/\ I thought Rousseau was referring to Canada? Anyways, my response was limited to Canada, as even in North America there are other ‘competitors’ for most European, notably Mexico City.
Thansk Zahav - despite most outsiders only being aware of the downtown core I think Victoria’s real strength is in its neighbourhoods. The downtown core and suburbs have grown the most, while it’s been mostly ‘missing middle’ growth in the core neighbourhoods. Although a true exception is Oak Bay, which is actually its own municipality, one of 13 in the Greater Victoria region each with their own mayor and council. Oak Bay in on the province’s watch list for mandated housing increase targets and they have for decades refused almost all growth or new developments as it’s a wealthy single family home area. The population has hardly grown in 60 years - 16,935 in 1961 to 17,990 in 2021. In the first six months of 2024 “Victoria reported the completion of 753 new housing units in the first six months of the program, exceeding its first-year target of 659. Oak Bay, on the other hand, added only seven of its targeted 55 new units.”
https://www.timescolonist.com/local-...-start-9143736
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