Municipal Policy

— Jun 25, 2024
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Urban Population Densities in Canada and Abroad—an Update

Urban Population Densities in Canada and Abroad—an Update is a new study that finds Canadian cities—including Toronto and Vancouver, which are experiencing high and increasing housing costs—can accommodate much more housing supply as they have much lower population densities than other major comparable urban centres around the world.

— Feb 27, 2024
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Federal Reforms to Improve Housing Affordability

Federal Reforms to Improve Housing Affordability is the latest installment in the Institute’s essay series on federal policy reforms. This essay documents the large and growing imbalance between housing supply and demand, and highlight’s the federal government’s influence on housing markets.

— Feb 22, 2024
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Barriers to Housing Supply in Ontario and the Greater Toronto Area

Barriers to Housing Supply in Ontario and the Greater Toronto Area finds that despite progress by various municipalities and the provincial government, significant impediments to homebuilding remain in Ontario.

— Nov 28, 2023
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Measuring Ontario’s Prosperity Gap at the Metropolitan Area Level

Measuring Ontario’s Prosperity Gap at The Metropolitan Area Level is a new study that ranks employment incomes in the largest 107 metropolitan areas around the Great Lakes region for 2019. It finds that London (93rd) and Windsor (99th) are right near the bottom and are $10-12,000 less than median employment incomes in Detroit, Buffalo and Cleveland.

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