Vancouver council has asked staff to look at a possible increase to the empty homes tax. Article content The city says as of the Feb. 4 declaration deadline, 922 properties were declared vacant in 2018, compared to 1,085 declared vacant by last year’s extended deadline of March 5, 2018...
The objective of this study was to determine the effectiveness of using a community pop-up clinic to achieve high levels of vaccination among residents of Vancouver's inner-city.Methods: In this study, we implemented mobile community pop-up vaccine clinics to provide vaccinations to individuals ...
“With the City of Vancouver being at the centre of the third largest metropolitan area in Canada — and all of the complexities and responsibilities that come with being a councillor in a major city — I feel that our compensation is currently fair, despite being lower than other ...
The cities ofVancouver,Kelowna,Toronto,Mississauga, andMontreal. likely won’t see much relief in the coming years either as the will to build remains low. The fact is that current home owners and real estate investors, and banks don’t want to see home prices fall. Policies will followed ...
Vancouver experienced the steepest drop (62%) due mainly to stringent regulations limiting short-term rentals to primary residences, encouraging hosts to pivot toward mid-term rentals and compliance-focused strategies. New Brunswick, with a more moderate 13% decline, offers stable investment opportunit...
Budget and property-tax-increase time is never a fun period in the year. But it’s feeling especially fraught this year, as there are big debates and objections and announcements about big new hikes in various cities. It seems to me that it’s all a product of the secret burden cities...
She also noted that White Rock had registered one of the lowest tax rates in all of Metro Vancouver in 2024, at a 4.82 per cent increase, and also commended staff efforts in reducing the building permit backlog through additional hiring. ...
Saskatoon is not unique among Canadian cities dealing with depressed revenues and inflation. He pointed out that Saskatoonpassed a 3.9 per cent tax increasein 2023, while Edmonton, Calgary and many Ontario cities had hikes over five per cent, and Vancouver has passed tax hikes above 1...
“In Calgary, Edmonton, in Montreal and Toronto, they went with a 0% tax increase,” Sullivan said. “In Vancouver they went up 7% last year and up 5% this year, and they’re telling us 9% next year.” Homeowners and renters may not be the only ones considering an exit from Metro...
We considered different travel speeds in the analysis to compare accessibility from the perspective of younger and older travellers. Setting The study area for this analysis is the City of Vancouver. With a population of approximately 630,000 and a land area of 115 km2, Vancouver has the highest...