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An apartment dwelling city

Brandon Donnelly avatar Brandon Donnelly

Toronto's Chief Planner, Gregg Lintern , posted this on Twitter a few days (if you can't see it below, click here) :

https://twitter.com/GreggLintern/status/1196265311491776512?s=20

A couple things came to mind when I saw this.

First, it's a reminder that census data is painfully slow. Five years is a long time and a lot can and will change during that time period, including the kind of built form that people are living in.

Second, I agree with Gregg. Toronto is in the process of transforming into a majority apartment/condo dwelling city (if it hasn't already), and it signals a pretty important juncture in our city's history.

It also begs an important question: How should our planning response change and adjust as this percentage of urban dwellers continues to creep upward?

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