Canada’s $1.7M suburbs are quiet. No kids. No bikes. Retirees hold the homes. Young families live in skyboxes. Playgrounds sit empty.
Canada’s housing market isn’t just expensive. It’s aging. Suburbs once built for families now sit quiet. Detached homes in areas like Oakville, Richmond Hill, and West Vancouver average $1.7 million. The buyers aren’t young couples. They’re retirees who bought in the 1980s and 1990s, paid off their mortgages, and stayed. The result is a freeze. …
