Cramped living conditions, high real estate prices, daycare costs are prompting families with young children to flee Toronto Tens of thousands of them are moving to southwestern Ontario each year.
The skyline may not be as impressive in London, Ont., as it is in Toronto, but families who've left the big city say that in London, they're far happier, richer and less harried than they ever were in Toronto.
"We just thought that it was beneficial to raise children in London for variety of reasons," she said. "I'm much happier here." They traded their 1,600 square-foot semi-detached house in Toronto for a cheaper, 2,700-square-foot fully-detached house in London, complete with a larger backyard. They also cut their daycare costs, from $2,200 a month for part-time care in Toronto to $958 for full-time care in London."I'm more than happy these days with everything we've been able to attain since we came here," she said.
"They realize 'this ain't going to work' and they're getting in a car and finding somewhere else to live and often times that's in London."Moffatt said in 2019, the year before the pandemic, up to 60,000 people left Toronto and Peel Region, a quarter of them children under five and the rest between the ages of 28 and 40, many of them settling in London.
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