Rural population growth concentrated near urban centres, StatCan says
Posted: Feb 11th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsCity of Yorkton, Saskatchewan (source: yorkton.ca) Kelly Rae, the administrator of Arran, Sask., says the denizens of dwindling rural communities like her own are clinging to a vanishing way of life in Canada. Between 2011[...]
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Posted: Feb 10th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsOTTAWA – Canada’s population grew at a faster rate than many of its peers, rising to over 36.99 million on census day last year despite a historic slowdown caused by COVID-19. Statistics Canada said the[...]
Read More about Despite COVID 19, census shows population grew at fastest rate in G7, topping 36.9MDowntown populations climbed faster, though pandemic hampered rate of growth: census
Posted: Feb 10th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsTORONTO – When Mark Garner looks around downtown Toronto all he sees is growth. At Yonge and Gerrard streets, the executive director of the Downtown Yonge Business Improvement Area watches the lobby of the 80-storey[...]
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Posted: Feb 9th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsThe Town of Tillsonburg, Ontario (Photo source: hometownhockey.com) TORONTO – Last February, Audrey Eldaoud and Robert Mawe set out to find a single-family home where they could put down roots. With jobs that became permanently[...]
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Posted: Feb 1st, 2022In: ConstructionNewsOTTAWA – Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says making homes more affordable to buy and boosting the country’s economic potential will be key considerations in this year’s federal budget. Freeland laid out the broad strokes of the spending[...]
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