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It’s worth noting that the darkest areas of significant population loss are areas that have the city’s most permissive zoning. Suburbanization and a lack of existing unit protection policies pulled and pushed people out.
It’s worth noting that the darkest areas of significant population loss are areas that have the city’s most permissive zoning. Suburbanization and a lack of existing unit protection policies pulled and pushed people out.
Breakdown by wards:
Only 9 wards grew, the other 16 dropped population 2016-2021.
+20k for Spadina-Fort York, all others together add up to +10k.
Spadina-Fort York and neighbouring Toronto Centre together grew by more than all other wards that had positive growth.
Breakdown by wards:
Only 9 wards grew, the other 16 dropped population 2016-2021.
+20k for Spadina-Fort York, all others together add up to +10k.
Spadina-Fort York and neighbouring Toronto Centre together grew by more than all other wards that had positive growth. https://t.co/vje2D3RgKZ
Ward 10 (Spadina-Fort York) saw more population growth from 2016-21 than all of the former municipalities of Etobicoke, North York, Scarborough, York and East York combined.
Ward 10 (Spadina-Fort York) saw more population growth from 2016-21 than all of the former municipalities of Etobicoke, North York, Scarborough, York and East York combined.
Great new @WoodGreenDotOrg project on Danforth was just approved at the CoA. 8 storeys with 32 affordable dwelling units and 18 bedsitting rooms. Great project and I'm glad to see it was approved. Nice work by Assembly Corp (formerly R-Hauz). assemblycorp.ca
was literally just talking with a friend this weekend about how much of Toronto's population growth has happened not just south of Bloor, but *south of Queen*
was literally just talking with a friend this weekend about how much of Toronto's population growth has happened not just south of Bloor, but *south of Queen*
No wonder the Town of Aurora is going broke!
More than 30% of their developed area is occupied by golf courses and ~300 houses. The focal point of their "Civic Square Park" is a Canadian Tire and Home Depot.
I switched from Fido to @PublicMobile a few months ago and saved a bunch of money.
However, I have never had so many dropped calls as I have with Public. 3 dropped calls today and I can’t think of a single one in 20 years with Fido.
🧵Benchmarking Ontario: One of my "fun facts" about Canada is that Ontario's population is almost identical to the rest of Canada's, excluding Quebec (and Ontario, obviously). This creates a nice control group when looking at housing.
Bonus graph. Ontario's population growth levels have been outpacing the control group's since 2015. But the control group is building WAY more homes.
There's your Ontario housing crisis right there.
If we’re going to find a way out of our housing & climate crises, then ‘growth’ (if done well) will be the more benign path forward vs 20th century car-centric planning.
This means we can’t keep using phrases like “growth pays for growth” without a shred of critical thought.
The infrastructure cost (sewer, power, water, roads, parks, schools) is so much higher per household in the single family zones. Those areas are highly subsidized by the denser parts of the city.
“Growth has been paying for non-growth”
Vancouver’s single family n’hoods are lovely and leafy, but the tax density is a fraction of the adjacent urban areas.
Cities are have lost out on a whole lot of tax revenue during the many decades they’ve used zoning to keep density artificially low.
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