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Canadian Apartment Magazine
Rental sector reacts to Budget 2025
The new federal budget signals a renewed push to accelerate housing construction, placing housing supply at the centre of the economic agenda.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Multifamily holds steady in economic headwinds
Despite six consecutive quarters of rent growth deceleration, Yardi reports its not all bad news on the horizon for Canadian apartment owners and operators.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Firefighting foams on track to detoxify
PFAS are tapped to be classified as toxic substances due to their adverse properties and potential to be dispersed into the environment in quantities and/or concentrations that could pose immediate or long-term harm.
CondoBusiness
Condo downturn “less severe” than 1990s crash
Toronto’s once-booming condo market has been deteriorating over the past year, echoing the condo crash of the 1990s. However, a new report from Canada Mortgage Housing Corporation suggests a less severe outcome this time around.
Canadian Property Management
Telecom system outages tied to new protocols
Internet and cell phone service providers in Canada must be ready to comply with new protocols for responding to and reporting major system outages by November this year.
Canadian Property Management
Non-profit organizations tapped for big reveal
Proposed new filing requirements reflect the Canadian government's intention to enumerate a segment of the tax-exempt sector that has been largely unquantified.
Construction Business
Federal procurement practices ripe for reform
A new report on the Canadian government’s procurement practices recommends reforms to reduce costs, save time, ease complications and improve accountability.
Canadian Property Management
Crackdown on property controls clarified
New guidance from the Competition Bureau of Canada advises that reprieve could be given for exclusivity clauses in leases, but there will be little tolerance for restrictive covenants on land titles.
Canadian Property Management
Reality lags government downsizing ambitions
The Canadian government has made slow progress in downsizing its real estate portfolio and is carrying hundreds of millions of dollars in undue annual costs for sparsely occupied and obsolete office space.
Canadian Property Management
Indigenous partners on infrastructure agenda
Canada’s leadership has endorsed Indigenous ownership stakes in energy and infrastructure projects, underscoring that they will be pivotal to economic development and national cohesiveness.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Algorithmic rent-setting under scrutiny
The ongoing legal storm around the AI-driven rent-setting software YieldStar could result in the widespread ban of these tools in Canada and the U.S.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Making the move to modular
As the technology advances, and governments continue to invest in innovative building solutions, modular construction is on the rise.
Canadian Property Management
Data centre investment rests on solid energy
Canada could be well positioned to capture more data centre investment if the United States government continues to antagonize its trade partners.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Housing goals and policies
As the Liberals and Conservatives face-off on the campaign trail, housing remains a hot topic in the build-up to the federal election.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
FMs ponder procurement amid trade war
Facility management professionals are preparing action plans in light of potential tariff impacts and sharing how the situation is creating unity within the sector.
Canadian Property Management
Carbon price refocused on industrial emitters
Cancellation of the consumer carbon price comes with the Canadian government’s affirmation that other incentives for reducing GHG emissions from buildings will remain in place.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Housing construction amid global uncertainty
Prime Minister-designate Mark Carney vows to “supercharge” Canada’s housing plan and take aggressive action to build homes despite U.S. tariff war



















