General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours

[danbrotherston]

There should be more three bedroom units being built in new developments. But it's not really the case in a city like KW that housing nearer to the centre is more scarce than housing away from it, and definitely not the case that it's not designed for larger families. There are few larger families, anyway- families with three or more children are getting to be quite rare in Canada.

As backed up by statcan data: Ontario private household sizes in 2024; note that this includes multi-generational households, not just parents and children.

• 1 person: 29%
  
• 2 people: 32%
  
• 3 people: 16%
  
• 4 people: 14%
  
• 5 people: 6%
  
• 6 or more people: 4%
  

76% of households have three or fewer members. Most of those (at least the ones that consist of a couple and one other member) would be OK with a two-bedroom dwelling, which are in plentiful supply in urban areas.

Are they. I agree there are more than larger dwellings. But everything I’ve heard suggests there’s a shortage of smaller housing too.