Demographia International Housing Affordability assesses housing affordability in 94 major markets across eight nations (Australia, Canada, China, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom and the, United States). read more »
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Demographia International Housing Affordability – 2024 Edition Released
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Trudeau, Biden Paying Political Price as the West Turns Against Immigration
U.S. President Joe Biden, in one of his regularly inept utterances, recently castigated Japan and other East Asian countries for being “xenophobic,” read more »
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Toronto Falls Into Pit of Urban Decline that's Plagued U.S. Cities
For years, American urbanists and city planners have looked at Canadian cities with envy, as they had managed to avoid the searing decline of their American counterparts. read more »
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Comparing Canadian and U.S. Metropolitan Areas
Canada and the United States are among a minority of national governments that formally designate metropolitan areas. Metropolitan areas are labor and housing markets which include a core urban area (built up or developed area) as well as rural territory read more »
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Richard Bilkszto Won't Be the Last Victim of the Diversity-Industrial Complex
The suicide of former Toronto school principle Richard Bilkszto, 60, was one that many of his associates believe was prompted, at least in part, by vicious attacks read more »
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Remote and Hybrid Work Continues Appeal in the US and Canada
Despite the continuing pressure from employers for employees to work on-site, working from home continues at a strong pace. Just released data from WFH Research indicates that 41.3% of US workers worked at home at least part of the time between March and June 2023. read more »
Ontario Land Use Policies Make Housing Unaffordable
A poll by highly respected IPSOS, released by BILD-GTA, shows a strong awareness of the Greater Toronto Area’s severely unaffordable housing. read more »
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Cities Have to Expand for House Prices to Fall
The Ford government’s plan to expand the land supply available for housing has evoked the usual dog whistles about “urban sprawl” by interests apparently unaware of the strong connections between an organically expanding city, housing affordability and upward mobility. read more »
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The Rural Character of Canada's Metropolitan Areas (CMAs)
There is considerable confusion with respect to the terms of urban geography, not only among the population in general, but also among the media, and sadly, among academics. Perhaps the greatest confusion is between the terms “metropolitan area” and “urban area.” read more »
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Densification in Toronto: The Evolving Urban Form
Like many of the world’s largest cities (Note 1), public policy seeks to densify Toronto, which is already the densest urban area (the international term) or population centre (the Canadian term) in North America (as used here, north of Mexico). An urban area is continuously built up urbanization and is routinely at the core of a metropolitan area (in Canada, a Census Metropolitan Area, or CMA). read more »
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