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Canada needs 300,000 new rental units to avoid gap quadrupling by 2026: report
Canada's vacancy rate fell to 1.9 per cent in 2022, its lowest point in 21 years, from 3.4 per cent in 2020 and 2021.
Ontario puts $224M to training centres to boost skilled trades
Ontario also plans to spend $75 million more over the next three years to support operations at those centres. It's part of the province's $1.5-billion skilled trades strategy, Ford announced Tuesday in Vaughan.
Feds announce plans to spend $1.4B on JTF2 site in Ottawa
The project calls for upgrades to the Joint Task Force 2 special operations forces’ facilities at the Dwyer Hill Training Centre, including on 89 aging and temporary structures. EllisDon was awarded the construction management contract.
London announces $200M Renew Construction program spending
The city intends to invest in building and rehabilitating roads, sewers, watermains, sidewalks and intersections.
CMHC says annual rate of housing starts climbed 13 per cent in February
The national housing agency says the seasonally adjusted annual rate of housing starts for the second month of the year was 243,959 units compared with 216,514 in January.