Statistics Canada Reports II

[Docere]

5 most common combinations with Quebecois

Canadian 76,890
French 65,195
French Canadian 24,600
Irish 23,025
Italian 14,460

5 most common combinations with French Canadian

Irish 68,570
English 53,545
Scottish 53,220
French 33,660
Canadian 31,685

5 most common combinations with First Nations, nos

French 122,570
Irish 91,310
Scottish 74,745
English 74,305
German 45,975

5 most common combinations with Metis

French 142,945
English 97,940
Scottish 97,655
Irish 89,540
German 66,255

[Docere]

Also interesting to get data on "multiple visible minorities" (331,805). It doesn't tell you which combinations of visible minority groups were picked, but you can see the most common origins of people in the multiple visible minority classification:

Chinese 117,000
Filipino 57,490
Indian 39,530
Vietnamese 37,600
Canadian 19,130
Jamaican 17,905
African nos 17,400
Spanish 16,790
Japanese 15,975
Arab 11,410
Guyanese 11,170
Korean 10,450
Trinidadian/Tobagonian 9,700

[q12]

Great to see a big decline in non-permanent residents in Nova Scotia!







https://novascotia.ca/finance/statistics/archive_news.asp?id=20843&dg=&df=&dto=0&dti=3

[Acajack]

GINI index: Québec vs Canada, US, other countries

https://x.com/RepubliqueEcon/status/1905998387436032234?t=9OwNbD6HHoeJ15qhjokrmg&s=19

[Architype]

Originally Posted by Acajack

GINI index: Québec vs Canada, US, other countries

https://x.com/RepubliqueEcon/status/1905998387436032234?t=9OwNbD6HHoeJ15qhjokrmg&s=19

"The Nation of Quebec" is doing well.
The United States is not doing so well.

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by Architype

"The Nation of Quebec" is doing well.
The United States is not doing so well.

Note that the figure for Canada includes Quebec, so if you took Quebec out of the Canadian figures it would push (the rest of) Canada downwards on the list in the direction of the US. Though definitely not to their level of inequality, I'd agree.

[KnoxfordGuy]

According to the population clock, Alberta will hit 5 million people in mid May. March 19th it was 4,981,700 and today, April 13th, the population is 4,990,200.

Edit: also, population drop may not happen as forecast:

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/eco...ly-to-be-higher-than-forecast-cibc-says/

[jc_yyc_ca]

Housing starts for Q1 2025

A screen shot copy from another forum.

[Base]

Edmonton really continues to struggle on the apartment front, even during a building boom behind all the others in Q1. SFH still dominant which isn't surprising.

[Pavlov]

Originally Posted by Base

Edmonton really continues to struggle on the apartment front, even during a building boom behind all the others in Q1. SFH still dominant which isn't surprising.

Incredible how Calgary development has moved away from SFH during this boom. I think it will really transform the city.

[jc_yyc_ca]

Originally Posted by Pavlov

Incredible how Calgary development has moved away from SFH during this boom. I think it will really transform the city.

It's changed quite dramatically over the past 15 years, but most of it over the past few years.

The stat that really stands out for me in Calgary is semi and row home. After blanket increased density zoning was approved, there have been hundreds of small row home builds popping up everywhere with many more in the permit submission stage.

Edit: looking at some previous years, SFHs as a percentage of all Calgary starts has dropped a lot.

2024 29%
2023 30%
2022 33%
2016 37%
2010 64%
2005 64%
2000 68%
1995 77%

[Pavlov]

Originally Posted by jc_yyc_ca

It's changed quite dramatically over the past 15 years, but most of it over the past few years.

The stat that really stands out for me in Calgary is semi and row home. After blanket increased density zoning was approved, there have been hundreds of small row home builds popping up everywhere with many more in the permit submission stage.

Edit: looking at some previous years, SFHs as a percentage of all Calgary starts has dropped a lot.

2024 29%
2023 30%
2022 33%
2016 37%
2010 64%
2005 64%
2000 68%
1995 77%

Interesting. So its really been a decade now that Calgary kicked its SFH habit. I could really see it on my visit last year. Inner city is really becoming dense.

[Greetingsfromcanada]

Originally Posted by Pavlov

Interesting. So its really been a decade now that Calgary kicked its SFH habit. I could really see it on my visit last year. Inner city is really becoming dense.

