Housing in Canada
A starter pack for those who are interested in housing data and policy in Canada.
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@ubchart.bsky.social
@nlamontagne.bsky.social
Urbanist, planner, educator (planning faculty at the University of Alberta). Making the jump from the old ways of social media.
@kishone.bsky.social
🇨🇦 Pacific Canadian ✍🏾 Author of Make Housing Central 📌 Former staffer & CEO 🏳️⚧️ they / them 🍁 Vancouver / Victoria
@plannersean.bsky.social
Urban planning shit posting, disc golf, assorted other nonsense and garbage. @plannersean on Twitter
@ravikahlon.bsky.social
BC Minister for Housing and Municipal affairs MLA North Delta Chair, Cabinet Committee on Tariff Response Two-time 🇨🇦 Olympian Coach, Mentor and Proud Dad.
@leospalteholz.bsky.social
Victoria YYJ. I post mostly about 1. Housing advocacy with @homesforliving.ca 2. Housing market https://househuntvictoria.ca 3. Renewables, climate, EVs. Real job in engineering education
@johnlorinc.bsky.social
Toronto journalist & editor. Contributor to Globe & Mail, Toronto Star, Corporate Knights, Walrus, Spacing. Co-editor: Messy Cities (Coach House, 2025). Author: No Jews Live Here, A Memoir. https://chbooks.com/Books/N/No-Jews-Live-Here.
@lausterna.bsky.social
UBC sociologist, demographer, housing & urban regulation scholar, author, immigrant, blogs at https://homefreesociology.com/
@fabulavancouver.bsky.social
Cities are life! Writing about Vancouver region urban issues, politics, housing + more for Globe and Mail mainly, BCBusiness, Vancouver mag, and a few more. Grand-daughter of Saskatchewan farmers, mom/step-mom to four millennials coping with housing market
@shawnmicallef.bsky.social
Local tosser Books author (New: Stroll!) Toronto Star column writer Spacing Magazine co-founder U of T instructor Trying to do it a bit different here than the last place. Links to books, etc: https://linktr.ee/shawnmicallef 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🤘🏼
@seanfraser.bsky.social
MP / Deputé, Central Nova 🇨🇦 Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship / Ministre de l'Immigration, des Réfugiés et de la Citoyenneté
@ximenaka.bsky.social
Independent journalist. Based in Calgary. Recovering architect. http://ximena-gonzalez.com
@wnhhn.bsky.social
We're a peer-led group working to eliminate homelessness and housing insecurity for women, girls, & gender-diverse peoples across Canada. https://womenshomelessness.ca/
@jensvb.bsky.social
Data, analysis, visualization, #CensusMapper, transportation cyclist. 📍Vancouver, BC
@jenstden.bsky.social
Vancouver journalist covering politics and housing for TheTyee.ca Instagram and TikTok: @jenstdenis Email: jstdenis at thetyee dot ca
@1alexhemingway.bsky.social
Senior Economist @bcpolicy.bsky.social. PhD @UBCPoliSci. Former CCPA-BC. Social, economic & environmental justice. Views are my own. https://bcpolicy.ca/
@canurb.bsky.social
@leilanifarha.bsky.social
Global Director, The Shift Former UN Special Rapporteur on the right to housing Co-Host PUSHBACK Talks International law; human rights; housing; cities; finance
@russilwvong.bsky.social
Canadian. Interested in housing, public safety, climate, international politics. Federal Liberal riding chair for Vancouver Kingsway. We need more housing. Daily blog: morehousing.ca.
@holz-bau.bsky.social
architect @ Larchlab.com (Seattle) activist for: car-light climate adaptive cities w/ low carbon + passivhaus buildings, social housing Author, 'Building for People' (Island Press, 12/2024: https://islandpress.org/books/building-people)
@housingforce.bsky.social
YIMBY trying to hold the government accountable for housing policy failures.
@mnpha.bsky.social
We exist so that non-profit housing in Manitoba is secure, sustainable and affordable for all who need it.
@jenniferkeesmaat.bsky.social
@alexbozikovic.bsky.social
Architecture critic @theglobeandmail.com. Also author, University of Toronto Daniels Faculty instructor, husband, father of two city kids. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/authors/alex-bozikovic/
@khelsilem.bsky.social
Posting live from Squamish Nation territory (Vancouver, BC). Posts are my opinion, which is subject to change based on new information.
