WBN Burnaby City News @wbnburnadycitynews.bsky.social Burnaby City News is the official Burnaby edition of WBN News Corp., delivering local news, business updates, events, and community stories while connecting residents, organizations, and businesses.
https://jyv6b8.short.gy/wbnburncity
PEI Eviction Project @peievictionproject.bsky.social Tracking evictions and forced displacements experienced by tenants across Prince Edward Island, Canada.
Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social A new communications-focussed collaboration launched to champion the truth and fight disinformation about how to make better cities for people. Formed by @brenttoderian.bsky.social @tomflood.bsky.social @grantennis.bsky.social.
www.UrbanTruthCollective.com
Share the Cities Collective @sharethecities.bsky.social Share The Cities. We are yes in my back yard for social housing & tenant led organizing. Public Broadband & Public Bathrooms & @electioncheatsheet.bsky.social
@hart-data.bsky.social @hart-data.bsky.social 
Missing Middle Initiative @missingmiddleca.bsky.social The Missing Middle Initiative, housed at the University of Ottawa’s Institute for the Environment, seeks to revive Canada’s urban middle class.
Canadian Alliance for Transit-Connected Housing (CATCH) @catch-rehac.bsky.social A national initiative to protect and expand affordable housing near transit.
catch-rehac.ca
BC Policy Solutions @bcpolicy.bsky.social bcpolicy.ca | We are an independent, non-partisan research institute committed to advancing transformative policy solutions to the most pressing challenges facing people in BC. Join us!
Office of the Federal Housing Advocate @housinglogement.bsky.social We promote the human right to housing & advocate for change on systemic issues. | Posts by the Advocate Marie-Josée Houle signed –MJH | Web: https://www.chrc-ccdp.gc.ca/individuals/right-housing | FR: @LogementHousing.bsky.social
Toronto Region Board of Trade @torontorbot.bsky.social Our mission is to be a catalyst for a vibrant, globally competitive Toronto Region business community. It's time to 'hit go' on growth, Toronto!
FCM @fcm.ca The Federation of Canadian Municipalities has been the national voice of municipal government since 1901. #CDNMuni
La Fédération canadienne des municipalités est la voix nationale des gouvernements municipaux depuis 1901. #munican
🖥️ fcm.ca
Christine Boyle @christineboyle.bsky.social BC Minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs. BC NDP MLA for Vancouver-Little Mountain. Community builder.
Christopher Cheung @bychrischeung.bsky.social Vancouver writer. Punctuation patrol at BCIT j-school.
www.christophercheung.net
Happy Cities @happycities.com We build happier, healthier, more inclusive communities. Focus: learning + solutions around cities, wellbeing, & social trust.
Let's chat: info@happycities.com
Susannah Bunce @susannahcb.bsky.social Associate Professor of Human Geography at University of Toronto Scarborough, Co-Director - New Housing Alternatives Partnership, University of Toronto https://newhousingalternatives.ca
https://housingcommonsresearch.ca
Geoffrey Singer @geoffreysinger.bsky.social Urban planner, climate action leader, transit enthusiast, map nerd. Check out my Toronto laneway and garden suites permits web map at https://arcg.is/1vTDSz
Carolina Ibarra @lacaroibarra.bsky.social CEO of Pacifica Housing | Advocate for Affordable Housing & Supportive Services | Facilitator @ Vancouver Island Housing Leadership Network | Vice-Chair @ BC Coalition for Safe & Sustainable Supportive Housing | Community Builder | Transformational Leader
Zahra Tavakoli @zahratavakoli.bsky.social Urban Planner | Transport Analyst | Focused on Sustainable Mobility
Cheryll Case @cheryllcase.bsky.social Urban planner coordinating w/ private, government, & charitable sectors of community to implement a human rights approach to planning.
Rental Protection Fund @rentalprofund.bsky.social 
Diana Yoon @dianayoon.bsky.social City Council candidate, Ward 11 University—Rosedale. 🏡 Affordable housing advocate and community leader, working for you.
Silas Xuereb @silasxuereb.bsky.social (Political) Economist @c4tf.bsky.social,
PhD candidate.
Views my own
Christina Maes Nino @chrismaesnino.bsky.social Affordable Housing cool kid; cities, policy, nonprofit, and transportation nerd. ED of Manitoba Nonprofit Housing Association.
Urban Institute @urbaninstitute.bsky.social The Urban Institute is a research-to-impact institution founded on one simple idea: To improve lives and strengthen communities, we need practices and policies that work.
Places Journal @placesjournal.bsky.social Architecture, landscape, urbanism. Independent nonprofit public scholarship on the built environment. Free & accessible to all.
