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Very informative, thank you! The 3 biggest cities really do leave us in the dust, so to speak. I'm actually surprised that we have...

Here's a post I did about this a few years ago, summarizes my attempt to rationalize population, density and the "vibe" of a city. link...

I'd agree with that. I also find that older cities being less car centric tend to feel more vibrant. Vancouver unquestionably feels...

Might still fit. My guess would be the inner SW has seen the highest uptake in redevelopment of the building new building stock to...

The one counter to this is the inner-city SW. I think a couple things are going on there, high-income young families and infill of both...

I recall hearing that a problem with Toronto and Vancouver's housing markets is that they are all in on small units in highrises, but...

Toronto and Vancouver both have a a lot of apartment inventory. Once it's eaten up, it'll be crane city again. The fact that Calgary has...

Wow, Toronto fell behind Montreal and Vancouver for apartment starts. Their multi market really has taken a huge hit. And all 6...

Housing starts for first half of 2026 (Jan-Jun). Calgary was the leader instead of the usual 3rd place. Not a total shock as Toronto and...

Are you thinking of Foothills MD only, or including the municipalities in it? Combined it’s about 85k. That’s 5% of the current CMA...

Here's my take on densities, a similar but slightly different analysis. I calculated densities with three changes; I used buffered...

Starts will almost certainly cool off going forward, in part because the level of starts was so incredibly high. The real question, is...

July housing starts out. Calgary having a cooler month after leading the country for the first half of 2025. A low number of apartment...

I heard recently that real estate makes up 28% of BC's economy. I expect condo construction in those markets will be slow for a long...

August housing starts are out. Overall slower numbers across Canada continuing. Looks like the pattern we saw through much of 2024, with...