Tag Archives: GTA

Supply Constraints and Ontario Housing Prices

A key feature of housing markets in Canada over the last decade is the sustained increase in prices particularly in larger urban centers such as Vancouver and Toronto. Data from Canada Mortgage and Housing (CMHC) on average MLS housing prices for Ontario as a whole shows that between 1990 and 2015 the increase was from […]

Disaster Compensation

In the wake of the recent ice storm that hit southern Ontario and Toronto particularly hard, the Ontario government decided to provide compensation to those who saw their food spoiled because of the prolonged power outage.  Provincial money along with donations from the private sector was used to provide grocery gift cards in Toronto at […]