Approximately 41% of the YTD population growth in Canada this year has been in Ontario. Here’s a slide from a recent presentation by Zonda Urban:
So there’s an argument to be made that demand is still outpacing new housing supply in most of our major markets:
Why then are new home sales continuing to slide? A reasonable answer would be that — by design — this new housing isn’t attainable to most:
The result seems to be a long-term structural shift toward more rental housing:
