In Alberta, the government has been made housing a priority, plain and simple. Housing also is not taxed like it is in Ontario

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. That classic opening line in A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, seems to aptly capture the housing situation in Alberta and Ontario.

This year, Alberta leads all provinces in new housing starts, with nearly 28,000 homes underway in the first half of 2025 – a more than 30-per-cent increase over last year’s record place, BILD Alberta reports. Starts in Grande Prairie are up 112 per cent this year over the same period in 2024.

Ontario, not so much. Housing starts in the first half of the year are down roughly 24 per cent, while starts in Toronto are down 44 per cent.

The reasons for the difference?

One of

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