Windsor falls in Canadian housing performance [Video]

A new report puts Windsor’s housing performance near the bottom of the pack among Canada’s largest 100 cities and towns in a review of construction starts over the last six years.

On Monday, the PLACE Centre Smart Prosperity Institute released its study which identifies Ontario communities as falling behind on homebuilding.

“Why we put together this report was not to sort of name and shame the lower performers, but instead to look at who’s doing relatively well and see what lessons we can learn,” said Mike Moffatt, the institute’s founder and Senior Director of Policy and Innovation.

The review takes stock of home construction from July 1, 2018, to June 30, 2024.

It shows provinces like Quebec and B.C. leading the way on home construction. La Belle Province tops the list in Canada for housing performance, meeting the G7 average of 47 housing units per 100 persons increase in population. Ontario, Canada’s most populous province, sits eighth in the country, at 28.6 units per 100 persons.

Windsor built 15.2 homes …