What does winning the Canadian Franchising Association’s Awards of Excellence top honour at the annual National Convention tell us about the health of a franchise system?

Walk into almost any franchise conference this year and you’ll hear the same word repeated like a mantra: automation. AI-driven scheduling, chatbot customer service, algorithmic site selection, predictive inventory

MTY Group’s Mack Taylor explains how MR.SUB is modernizing a Canadian original while keeping franchisee success at the center of its growth strategy…

British Swim School launches a national sweepstakes in Canada from September 8 to 30, 2026, offering a family a year of swim lessons worth $1,200 CAD and swim gear, encouraging year-round participation

Bobbie Thompson, owner and operator of Right at Home Canada (Fraser Valley), shares what a typical working day looks like when you run a home care franchise – from morning check-ins to evening emails

Toronto-based Reshift Media has ranked number 2 in Entrepreneur magazine’s Top Franchise Suppliers Marketing Agencies category for the fourth consecutive year, adding to four Global Franchise Awards and three Gold Stevie Awards

Rachelle Sunga, a registered nurse and Right at Home Canada franchise owner, shares how her background in clinical care and community education shapes every day in her business

Plenty of franchise owners jumped into AI without setting it up. Here is how to fix your defaults, protect your data and stay human

Sebastian Aguirre expands on his Part 1 guide, showing franchise marketers how to maintain brand consistency while empowering local voices across Ontario locations such as Toronto and Niagara

Here, Lisa Stead, CEO of Stagecoach Performing Arts, discusses why predictability can be a powerful entrepreneurial advantage and how the right structure gives business owners greater space to focus on growth

Verifran addresses a key industry challenge: franchise recruitment has a qualification problem, not a lead-generation one

Steve Buors of Reshift Media explains how AI search is creating a new discovery stage in the franchise buyer journey, and why franchise brands need to establish visibility now