Toronto Forced To Build Taller Buildings By Province

[Economy 52,842]

https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.5162903

 

The city of Toronto is having its city zoning and planning overruled by the Province of Ontario

 

Parts of the city that were not zoned for buildings must now allow buildings up to 35 stories high

 

The city complains some of those areas are not ready for rapid growth and that infrastructure will not keep up

 

But the Province says unaffordability for housing is reaching a critical level and we need to add more supply to housing 

 

Toronto Metro grows nearly 100,000 people a year and a battle between housing supply vs infrastructure developing fast enough is a constant battle

 

Recently Toronto has been making more and more exceptions to their 300 metre (1000 feet) height limit they usually approve.  Approving several per year above that height

[homomo 23,883]

Not going to lie, I love Toronto’s skyscrapers. I especially love taking walks by the lake front on winter nights.

i kind of want to move there eventually

[Economy 52,842]

Just now, Interstellar said:

Not going to lie, I love Toronto’s skyscrapers. I especially love taking walks by the lake front on winter nights.

i kind of want to move there eventually

They are nice. The city is getting so dense it's like a mini NY

 

I think their concern tho is that not all parts of the city are suited for buildings and it could cause issues

 

But not building enough supply also causes issues

 

Why does all of Canada's population growth have to be concentrated to a few specific cities while the rest of the country stays flat 

[homomo 23,883]

2 minutes ago, Economy said:

while the rest of the country stays flat 

This is literally the reason why I left Saskatchewan. Flat, bland, and basically the Oklahoma of Canada  

[Economy 52,842]

Just now, Interstellar said:

This is literally the reason why I left Saskatchewan. Flat, bland, and basically the Oklahoma of Canada  

Yeah...

 

Like practically all our population Growth us concentrated to:

 

Toronto

Vancouver

Calgary to Edmonton region

 

And to a lesser extent Montreal and some of sourthern Ontario in the London region

 

The rest of Canada grows slow...

 

All 330,000 annual immigrants pick the same cities to move to and then give us housing crisis

[Delusional Aura 5,129]

4 minutes ago, Interstellar said:

This is literally the reason why I left Saskatchewan. Flat, bland, and basically the Oklahoma of Canada  

My God..... I squealed so loudly 

[gabeoz 7,915]

14 minutes ago, Economy said:

They are nice. The city is getting so dense it's like a mini NY

 

I think their concern tho is that not all parts of the city are suited for buildings and it could cause issues

 

But not building enough supply also causes issues

 

Why does all of Canada's population growth have to be concentrated to a few specific cities while the rest of the country stays flat 

In an ideal world this wouldn't be the case, but as we can see this is the case in just about every country in the world not just Canada. It's an issue of supply and demand, you can ramp up housing in smaller cities but the fact is that populations are moving to more heavily density urban areas at unprecedented rates because of more opportunities and a higher standard of living. If you dont build more housing you're just going to have a city filled with housing at exorbitant prices (Hello, San Francisco). (In my personal opinion) It would be best to invest more into upcoming urban cities (and transportation. Current transportation with roads just isn't going to cut it soon) outside/bordering these metropolis' to help offset the demand inside the city.

[Economy 52,842]

14 minutes ago, gabeoz said:

In an ideal world this wouldn't be the case, but as we can see this is the case in just about every country in the world not just Canada. It's an issue of supply and demand, you can ramp up housing in smaller cities but the fact is that populations are moving to more heavily density urban areas at unprecedented rates because of more opportunities and a higher standard of living. If you dont build more housing you're just going to have a city filled with housing at exorbitant prices (Hello, San Francisco). (In my personal opinion) It would be best to invest more into upcoming urban cities (and transportation. Current transportation with roads just isn't going to cut it soon) outside/bordering these metropolis' to help offset the demand inside the city.

In Portugal where I was tho it was more stable

 

Here in Canada 3 provinces account for like 80% of growth (Ontario, BC and Alberta) and most of the other 20% would be Quebec and Saskatchewan

 

That means 10 Provinces are basically flat or shrinking