A few days ago I tweeted this chart out (from Statistics Canada): It is a list of the densest downtowns in Canada (people per square kilometer). But to be more precise, it is a list of the densest primary downtowns for each census metropolitan area.… Read More
Here is an interesting housing chart from Ryerson University’s Centre for Urban Research (CUR) using data from CMHC: What it shows is (1) the number of new housing using created through the addition of secondary suites, such as basement apartments and laneway suites; (2) the… Read More
Rachelle Younglai and Chen Wang’s recent piece in the Globe and Mail on suburban household debt (in Canada) has a number of interesting stats. Here are some of them: Looking at debt service ratios across the country, the most financially stressed neighborhoods in Canada are… Read More
The Globe and Mail recently published an excellent article on “how e-commerce is driving a real estate revolution.” This is a topic that I’m very interested in: how online manifests itself offline. Not surprisingly, the article talks a lot about Amazon, including their 4th warehouse in… Read More
BRANDON DONNELLY 