useful, and accessible to a wider audience.
Outside work, Claire enjoys hiking in Ontario, independent cafés, Canadian literature, and following women’s football.
Areas of expertise
- Canadian markets
- Entrepreneurship & small business
- Technology & AI adoption
- Real estate & housing affordability
- Personal finance
- Retail & consumer trends
- Canadian tech companies
- The future of work
Recent articles
- World Cup 2026 has lit up Canada’s ticket-resale market — and exposed how broken it is
- Carney’s Liberals brace for a leaner Commons as summer resignations start the byelection clock
- The next person to shop your store may not be a person at all
- Cohere's Aidan Gomez bets the house on 'sovereign AI' with Aleph Alpha merger valuing the group at $20bn
- Moonvalley's Naeem Talukdar is selling Hollywood the one thing rival AI video tools cannot: legal cover
- ZayZoon, the Calgary fintech born on a fishing boat, posts 1,487% growth as earned wage access goes mainstream
- Botpress raises $25m as Quebec's Sylvain Perron pitches his startup as the 'infrastructure layer' for AI agents
- FluidAI wins US FDA clearance for its surgical monitor as Waterloo's Youssef Helwa targets 100,000 operations
Follow
On X: @Claire_Bennett1
Contact
Reach Claire and the desk via our contact page or editor@cityam.ca.