Toboggan Flats

Canada has a housing crisis, and young people are feeling the crunch. They can't afford to buy, and now they can't even afford to rent. Cities have been hit too. Remote work means too much vacant office space, and it’s hollowing out our downtown cores. Youthful Cities is a think-and-do tank looking at both sides of this problem. When our research showed affordability was easily the top concern for young people (thumping climate: 49% affordability and only 3% climate), we partnered with experts and got to work on a solution: Toboggan Flats. Toboggan Flats provides affordable, purpose-built co-living apartments that repurpose vacant office space into shared housing for young professionals—downtown, where young people want to live, work and play.