Monday, December 16

- Notable earnings: Hexo

- Notable data: Canadian international securities transactions; China retail sales and industrial production

- Alberta Court of Appeal begins hearing province's reference case on constitutionality of federal carbon tax

- Statistics Canada releases study "Measuring the gig economy in Canada using administrative data"

Tuesday, December 17

- Notable earnings: FedEx

- Notable data: Canadian manufacturing survey, U.S. housing starts and building permits

- Hudson's Bay Company holds special shareholder meeting in Toronto for vote on privatization by Richard Baker's buyout group (10 a.m. ET)

Wednesday, December 18

- Notable data: Canadian CPI

- Canfor holds special shareholder meeting in Vancouver for vote on privatization by Great Pacific Capital (12 p.m. ET)

Thursday, December 19

- Notable earnings: Nike

- Notable data: Canadian wholesale trade, U.S. existing home sales

- Bank of England releases interest rate decision (7 a.m. ET)

Friday, December 20

- Notable earnings: BlackBerry

- Notable data: Canadian retail sales, U.S. GDP