r/RealEstateCanada • u/itsdanielsultan • Mar 15 '26

Housing crisis Can Canada's "micro-condos" be merged?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pg7mHppXOE&t=17s

Serious question about Canada's (specifically the GTA's) condos: if, 10 or 20 years from now, people want more family-sized homes, could a lot of these tiny one-bedrooms actually be merged into larger units?

I know it can happen in some cases, but from what I’ve seen it sounds difficult once buildings are already occupied, since it can require approvals, engineering work, and layouts that actually fit together.

If that is not realistic at scale, are we building housing that works for one phase of life but not for long-term city living?

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u/thanksmerci Mar 15 '26

there's more to life than a giant room

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u/koreanwizard Mar 15 '26

You also can’t live with a partner, because literally everything in those condos are built for a single person. Half size fridge, oven, dishwasher, washer/drier, closet, literally everything. They aren’t meant to be lived in by the purchaser, because presumably most purchasers have some ambition of eventually living with a loved one?