And the only logical answer is it started when new people coming to Canada was stopped
There is simply no other rational causal explanation
Is it possible that Immigration was ultimately the driver of housing scarcity?
Clearly it was, the logic is inescapable
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@Shawridgefarm Took them 4-5 years to add 2 lanes of traffic each direction on the 401 from Kitchener to Cambridge.
Took 5 years to redo hwy 7&8 from the edge of Kitchener to where it splits to head to the 401, and they kept that a 1 lane ramp 🤦♂️🤦♂️
@FoodProfessor By my rough measure of how many dollars it takes to buy a bag of groceries, food inflation has been close to 50% since the middle of 2020. A bag that used to cost $20, now costs $30+.
This is something that disproportionately affects young people and the working class.
@SteveTwynstra@bosman1779@jcurtis7ac I live just north. The lights were awful to turn north from Glendon or to simply get through the intersection coming from Vanneck. Used to wait multiple lights when it was busy, now hardly 30 seconds. But IDK why it's not 2 lanes, since in 5 years it will all be built up there.
Probably one of the coolest Interactive maps I have seen. Shows all the original farms in Ontario from 1855-1869. If you zoom in you can even see who the original land owners are. So awesome.
In 1871 there were 172,258 farms while in 2025 there are 48,346 farms. In the 19th Century in Ontario the standard farm size was 100 acres, versus 160 in the western prairies.
In the earliest surveys (pre-1815), the grants were often 200 acres (measuring about 20 chains by 100 chains).
The Division: The 200-acre lot was later often divided into two 100-acre parcels. This 100-acre size became the typical unit granted to settlers.
The Grid System: These rectangular lots were grouped into Concessions (strips of land running the length of the township, facing the main road) and separated by Side Roads. This efficient, rectangular system was a key component of British colonial policy to promote orderly settlement and was influenced by systems used in the U.S. and Europe.
The "Why": The 100-acre size was considered the minimum viable size for a family farm in the 19th century that was expected to clear the land, grow enough food for subsistence, and produce a surplus to sell (commercialization).
I put a link to the map in the next post:
@fordnation Get Ontario’s finances in order, and the interest rates would matter a lot less. Remember “Ontario is sliding into Lake Erie because of the debt”? Time to act like a fiscal conservative.
Never mind that housing affordability increases as interest rates stay up.
Shout out to @moen
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