Explore. Analyze. Decide with confidence. From Vancouver to Halifax, Calgary to Montréal, we’ve got you covered with the data you need across Canada. #urbanplanning #cityplanning #gis #realestate #housing #housingcrisis

Spoiler for an upcoming piece. I often hear people dismissing Canada's housing crisis by saying, "Mike, home prices skyrocketed everywhere, it's not just a Canada thing". Turns out... nope. It really is a Canada thing.

At Ratio.City, one of our first goals is to equip anyone involved in city building with the right tools and data to make hard decisions easier and faster. Time matters — whether it’s a quick analysis or daily questions, you need reliable answers you can trust. #urbanplanning #citybuilding

What can I actually build on this site? It’s the first question every planner, architect, and developer asks — and it shouldn’t take hours to answer. #urbanplanning #cityplanning #housing #citybuilding #architecture

This should be a simple question: 👉 What can I actually do with this parcel? It’s a question every planner, developer, architect, and city builder faces. #urbanplanning #citybuilding

October updates are here and they’re scary good. We’re now ISO certified, launched Developer Dan for land developers, and completed a full data audit with new automated checks. Follow us on LinkedIn for updates: www.linkedin.com/pulse/we-iso... #urbandesign #urbanplanning #cityplanning

Fresh updates in #BC! Our Transit Oriented Area layers just got an upgrade with new data from #Langley to #Nanaimo. Perfect for anyone planning near transit. Start a free trial and explore what’s new → ratio.city #urbanplanning #citybuilding #housing #urbandesign @metrovancouverorg.bsky.social

In #citybuilding, whether you’re buying data, analyzing sites, or uploading your own, trust in your platform matters. With new tools emerging globally and different countries following different data standards, the risks around privacy and security have never been greater.

Every planner, developer, or designer starts with the same questions: What can be built? Where can it be built? Does it require any changes? But too often, we’re answering them in different languages. #UrbanPlanning #HousingCrisis

What matters most in city building isn’t just speed — it’s accuracy and trust. That’s why Ratio.City users rely on more than 1,000 up-to-date data layers to make better, faster, more informed planning decisions. #urbanplanning #placemaking #cityplanning #housing #realestate #housingcrisis

We talk a lot about housing and density. But not enough about community. A city can build homes fast but leave people feeling alone. Placemaking helps bridge that gap. It’s about creating spaces where people actually meet, connect, and belong. #community #placemaking #urbanplanning #citybuilding

We’re on YouTube! Explore how Ratio.City helps teams plan, analyze, and collaborate better. Watch webinars, walkthroughs, and feature previews right here: youtube.com/@ratiocity65... #housing #urbanplanning #cityplanning #citybuilding #builders #canadahousing

Collaboration is the missing piece of housing. Processes are speeding up, but teams often work in isolation. At Ratio.City, we’re helping planners, developers, and municipalities move faster together — using the same data, context, and tools. #housing #realestate

It’s surprising how much time can be lost on tasks that should be straightforward. One of the clearest examples is the development report. #housingcrisis #topoli #realestate

Toronto’s Major Transit Station Areas (MTSAs) are official. These 500–800m zones around subway, GO, and LRT stations are where higher density housing and jobs are required. A major step for housing supply, city growth, and transit-oriented planning.

Urban design is evolving 🌍 From modernist ideals → to livable, sustainable communities The challenge? Planners face massive data loads + complex contexts #urbandesign #urbanplanning #cityplanning

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Say hello to YimBee 🐝 Our new chatbot that helps you find answers in seconds. Docs, tutorials, walkthroughs all inside the Help Hub. Watch the video: youtu.be/uNBCA4wAcBg #canada #realestate #urbanplanning #cityplanning #architect #housing #housingcrisis #affordablehousing

What do development managers think about Ratio.City, and how do they use our platform? The first thing they point out is time. What used to take weeks or months of consultancy and coordination can now be done in just hours.

Toronto’s housing crisis needs all-of-the-above solutions: faster approvals, public land, more housing. Read the roundtable 👉 bit.ly/489nUCV #housing #housingcrisis #cityplanning #urbanplanning #realestate #affordablehousing #healthcare

The latest Ratio.City newsletter is out. ✔ New data layers in Calgary and Montreal ✔ Webinar for planners, Oct 2 ✔ Series on housing delays ✔ Video: Patty the Planner ✔ New online community www.linkedin.com/pulse/unlock... #urbanplanning #zoning #cityplanning

How do planners keep reviews efficient and collaborative? Cait shows how Sue and her team use ratio.city to review a site application. #housing #housingcrisis #affordablehousing #urbanplanning #cityplanning #gis #realestate

Over 500 urban planners and GIS analysts are joining our Oct 2 webinar on how GIS and planning teams can build stronger communities. No jargon, just real examples. Register: lnkd.in/e5CDiigD #UrbanPlanning #GIS #cityplanning #communitybuilding www.linkedin.com/posts/kathar...

Housing delivery in Canada is slowed not just by costs but by time. Manual planning systems consume thousands of hours, stalling projects and limiting supply. #HousingCrisis #UrbanPlanning #AffordableHousing

How do urban planners use Ratio.City? Meet Patty the Planner. Patty always shows up with every detail ready. With the platform, she completes due diligence, collaborates with her team, and sharpens meetings. Watch here: youtu.be/5x49IbaUpYU #housing #urbanplanning #cityplanning #housingcrisis

Our development tool helps you model, test, & compare scenarios. ✔️ Draw sites & set parameters ✔️ Evaluate development potential ✔️ Run shadow studies ✔️ Compare density options ✔️ Generate reports Explore more: ratio.city/features #housing #urbanplanning #cityplanning #housingcrisis #realestate

New update: parcel frontages and depths are now live. Quickly filter, assess, and export results to save time and make better decisions. Watch the video and start a free trial on our site. link: youtu.be/SbpISUinFeI #urbanplanning #cityplanning #citybuilding #proptech #realestate #housing

Housing isn’t just a supply issue, it’s also a review, and an approvals issue. Delays, fees & complex processes are slowing projects across Canada, adding costs that buyers pay. Read Part 1 of our Planning Paralysis series: bit.ly/4gifnzJ #HousingCrisis #UrbanPlanning #AffordableHousing

How can developers move from site search to feasibility faster? That’s the focus of our new demo featuring “Developer Dan” in Calgary. #housing #housingcrisis #realestate #affordablehousing #canadahousing #construction #urbanplanning #cityplanning #gis

Toronto is opening the door to taller, denser housing near transit: ▫️ 30-storey towers within 200m ▫️ 6-storey apartments on side streets ▫️ 4-storey apartments within 800m But will this really speed up construction? #housing #realestate #housingcrisis

[Toronto, ON] "...we grow the lumber here, we harvest the lumber here, we make the panels here, we make the steel here, we recycle the steel here, and it becomes the kind of housing you are seeing behind me..." - HNTO on @CBCToronto #MassTimber #AffordableRental www.youtube.com/watch?v=wI5O...

Did you know you can customize how layers look in RatioCity using data fields from the map pop-up? Data-driven styling helps you transform raw data into meaningful visualizations for research, presentations, and insights. #housing #urbanplanning #urbandata #realestate

100% CORRECT — we talked a lot about the required “Cat-Wrangler” skills needed to make new build #AfffordableHousing development projects successful in Toronto over-and-over at this week’s #AMO2025 conference in Ottawa — with private & gov colleagues from all over Ontario…

City building isn’t just about policies & bylaws. The bigger challenge? Getting everyone aligned. Planners, developers, architects, lawyers… they all work from different data, documents, and assumptions. That slows things down, creates mistakes, and adds costly delays.

Ever wonder why housing takes so long to get off the ground? It’s not just construction. The delays start before a project even begins. Teams spend months on zoning checks, heritage reviews, 3D modeling… and then sit through endless meetings. Just to answer one question: is this site worth it?

Planners + GIS analysts need to understand each other’s work. Join our webinar to see how cities are bridging the gap for smarter, more sustainable communities. Register here: bit.ly/45PqkVI #gis #urbanplanning #housing #cityplanning #urban #smartcities

Our founders spent years in planning and development, facing the same roadblocks many cities, agencies, and developers face today. They built our platform to solve them—centralizing data, simplifying analysis, and making decisions faster and smarter.

Canada’s construction slowdown isn’t just about market conditions, it’s about decision-making. Stats Canada’s shows alarming declines > housing is down sharply, especially multi-unit builds. Commercial construction is also falling, with only a few provinces seeing gains. #urbanplanning #housing

Parcel depths and frontages are now available in ratio.city for 8 cities: Toronto, London, Mississauga, Oshawa, Barrie, St. John’s, Windsor, and New Westminster. More to come. #urbanplanning #gis #citybuilding

Here are our July updates! From the release of parcel depths and frontages in 8 cities to a redesigned homepage that makes your workflow faster and smoother. We also added 7 new municipalities and opened registration for our October webinar designed for everyday planners.

Here’s what one user told us: “My favorite feature is the whole Develop Tool. You built it with local knowledge. The city model is built in, the layers and visuals are great. I’ve used it to impress my managers more than once.”

So many development plans get blocked before they even begin. Permits stuck in loops. Last-minute policy changes. Weeks chasing data. Risks you didn’t see coming. Sound familiar? #urbanplanning #realestate #housing

Urban planning today is a mix of outdated PDFs, scattered data, and way too many email threads. Still, every project starts with the same questions: Where can we build? What can we build? Getting answers shouldn’t be this hard. #urbanplanning #urban #affordablehousing #housing #housingcrisis

We hear it all the time: the data exists, but it’s fragmented, out of context, and constantly changing. For planners, architects, and developers, that makes site analysis slow, frustrating and often incomplete. That’s why we built Ratio.City.

How do developers de-risk site analysis and due diligence in today’s tough market? We spoke with Aaron Yick from BlackTusk Group Inc., who shared how his team uses Ratio.City to work faster and smarter before bringing in consultants. #cityplanning #duediligence

Canada is in a critical #housingcrisis and it’s not improving. Instead of more activity and faster approvals, we’re seeing a slowdown. Major cities are being abandoned (even if temporarily). Developers are blocked. Risk is high. The math doesn’t work.

Pre-dev meetings aren’t broken, city builders are just working without the right tools. Different stakeholders, different goals, and tons of friction. #urbanplanning #realestate #construction

Ever tried finding the latest zoning info… buried in a scanned PDF? Or pieced together land use data from spreadsheets and maps that don’t line up? You're not alone. Planning data is often messy and hard to use. But it doesn’t have to stay that way. But... #urbanplanning #cityplanning #housing

Fresh updates just dropped! From a redesigned homepage to richer data for Nanaimo, our latest newsletter shows you the improvements designed to make your planning work easier and faster.

Canada’s housing crisis needs more than investment — it needs a systems shift. We’re already behind on what’s needed. And the condo markets in Toronto, Vancouver & Montreal aren’t helping. But there are solutions.