Not really. 2024 was the first time since 2007 that the Calgary CMA broke 7000 SFH starts. It's more like there's more of everything being built. The apartment boom will fade with population growth returning to norms

Urbanization is a spacial problem, but Calgary still has decades of sprawl left in the tank. It just might be the annexation stops and smaller towns like Airdrie drive starts in the CMA

[Cowtown_Tim]

Originally Posted by Greetingsfromcanada

Not really. 2024 was the first time since 2007 that the Calgary CMA broke 7000 SFH starts. It's more like there's more of everything being built. The apartment boom will fade with population growth returning to norms

Urbanization is a spacial problem, but Calgary still has decades of sprawl left in the tank. It just might be the annexation stops and smaller towns like Airdrie drive starts in the CMA

I respectfully disagree. You can clearly see in the percentages that SFHs have been on the decline. Yes, SFHs were high in 2024 due to the sheer number of starts, but the percentage is where is counts, and the percentage has been dropping.
Also, I doubt the apartment boom is going to fade, it's been going on for quite a while, around a decade. Apartments will see lesser years and stronger years, but it isn't going anywhere.
If housing costs come down significantly I could see a return to higher percentages of SFHs, maybe up from 29% to 35 or 40%but the days of pre 2000 when starts were almost all SFHs is long over. The biggest threat to SFHs isn't even apartments, it's semis and rowhomes. You can see in the numbers that Calgary dominates in that area, especially rowhomes. They've become a very popular inner city housing choice.

[Surrealplaces]

Originally Posted by Greetingsfromcanada

Not really. 2024 was the first time since 2007 that the Calgary CMA broke 7000 SFH starts. It's more like there's more of everything being built. The apartment boom will fade with population growth returning to norms

SFH starts as a ratio to apartments and row housing has been on the decline for a while, but as mentioned mostly in the past decade.
Sprawl is still happening of course, like it is in all metros, but the type of growth in Calgary has changed dramatically from what it was 20 years ago, when it was basically a ring of new SFHs being built in the suburbs, augmented with a few highrises in the core.

Today the bulk of the starts are a mix of high rise apartments, 5/1 builds and row housing, with most of that development happening in inner city areas.

Calgary's not going to be an apartment heavy city like the big three metros, nor should it be. The goal is to curb sprawl not to have a situation where apartments are the only option. It's nice to have diversity in housing choice.

[Wigs]

Originally Posted by Pavlov

Interesting. So its really been a decade now that Calgary kicked its SFH habit. I could really see it on my visit last year. Inner city is really becoming dense.

When I lived in Calgary 2009-2014, infill was happening almost everywhere in the city within say a 5 km radius of downtown. Single family homes getting replaced by semis, row/townhouses, and small 3-5 storey apartment/condo buildings.
I can only imagine it's picked up pace in the last 10-11 years and much further out as well.

[Surrealplaces]

Originally Posted by Wigs

When I lived in Calgary 2009-2014, infill was happening almost everywhere in the city within say a 5 km radius of downtown. Single family homes getting replaced by semis, row/townhouses, and small 3-5 storey apartment/condo buildings.
I can only imagine it's picked up pace in the last 10-11 years and much further out as well.

The pace has picked up quite a bit, with a noticeable uptick in the last year or so after the city approved a blanket rezoning that allows for multifamily up 16 units almost anywhere.
In a nutshell, on a lot of inner city lots, developers can build up to 8 or on corner lots up to 16 units. In the areas near where I live there's a either an 8 or 16 storey unit going up on every other corner, and multiple 4-8 unit builds all over the place. There are probably 20 of these developments in a 1 square kilometer area near me. I think it'll have quite a large effect, that won't be noticeable at once.

[Wigs]

Originally Posted by Surrealplaces

The pace has picked up quite a bit, with a noticeable uptick in the last year or so after the city approved a blanket rezoning that allows for multifamily up 16 units almost anywhere.
In a nutshell, on a lot of inner city lots, developers can build up to 8 or on corner lots up to 16 units. In the areas near where I live there's a either an 8 or 16 storey unit going up on every other corner, and multiple 4-8 unit builds all over the place. There are probably 20 of these developments in a 1 square kilometer area near me. I think it'll have quite a large effect, that won't be noticeable at once.

Glad to hear.
Now if only the CTrain Green Line could commence construction.

[jc_yyc_ca]

Originally Posted by Wigs

Glad to hear.
Now if only the CTrain Green Line could commence construction.

Don't get me started on the Green line! lol On a positive note, construction has started again. The section from the arena to the SE has been approved and they've re-started construction, while they sort out the downtown section.

[ssiguy]

Considering Calgary's dizzying population growth, the city doesn't actually have that many high-rises under construction. There 15 currently and the tallest is only 32 stories.

Where Calgary seems to be building the most are mid-rises between 5 to 10 stories. I actually prefer these ad they tend to fit in much nicer especially in more established neighbourhoods. They don't stick out like a sore thumb but rather blend in well with the community. There is a place for everything but I think Calgary is getting a far better balance than most.