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Transit-oriented developments in Toronto give way to transit-oriented communities in multibillion-dollar investment

Employment rose by 41,000 (+0.2%) in April, all in part-time work.

The unemployment rate was 5.0% in April, unchanged since December 2022.

Developers and buyers create new models for housing that hold the promise of a more environmentally friendly, connected, and multigenerational way of living.

Study: Childhood factors associated with high school completion or higher education among off-reserve First Nations, Métis, and Inuit children

The Infrastructure Institute has launched a study to examine the potential to capture increased land value resulting from new transit infrastructure. This model can accelerate the development of the critical public infrastructure at the heart of transit-oriented communities.

Royal Bank of Canada contributed $42.1bn to fossil fuel companies last year, environmental groups say in new report.

Living in subsidized housing was more common among certain population groups. For example, among women, the highest proportions living in this type of housing included Black women (14%), single mothers (9%), and those who were separated, divorced, or widowed (7%).

The centrepiece of the new measures unveiled Thursday is a draft rewritten version of what is known as the Provincial Policy Statement, which governs land-use planning across the province. The new document is meant to subsume the province’s other key planning policy, the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe.

We're not focused on urban centres, but on secondary markets like Kelowna and the Kootenays, and on southern Vancouver Island in commuter areas like Langford, Colwood, and Sannichton. These areas have shown the ability to ‘bubble’ from large fluctuations in the real estate market because of the high demand from buyers that are priced out from urban centres, even as we see prices continue to drop ...

Purpose-built rental housing is tapped to be a favoured investment asset for awhile yet. Industry analysts cite Canada’s demographic trends and seemingly chronic housing supply-demand imbalance as two fundamentals that should drive robust returns well into the future despite the complications of inflated construction costs and higher interest rates.