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Canada's population is about to hit 40 million (www150.statcan.gc.ca)
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The population of Canada is expected to hit 40 million within the next day or two, according to StatCan's modelling.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It sucks. I know it's not the only reason we're in this mess but I think it would give us a big break is we banned Airbnb.

  • Airbnb hosts with over 100,500 listings in Canada.
  • Only 17% of total Airbnb revenues in Canada is generated by true home sharing, where the owner is present during the guestโ€™s stay. This means that in 2016/17, entire-home rentals comprised 83% of total Airbnb revenues in Canada.
  • Approximately 7-in-every-10 units on the Airbnb distribution platform are entire-home rentals, with guests having complete and sole access of the entire unit during their stay.
  • 1 in every 3 units in Canada is rented out for more than 90 days per year and generates 71% of total Airbnb revenues in the past 12-month period.

That's a lot of empty homes.

[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Airbnb but also speculative and for-profit ownership. Homes shouldn't be bought to rent.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

doesn't that mean that 2/3 units are rented for less than 90 days? that means they should be utilizing capacity that would otherwise be sitting empty (i.e. because the owner is living in it for most of the year)?