New Canadians are driving force in real estate, says report (2009-7-15)
Canadian immigrants are narrowing the homeownership gap with their Canadian-born counterparts, according to a new report Thursday by Scotia Economics. The report compared census data from Statistics Canada from 2001 and 2006, when the housing boom was near its peak and unemployment was low. The report indicates that in 2006, 72 per cent of immigrants [...]