With 8,800 homes, the development could become one of the largest transit-oriented communities in Toronto’s history.

It's the second time this year that Ottawa has taken this route, the first time being this summer when Canada's two main railways ground to a halt.

Permit values rose in the province by 25% compared to the month previous to reach $5.9 billion.

The latest round of funding will make more than $74 million in available funding to build, expand and retrofit training facilities for workers in the trades.

Conducted for the Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships, the poll suggests many people believe government alone cannot fund the cost of building and maintaining the infrastructure Canada needs to accommodate growth.