10 of The Weirdest Housing and Property Laws in Canada

Owning a home in Canada comes with myriad rules and regulations, but there are several strange and little-known laws that govern what you can, and can’t, do on your property.

From the length of your grass to the colour of your garage door, RE/MAX has rounded up some of the weirdest homeowner laws in Canada.

Some will make you neighbourly, some will make you laugh, and some will make you question how such a law was passed.

Check out 10 of the strangest housing and property laws in Canada, below.
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Higher Rates But Less Inflation Panic

Mounting fears of a recession have gripped equity markets, with the S&P/TSX Composite Index now firmly in correction territory. The S&P/TSX is down 13 per cent from its record closing high of 22,087, reached on March 29.

The Globe and Mail recently spoke with Benjamin Tal, deputy chief economist at CIBC Capital Markets, who shared his perspectives on the risk of an economic contraction, monetary policy and implications for the housing market. Mr. Tal also provided some suggestions on which stocks may do well in this challenging environment.
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Back to work(place): As employers beckon, telecommuters grow more entrenched at home

March 23, 2022 – With work-from-home orders a thing of the past, Canadian employers are getting more serious about calling their employees back to the office.

Banks have “led the pack”. CIBC brought employees back starting this week as part of a hybrid model, while last week HSBC opened two new offices in Vancouver and Toronto with 50 per cent capacity.

A new study from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute, in partnership with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, finds workers from home reluctant to return. More than half (56%) of those currently working from home say they would look for a new job if they were asked to return to the office, including almost one-quarter (23%) who say they would quit on the spot.
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New Program Matches Buyers to Purchase Homes Together

High housing costs lead to a matchmaking service for joint ownership

Peter Mitham,   Mar 18, 2022

A year ago, Elizabeth Wilcox thought she would be priced out of the Vancouver housing market. With prices rising after the initial restrictions associated with COVID-19 lifted, she and her husband found themselves scrambling to find anything within their budget.
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40% of Vancouver’s Generation Z Adults Expect 1st Home to be Co-Owned, Real Estate Survey Suggests

Published: Alyse Kotyk, CTV News Vancouver, March 9, 2022

More than a third of Generation Z adults living in Vancouver expect they’ll co-own their first home with someone else like friends or family, a recent survey suggests.

The Generation Z Report, released by Sotheby’s International Real Estate and the Mustel Group Wednesday, looks at how that age group is preparing for home ownership across the country. It suggests 37 per cent of Canadian Generation Z adults, which included those aged 18 to 28, living in urban areas expect they’ll be able to purchase their first home in less than five years.

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78% of Vancouver residents calling for more housing options and density: survey

Amidst a housing affordability crisis, the vast majority of respondents in an open public survey conducted by the City of Vancouver have unsurprisingly expressed a need for more housing choices in all neighbourhoods.

The survey in Fall 2021 was part of the Vancouver Plan’s phase three public consultation on the emerging directions and concepts for determining the future citywide plan.

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