@mikepmoffatt.bsky.social
Co-Host, "Missing Middle". Husband. Father. Brother. Son. Economist. Housing guy. I used to do other stuff.
@ricardotranjan.bsky.social
Political economist @policyalternatives.bsky.social. PhD. Research & writing on housing and social policy. Speaks EN, FR, PT, ES. Author of The Tenant Class, btlbooks.com/book/the-tenant-class
@conradspeckert.bsky.social
Building code, multiplexes, missing middle and mid-rise housing
@morehomessauga.bsky.social
Mississauga's pro-housing movement Join us on Discord: https://discord.com/invite/TZb2XbnN9W
@spacing.bsky.social
Spacing.ca / Toronto urbanism uncovered in award-winning mag/web/books/podcasts. Spacing Radio podcasts: spacingradio.bsky.social Spacing Vancouver: spacingvancouver.bsky.social Spacing Store: spacingstore.bsky.social
@brenttoderian.bsky.social
Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media.
@lanefab.com
Vancouver, BC Co-owner & Lead Designer Lanefab Design/Build B.Eng M.Arch Build beautiful. Build for a livable climate. www.Lanefab.com #ThickWallsAreSexy / #SingleStair / #ElectrifyEverything / #Passivhaus / #NetPositive
@irpp.org
Institute for Research on Public Policy. Home of Policy Options - @policyoptions.bsky.social. #CdnPoli | Institut de recherche en politiques publiques. Éditeur d'Options politiques. #polcan
@acornunion.bsky.social
The union for the community. From housing to public transport, we use collective action to transform our communities and our country. Together we win! https://linktr.ee/acornunion
@toondreessen.bsky.social
Architect Husband Dad he/him; past pres @oaarchitects.bsky.social; president @architectsdca.bsky.social; writer, public speaker, advocate for #procurement reform; #climatepoli @riseforarch
@chf.bc.ca
CHF BC is the voice of housing co-ops in British Columbia. We represent 260 housing co-ops with more than 14,000 co-op homes. www.chf.bc.ca
@vivreenville.bsky.social
Vivre en Ville mobilise la société et les collectivités, pour ainsi ouvrir la voie à la transformation de nos territoires et de nos milieux de vie qu’exigent les nécessaires transitions écologiques et sociales.
@bcnpha.bsky.social
We believe everyone deserves a safe, affordable home. We represent British Columbia's non-profit housing sector and our partners in #HousingCentral. bcnpha.ca
@heyneighbourcollective.ca
Hi! We're Hey Neighbour Collective. We’re building community, social connectedness and resilience in multi-unit housing communities. #YVR #YYJ #SocialDesign https://www.heyneighbourcollective.ca/
@bshnode.bsky.social
CMHC-SSHRC funded group of academic and community-based housing researchers with a focus on housing affordability in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal, Canada 🍁 🔗 bsh.ubc.ca
@cwhitzman.bsky.social
Senior housing researcher, University of Toronto School of Cities. Author, “Clara at the Door with a Revolver”(2023), “Home Truths: Fixing Canada’s Housing Crisis” ( 2024).
@moreneighboursto.bsky.social
Toronto's pro-housing movement. More Neighbours in more neighbourhoods, with access to more jobs, more infrastructure, and more culture than ever before.
@briandoucet.bsky.social
Planning Prof at the University of Waterloo studying housing, displacement, transportation & how they are related. Also cycling, curling, baseball & photography I was born in Toronto, now live in Kitchener & have lived in Scotland & the Netherlands he/him
@ayan604.bsky.social
An Urban Planner taking the World on one bite at a time. Director, SFU City Program + Assoc Prof of Professional Practice, Urban Studies My thoughts are my own. IG: publicyan | Twitter: ayan604 https://www.sfu.ca/continuing-studies/about/city-program
@housingnowto.bsky.social
Monitoring Progress & Activity on Twenty-One (21) sites 🏙️ proposed under the Mayor's #HousingNow plan for creating new Affordable-Rental units #TOPoli #YIMBY HousingNowTO.com
@policyalternatives.ca
The CCPA is Canada's leading progressive policy research institute. We offer independent, non-partisan research on social, economic & climate justice. www.policyalternatives.ca Instagram & FB: policyalternatives
@ubchart.bsky.social
HART is a research group working with governments, housing providers, and advocates across Canada to redefine how we measure and address housing need. https://hart.ubc.ca