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Canadian home ownership for young families falls to lowest level since postwar era

Young Canadians are buying homes at the lowest rates seen since the postwar period, according to new Statistics Canada data that adds to growing concerns over affordability, declining optimism and widening generational inequality.

Blacklock’s Reporter says the report found millennials are significantly less likely to own homes than previous generations were at the same age, reinforcing fears that the traditional middle-class path to ownership is slipping out of reach.

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