As nearly three-quarters of Canadians say non-profit and co-op housing could tackle the country’s deepening housing crisis, experts suggest these solutions could also help combat climate change.
Full disclosure: I’m an American whose impression of Canada comes mostly from Canadian urbanist youtubers, specifically “Oh the Urbanity” and “Not Just Bikes.”
From that, I get the impression that Montreal is indeed way better than other Canadian cities – but that it’s basically the only one that is (give or take other cities in Quebec, maybe?). Like, the French-Canadian attitude towards zoning and city design is an outlier compared to the rest of Canada (and the anglosphere in general, possibly because mid-century American city planners with bad car-centric ideas had less influence).
Full disclosure: I’m an American whose impression of Canada comes mostly from Canadian urbanist youtubers, specifically “Oh the Urbanity” and “Not Just Bikes.”
From that, I get the impression that Montreal is indeed way better than other Canadian cities – but that it’s basically the only one that is (give or take other cities in Quebec, maybe?). Like, the French-Canadian attitude towards zoning and city design is an outlier compared to the rest of Canada (and the anglosphere in general, possibly because mid-century American city planners with bad car-centric ideas had less influence).