The U.S. and Canada famously have a problem with the missing middle. Our cities have a lot of detached homes and in some cases a lot of high-rise towers but not a lot of housing in between. Or at least, so the argument goes. There’s just one problem: it’s not entirely true.

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Data & Analysis:

The data on housing came from the 2021 Canadian Census, which can be accessed online here: https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E.