Balancing Canada’s Population Growth and Ageing Through Immigration Policy Canada faces twin demographic pressures: an ageing population and rapid population growth driven by immigration. The report argues that immigration levels must strike a careful balance – sufficient to offset some effects of low fertility and an ageing workforce, but not so high as to outpace […]
Solving Canada’s multiple housing crises requires thinking big – about smaller cities. Vancouver School of Economics professor Paul Beaudry and C.D. Howe Institute Vice President of Economic Analysis Jeremy Kronick discuss why focusing on growing our smaller urban centres into larger cities will help ease the pain nationwide.
Solving Canada’s multiple housing crises requires thinking big – about smaller cities. Vancouver School of Economics professor Paul Beaudry and C.D. Howe Institute Vice President of Economic Analysis Jeremy Kronick discuss why focusing on growing our smaller urban centres into larger cities will help ease the pain nationwide.
The Study in Brief Mortgage interest costs can undergo large swings during tightening and/or loosening cycles by the Bank of Canada. Although they have a weight of only around 5 percent in the Canadian Consumer Price Index (CPI), they can significantly affect movements in the latter as a result of these large swings. The year-over-year […]
Introduction and Overview Canada’s housing sector faces unprecedented challenges, with skyrocketing prices, acute affordability crises, and a growing mismatch between housing supply and population needs. Major urban centers like Toronto and Vancouver have been particularly hard-hit, with housing costs outpacing income growth. This has pushed homeownership beyond the reach of many middle-class Canadians and created […]
February 4, 2025 – Tackling Canada’s housing crisis requires actionable strategies, policy reforms, and innovative technologies to boost supply, according to a new C.D. Howe Institute report. A special policy conference report based on the Institute’s November 2024 conference, “Housing Policy for a Growing Canada,” draws together insights from leading experts in the field, including […]
Paul Beaudry, co-author of a new C.D. Howe Institute on housing, speaks to Global News about why governments should help mid-sized cities grow larger as a way to help increase the availability and reduce the cost of homes.Â
Study in Brief This paper asks how best to make housing more affordable – especially in our large cities – for the current generation of renters and potential new buyers. We begin by showing that if increasing housing supply is a key element of the solution, simply doing so in our major metropolitan areas is […]
January 21, 2025 – Canada cannot solve its housing affordability crisis simply by adding more homes in major centers like Toronto and Vancouver, according to a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. Instead, the report urges policymakers to target a small set of mid-size cities and support them in becoming thriving, larger hubs which […]
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Balancing Canada’s Population Growth and Ageing Through Immigration Policy Canada faces twin demographic pressures: an ageing population and rapid population growth driven by immigration. The report argues that immigration levels must strike a careful balance – sufficient to offset some effects of low fertility and an ageing workforce, but not so high as to outpace […]
Solving Canada’s multiple housing crises requires thinking big – about smaller cities. Vancouver School of Economics professor Paul Beaudry and C.D. Howe Institute Vice President of Economic Analysis Jeremy Kronick discuss why focusing on growing our smaller urban centres into larger cities will help ease the pain nationwide.
The Study in Brief Mortgage interest costs can undergo large swings during tightening and/or loosening cycles by the Bank of Canada. Although they have a weight of only around 5 percent in the Canadian Consumer Price Index (CPI), they can significantly affect movements in the latter as a result of these large swings. The year-over-year […]
Introduction and Overview Canada’s housing sector faces unprecedented challenges, with skyrocketing prices, acute affordability crises, and a growing mismatch between housing supply and population needs. Major urban centers like Toronto and Vancouver have been particularly hard-hit, with housing costs outpacing income growth. This has pushed homeownership beyond the reach of many middle-class Canadians and created […]
Paul Beaudry, co-author of a new C.D. Howe Institute on housing, speaks to Global News about why governments should help mid-sized cities grow larger as a way to help increase the availability and reduce the cost of homes. 
Study in Brief This paper asks how best to make housing more affordable – especially in our large cities – for the current generation of renters and potential new buyers. We begin by showing that if increasing housing supply is a key element of the solution, simply doing so in our major metropolitan areas is […]