What The “Densification” Of Canada’s Neighbourhoods Really Looks Like

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Population growth from mass immigration is leading to a corresponding mass densification of many of Canada’s neighbourhoods, as all levels of government scramble to build housing. The YIMBY (“Yes In My Back Yard”) movement – whose adherents effectively function as the shock troops of the development industry – has mobilized immense effort to persuade Canadians […]

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My Municipal Taxes Keep Going Up But My City Isn’t Getting Any Better

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Editor’s note: This article was originally published on the Population Institute Canada website (populationinstitutecanada.ca) on August 29th, 2025. It is republished here with permission of the author. A city in a state of perpetual transformation I am an eyewitness to the transformation of Canada’s capital from a city of some charm to just another big

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Mass Densification Is The Wrong Solution To Canada’s Housing Crisis

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In cities and towns across Canada, housing activists are pushing to densify single-family neighbourhoods by overhauling zoning codes. This is fuelling tension as battles over community character flare, while at the same time failing to address the fundamental cause of Canada’s housing crisis: unsustainable immigration-driven population growth. In Saanich, a municipality on the southern end

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B.C. NDP’s Mass Densification Plan Hitting Roadblocks

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After narrowly returning to power in October, Premier David Eby’s NDP government is proceeding full steam ahead with increasingly controversial province-wide densification plans. The B.C. NDP’s Bill 44 is now in effect. This piece of legislation mandates that all municipalities with over 5,000 residents allow four to six housing units on what were formerly single-family

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Why Isn’t Densification Making Housing Cheaper?

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Housing affordability has been the major issue impacting average Canadians ever since the Covid pandemic has declined in importance. For around two decades, if not longer, the housing policies of Ontario and BC have been oriented towards promoting the densification of cities and major urban areas. This became even more important with the introduction of

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