Birdwatch Note Rating
2024-08-05 12:41:23 UTC - SOMEWHAT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 9B0AAAE2BDE5D7D335623FE80A30C541A63EF3D2BEE9B312F7598B9999DA8E7A
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There are not 65,000 vacant apartments in Toronto. This is the census number of "private dwellings not occupied by usual residents," which includes dwellings lived in by students and temporary residents. The number of homes declared vacant in Toronto in 2023 was 2336. https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2023/ex/bgrd/backgroundfile-239435.pdf https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/92e3-City-Planning-2021-Census-Backgrounder-Population-Dwellings-Backgrounder.pdf https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/ref/dict/az/definition-eng.cfm?ID=dwelling-logements006
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