Share this Story: The new Canada: How COVID-19 pushed real estate buyers into the hinterlandThe new Canada: How COVID-19 pushed real estate buyers into the hinterland Millions of Canadians can now work remotely, and they are running away from Toronto and Vancouver as fast as they can Photo by Live for the Moment NBArticle content It was last June when Haligonians started noticing something weird was happening. For years, Atlantic Canada has been a land of almost comically cheap real estate. The cottage country surge is matched only by the most eye-watering days of Vancouver’s real estate surge. Article content Typically, real estate prices in secondary Canadian markets retain at least a cursory link to economic realities. Interior British Columbia is still riding one of the greatest real estate price explosions in its history.

Source: National Post March 15, 2021 13:41 UTC