00000nam 2200000za 4500 9.861371 CaOODSP 20221107160734 cr ||||||||||| 180830s1975 onca||| o f000 0 eng d CaOODSP eng eng fre n-cn--- EC22-3/1975-24E-PDF Saywell, John, 1929- Housing Canadians [electronic resource] : essays on the history of residential construction in Canada / by John T. Saywell. Essays on the history of residential construction in Canada Ottawa : Economic Council of Canada, 1975. vii, 216 p. : ill. Discussion paper ; no. 24 "February 1975." Digitized edition from print [produced by the Publishing and Depository Services Directorate]. Includes bibliographic references. "In Housing Canadians we have attempted to bring together the best statistical material for the nation as a whole, as well as develop some new data for specific cities. We have also attempted to examine the process of housing construction from such descriptive historical literature as remains, particularly for Canada's four major urban centres. Some effort also has been made to describe sources of finance from the days when financial intermediaries were relatively unimportant until the present when they and the state areresponsible for over 80 per cent of housing finance. Finally the development of housing policy has been traced since governments first became concerned before the first war"--Summary, p. iv. Includes summary in French. gccst Housing gccst Construction industry gccst Historical research gccst Statistics Economic Council of Canada. Discussion paper (Economic Council of Canada) no. 24 (CaOODSP)9.855540 PDF 20.99 MB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2018/ecc/EC22-3-1975-24-eng.pdf