60 h. ago Ford government resets housing focus, hoping to turn fortunes around in the spring

While issues with homebuilding in the province have festered for years, housing starts in 2025 plummeted even further as potential buyers sat on the sidelines.

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4 d. ago LiUNA and Fengate deliver more rental housing to Ontario, breaking ground on new transit

BRAMPTON, Ontario, Nov. 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — LiUNA Pension Fund of Central and Eastern Canada (LPFCEC) and Fengate Asset Management (Fengate) celebrated the groundbreaking of Church & Main, a new rental community located in the heart of Brampton’s rapidly growing urban core. Church & Main is an LPFCEC project, developed in partnership with Fengate […]

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7 d. ago This Ontario city has seen rents plummet by almost $260 this year

A new real estate report reveals that housing and job markets in Ontario have drifted out of balance in most cities across the province, with the exception of a few, including one that's actually seen rents plummet by nearly $260 this year. Real estate agency Zoocasa analyzed rent prices and unemployment rates across Canada from January to September 2025 to see how unemployment trends are affecting housing trends.Although the report notes that in a healthy economy, unemployment rates range between 3.5 and 4.5 per cent, none of the Ontario cities analyzed had an unemployment rate below 5.7 per cent. However, while several cities recorded increases in average rents despite high unemployment rates, a handful of Ontario municipalities experienced declines in average rent during the first nine months of 2025.Rent prices versus unemployment rates in Canadian cities from January to September 2025. Source: Zoocasa.In Toronto, the average rent in January was $2,360 and dip...

Economics

1 week ago Ontario housing projections plummet again, hurting 1.5M goal

Comparing the 2024 budget to 2025's Fall Economic Statement shows the number of new homes from 2024 to 2027 has been revised down by 82,000.

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1 week ago Ontario house with a hot tub just outside the city somehow under $500K

Anyone who's spent time doomscrolling through Toronto real estate listings lately knows that "starter home" has basically become code for "condemned shack that'll eat your savings and your will to live."Despite a slower market, the average home in Toronto still sells for over $1 million, which makes finding a detached house that isn't a full-gut renovation money pit feel like a fantasy.But if you're willing to look just outside the city — say, in Oshawa — you might be surprised by what half that price can get you.The living room. Take 200 Court St., for example. This fully updated, three-bedroom detached home is listed for under $500,000. Yes, you read that right — a whole house costs less than your average downtown Toronto one-bedroom condo.The dining room. Nestled on a quiet, family-friendly street, the home is completely turnkey, meaning you won't have to spend the next year arguing over backsplash tiles or ...

Economics

1 week ago Indian immigrants get house arrest for running fraudulent truck driving schools in Ontario

The Ontario judge described their crimes as 'an elaborate scheme' that robbed almost 100 truck driver students 'of the proper training they had paid for'

Society

2 w. ago Ontario won’t meet rural broadband target, partly due to cancelling Starlink deal

The province launched a plan to connect every household in Ontario to high-speed broadband in 2021, promising even the most remote communities would have access before 2026.

Culture

2 w. ago “FMTA Condemns Ford Government’s Assault on Tenant Rights with Bill 60”

TORONTO, Oct. 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Federation of Metro Tenants’ Associations (FMTA) yesterday issued a forceful condemnation of the Ford government’s proposed changes to the Residential Tenancies Act (RTA) under Bill 60, denouncing the legislation as a catastrophic assault on tenant rights that will deepen Ontario’s already devastating affordability and housing crisis. “Bill […]

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2 w. ago Builders applaud Ontario plan to remove sales taxes for first

Vaughan, Ont., Oct. 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Residential Construction Council of Ontario (RESCON) commends Premier Doug Ford, Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister Rob Flack, and Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy for moving to cut sales taxes on new homes for first-time buyers. “Lowering the excessive tax burden on the purchase of a new home […]

Economics

3 w. ago Ontario to launch pilot project aimed at reducing dependence on housing development charges

‘It takes too long and it costs too much to build infrastructure and homes in Ontario. We are changing this today,’ Ontario's minister of housing said

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3 w. ago Nova Scotia to learn from Ontario’s nuclear efforts as part of new agreement

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston says his government will learn from Ontario’s nuclear efforts as part of a new agreement he signed with its energy minister Thursday, despite having no near-future plans for nuclear power in the Atlantic province. Ontario’s Minister of Energy Stephen Lecce and Houston, who appointed himself Nova Scotia energy […]

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