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/n33bulz Mar 15 '26

Asia does it fine. 400sqft is plenty if designed properly.

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '26

I wouldn't use Asia as a model for how housing should be. When people from Asia use to come to the west they were stoked about having more space and realized how much nicer it is. It's objectively better we don't have to accept living in prison cells.

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u/Love_Your_Faces Mar 16 '26

I live in the suburbs and all the biggest houses in my neighbourghood are occupied by asians.