A 268-square-foot micro condo in the Lowney Sur Ville project in the Griffintown area of Montreal. The condo requires a pull-out couch for a bed. Photo by John Mahoney / MONTREAL GAZETTE

Somehow, a high-rise condominium unit of approximately 300 square feet in downtown Toronto or Vancouver with en-suite laundry and a galley kitchen in a building with amenities, is now considered inhumane in this country.

There are a variety of market and government factors that have led to micro-condos, but let’s start by addressing the fact that if you live alone

That said, smaller condominiums that were built at a rapid clip as the country’s real estate boom stretched well into the pandemic have lost much of their allure in recent months.

Investors are increasingly turned off by a market where

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