麻豆传媒映画is one of Canada鈥檚 most dense cities but it still has a much lower population density than other major urban centres around the world and could handle much more housing supply, according to a new report from the Fraser Institute.
Its study compared population densities in 30 metropolitan centres in high-income developed countries. It found Canadian cities to be the least dense. 麻豆传媒映画ranks 13th out of 30 cities surveyed with 5,493 people per square kilometre. The Fraser Institute contrasts that to San Francisco, which has 7,171 people per square kilometre.
鈥淐ompared to their international peers, Canadian cities have much lower levels of density, and thus an ability to expand the supply of housing,鈥� said Josef Filipowicz in a press release.
Filipowicz is a senior policy analyst with the Fraser Institute鈥檚 Centre for Municipal Studies and author of Room to Grow: Comparing Urban Density in Canada and Abroad.
In Toronto, meanwhile, the study found there are 4,457 people per square kilometre. Toronto鈥檚 population could triple and the city wouldn鈥檛 have the density of Brooklyn, which stands at 14,541 people per square kilometre, according to the Fraser Institute.
Population densities of other major cities per square kilometre:
Philadelphia: 4,512
Chicago: 4,594
Boston: 5,376
London: 11,054
Paris: 21,067
鈥淐anadian cities can become significantly more dense, and possibly more affordable, without sacrificing living standards,鈥� argues Filipowicz.
鈥淪ome of the most desirable, liveable cities in the world have much higher population densities than Canada鈥檚 biggest cities.鈥�
