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Exlusionary zoning and segregation in Canada
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The lack of exclusionary zoning in Ontario and likely Canada probably has a lot to with the 1950 Canadian Supreme Court Judgement on Noble vs. Alley.  In a 6-1 decision, the Court struck down the following covenant on the property deed in the case:

Quote:(f) The lands and premises herein described shall never be sold, assigned, transferred, leased, rented or in any manner whatsoever alienated to, and shall never be occupied or used in any manner whatsoever by any person of the JewishHebrewSemiticNegro or coloured race or blood, it being the intention and purpose of the Grantor, to restrict the ownership, use, occupation and enjoyment of the said recreational development, including the lands and premises herein described, to persons of the white or Caucasian race not excluded by this clause.



As a result, according to Wikipedia, "the Legislative Assembly of Ontario passed an Act that declared such restrictive covenants to be "void and of no effect," but it only applied to ones created on or after March 24, 1950, its date of Royal assent."[/url]

This, of course, didn't preclude things like Toronto clearing out a large part of [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ward,_Toronto]the Ward
to make way for the New Toronto City Hall, nor as others have pointed out, a systemic exclusion within cities or regions where people could neither afford to live nor effectively live in an area (eg a lack of mixed styles and sizes of housing or a lack of transportation connections to employment zones).
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RE: Exlusionary zoning and segregation in Canada - by nms - 03-14-2021, 10:06 PM

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