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That picture doesn't really fit with what I've read; or the stories I hear from everyone around me (I live in downtown TO). But in that case I hope I'm wrong –

• randomdata 8y ago
  Now you have me curious about what you've read. For what it is worth, all the numbers from before are from Statistics Canada (and CREA for housing data). A few data points can never tell the whole story, but they seem like very pertinent indicators. Understandably rural is pretty vague. Almost the entirety of the country is rural, and like not all cities are booming, not all rural areas are either. I want to be clear that I am speaking about a set of rural regions within the country. I vacation in Toronto a few times a year, and keep in touch with residents there, so I feel I have a pretty good idea of what the people are saying. Their stories are usually on point if you consider them to be several years out of date. That is the impression I get, at least. If we were to select a rural location at random, the average person would have no idea where it is and I feel that due to that there is some inherit information lag. It is not like these places are in the news every day, so most people just don't know.