[RspecMAuthortah]

Its actually much more endemic than this. To start off, Canada's service sector dominating economy means jobs are concentrated in cities like Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal etc. So most people want to move and live those places. To make it worse, the government has plans to bring over 1.2M people over next 3-4 years time range as immigrants who again because of the fact that our economy is not diverse enough, tend to settle in those cities. Which makes the already heated housing market worse.

And everyone knows in those cities, local officials and councillors are all in builders' pockets. Large tier builders like Richcraft are routinely raising their prices by 5-10K per every release within last 2-3weeks since last 2020 and still they have all slots closing in 5 min of opening. They are keeping the supply artificially low and I imagine the inflation and supply chain issues are not going to make things any easier.

Bottom line, house prices continue to rise. The only thing that can temporarily put a halt to this is if we end up with rates as high as 10+%. Even then I suspect there are enough people with equities and large cash pool (hell our point based immigration system makes sure this is the case for all incoming immigrants)..

Middle class dream in Canada is over for most people. When you can't afford a decent place in Toronto or Vancouver with a tech salary you know its over.

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There's stories of professional couples - both doctors - who can't afford a place in Vancouver. It's completely crazy there. I consider myself lucky to have got a foothold (well) outside the city when I did.

I can't imagine how bad it'd have been with the Liberals (provincial) still in power.