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Canada's Housing Affordability Crisis

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OPINION: Homebuilding in Canada stalls despite population explosion

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Too few housing units are being built for the country’s rapidly growing population.

Canada added an all-time high 1.2 million new residents in 2023 — more than double the previous record in 2019 .

Canada must house more than twice as many new residents per new housing unit as it did in the 1970s .

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