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Montreal used to have more people than Toronto, now Toronto has more. That shows Toronto is better at building new housing?

https://www.macrotrends.net/cities/20402/toronto/population

https://www.macrotrends.net/cities/20384/montreal/population

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No, it shows that a lot of people left Montreal when the major financial and media institutions moved their HQs to Toronto after Bill 101 was passed in 1977.

It certainly helps to make housing more affordable.

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