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Quebec real estate buyers active, anticipating hike in rates
The Quebec Professional Association of Real Estate Brokers (QPAREB) has released its quarterly residential real estate market statistics for the province of Quebec, based on the real estate brokers' Centris provincial database.…
The federal budget will have the support of the NDP, but will also face opposition
OTTAWA – The Liberals have done enough to honour their agreement with the NDP, but that doesn't mean the federal budget will pass without opposition.``We still have critiques and criticisms,'' NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said Thursday.…
Short term rental owners could need business license: Town of Aurora
Staff also recommending those renting out their properties be required to post a sign identifying they are short-term rentals, bed and breakfasts
How cities can unlock the potential of laneway housing
After an extensive renovation, an old house in a laneway in Toronto became a new two-bedroom home.
(LGA Architectural Partners, Ben Rahn/A Frame), Author provided
Shelagh McCartney, Ryerson University; Ellen Molloy, Ryerson University;…
NOTL’s affordable housing shortage erodes ‘sense of community’
Life is precarious for single mom and teen daughter who have lived in town for 20 years
Goodbye NOTL, hello … Disneyland? Renter struggles to afford a place in town
THE LAKE REPORT
Mike Barneveld is worried Niagara-on-the-Lake is turning into ``Disneyland'' as he and another longtime resident struggle to find a place to live in their hometown.As the town increasingly becomes viewed as an…
Average rents in Canada up 4.4% year over year
Toronto average annual rents up double digits
Despite COVID 19, census shows population grew at fastest rate in G7, topping 36.9M
OTTAWA – Canada's population grew at a faster rate than many of its peers, rising to over 36.99 million on census day last year despite a historic slowdown caused by COVID-19.Statistics Canada said the national population grew by 5.2…
Rural population growth concentrated near urban centres, StatCan says
Kelly Rae, the administrator of Arran, Sask., says the denizens of dwindling rural communities like her own are clinging to a vanishing way of life in Canada.Between 2011 and 2021, the village west of the Manitoba border saw its…
Downtown populations climbed faster, though pandemic hampered rate of growth: census
TORONTO – When Mark Garner looks around downtown Toronto all he sees is growth.At Yonge and Gerrard streets, the executive director of the Downtown Yonge Business Improvement Area watches the lobby of the 80-storey Aura condos – the…