Comments on: Canada’s Recent Immigrants Are Unhappy With Housing After Real Estate Prices Soar

By: Bret

Bret — Fri, 26 Nov 2021 15:15:04 +0000

In reply to James Wilson. No need to be an ass, James Wilson.

By: D

Fri, 26 Nov 2021 05:33:52 +0000

In reply to James Wilson. About 35% of households live an A household in which their mortgage is paid off. Statscan is a horrible site for many reasons.

By: Proctologist

Proctologist — Tue, 23 Nov 2021 22:40:57 +0000

In reply to MD. You just making up numbers. Any search on sites from glassdoor to globalnews will show much lower average numbers. In the 260K range for family physicians to <500K for surgeons. And this is gross!

By: Canadaeh

Canadaeh — Tue, 23 Nov 2021 22:12:49 +0000

In reply to MD.

Hmmm I dont know where you get your numbers…MD and Surgeons are the top of the medical profession, MD are around 350k CAD, surgeons are 481k CAD….the average doctor in canada makes 200k

By: Actual Doctor

Actual Doctor — Tue, 23 Nov 2021 18:03:12 +0000

In reply to MD.

Fee for service bililng doesn’t include overhead which includes the office space, staff, and many materials we can’t bill for.

This has always been an argument people make when trying to portray doctors as greedy but they’re looking at gross billing. We’re well-compensated but I have a hard time believing you’re a doctor if you don’t understand fee for service is a gross billing number and not what we take home.

Family doctors often work for clinics in Toronto and receive a flat fee for their time in exchange for not having any financial exposure.

By: Christopher Barclay

Christopher Barclay — Tue, 23 Nov 2021 17:56:38 +0000

In reply to Dar Robbins. Because of a thing called scope. Every article isn't about advancing the narrative you want to hear. They literally just dropped the data and made no statement whether it was good. No one but you read this and thought, but why isn't this about me?

By: James Wilson

James Wilson — Tue, 23 Nov 2021 17:54:17 +0000

In reply to hannah.

I’m sure they’ll correct that misstatement as soon as Statistics Canada corrects the term, that only you apparently know the definition of.

In your mind, the buildings that are rented aren’t owned? LOL. Buildings are owned by someone. The owner either occupies them or someone rents them to someone.

Owner-occupied is a term used to describe a household that benefits from owning its own dwelling. They are giving up rent they could earn by renting the property to someone and therefore they are paying themselves the rent as a benefit.

https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/15-548-x/2006001/ind/realestate-immobilier/4074042-eng.htm

By: hannah

hannah — Tue, 23 Nov 2021 17:40:20 +0000

Owner-occupied housing doesn’t mean most Canadians own their own homes. it means the houses they live in are not rented. You should correct this misstatement.

By: Dar Robbins

Dar Robbins — Tue, 23 Nov 2021 13:43:21 +0000

You can’t have your cake and eat it too.
Canadian housing prices are well known globally. They chose to come here knowing this.

What about our own children who can’t afford a house. They did not have a choice and the author does not even mention their predicament.

By: Dee

Dee — Tue, 23 Nov 2021 09:19:57 +0000

In reply to Bruno. Agreed Bruno.