# More people, fewer new homes

**Published by:** [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com/)
**Published on:** 2024-06-07
**Categories:** centre-for-urban-research, greater-golden-horseshoe, greater-toronto-area, hamilton, housing, housing-starts, housing-supply, immigration, land-development, population-growth, tmu, toronto, urbanism
**URL:** https://brandondonnelly.com/more-people%2C-fewer-new-homes

## Content

This is an interesting chart from the Centre for Urban Research and Land Development at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU). It is based on recent population estimates from Statistics Canada, and what it is saying is that the Greater Toronto Area grew by 233,000 people during the 12 months ending July 1, 2023. If you include Hamilton, this number increases to 246,000. And if you include the entire Greater Golden Horseshoe, it increases to 340,000. This is significantly more population growth compared to any of the six preceding years. And assuming this 2021 population estimate of about 9.8 million people is more or less correct, it represents an almost 3.5% growth rate. That's remarkable. It's also happening at a time when housing starts are declining.

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