Read: http://placesjournal.org
Sign up: placesjournal.org/newsletter
Donate: https://placesjournal.org/donate/
Calgary Housing @calgaryhousing.bsky.social We provide safe, affordable housing for Calgarians. Follow for updates on housing programs, community initiatives, and news.
📍 Calgary, Alberta
🌟 Reposts/Likes/Follows are not endorsements.
#AffordableHousing #YYC
Housing Matters @housingmatters.bsky.social The Urban Institute’s Housing Matters initiative provides data, research, and insights to advance solutions for affordable housing. https://housingmatters.urban.org/
The Housing Forum @housingforum.org.uk A Quality Home For All -
The cross-sector, public & private #ukhousing industry membership body representing 150+ organisations.
RT ≠ endorsement
https://housingforum.org.uk/
Congress for the New Urbanism @cnunewurbanism.bsky.social CNU envisions a world where cities, towns, and neighborhoods are intentionally designed and managed to foster community, preserve the natural environment, and improve the lives of all people.
Learn more: cnu.org
CNU 34: May 12-16, 2026! cnu.org/cnu34
Daniel Parolek @danielparolek.bsky.social Author #MissingMiddleHousing book. Passionate about #zoningreform #walkableurbanliving, and #equity. Strategic Advisor. Co-Founder @opticosdesign . Dad
Uytae Lee @uytaelee.bsky.social I make videos about our cities at https://www.youtube.com/@AboutHere
Erin Anderssen @erinanderssen.bsky.social Happiness Reporter and Feature Writer at the Globe and Mail. Mom to two amazing sons. Partner to a lovely husband. Co-habitant with one bossy dog. Bluenoser in exile. Not a Swiftie but thinks they might be on to something.
Deny Sullivan @denysullivan.bsky.social I make charts. Blogs @ deny.substack.com
Halifax
Vancouver Public Space Network @vpsn.bsky.social vancouverpublicspace.ca
Placemaking Canada @placemaking-canada.bsky.social Founded in 2015. A cross-country collective working on placemaking and public space advocacy.
placemaking-canada.ca
Josh White @jwhiteyvr.bsky.social 🍁 General Manager Planning, Urban Design & Sustainability and Director of Planning at City of Vancouver 🍁
Frances Bula @fabulavancouver.bsky.social Cities are life! I've written in the Globe and elsewhere about urban issues, politics, housing for 30 years. Mom/step-mom to four millennials coping with housing market. Now aiming to run for Van city council with OneCity francesbulaforcouncil.ca
James Hansen @jameshansen.bsky.social Software developer. Likes neighbourhood walks, walkable live-work communities 🏢, public transit 🚊, active transit 🚲 & ways to solve the housing crisis.
M.A. in Public Policy.
📍 Langley, British Columbia, Canada
@beckykatz.bsky.social @beckykatz.bsky.social City of Toronto, Maintenance and Delivery Director
Stephanie Watt @stephaniewatt.bsky.social Cofounder of Metalude.ca, former city councillor, forever geographer, Montréalaise #ChildEngagement #ChildCentredUrbanism
Cara Stern @carastern.bsky.social Journalist
Obsessed with housing and the ongoing disappearance of the middle class.
Co-host for the Missing Middle podcast with Mike Moffatt
Former producer for The Agenda with Steve Paikin on TVO
John Lorinc @johnlorinc.bsky.social Toronto journalist & editor. Contributor to Globe & Mail, Toronto Star, Corporate Knights, Walrus, Spacing. Co-editor: Messy Cities (Coach House, 2025). Author: No Jews Live Here, A Memoir. https://chbooks.com/Books/N/No-Jews-Live-Here.
Evan Sambasivam @evansambasivam.bsky.social Passionate about Toronto. Advocate for affordable housing, poverty reduction, and ending homelessness. Raptors fan since the dark ages.
Houssam Elokda @houssamelokda.bsky.social I tweet about happy cities and public transit. Managing Principal @HappyCities. Co-Founder @ Transport For Cairo. Halifax, NS <-> Vancouver, BC.
Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com City columnist, contributing to the Toronto Star & writing the award-winning City Hall Watcher newsletter. A lot about Toronto Politics and then some nerd stuff. Humber College prof. (he/him)
Bowinn Ma @bowinnma.bsky.social BC Minister of Infrastructure. BC NDP MLA for North Vancouver-Lonsdale. A professional engineer and mother of two, Bowinn has served North Vancouver since 2017. #bcpoli
Sean Galbraith @plannersean.bsky.social Urban planning shit posting, disc golf, assorted other nonsense and garbage. @plannersean on Twitter 
Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social Geographer, public transit and active transportation advocate, Torontonian. He/him.
seanmarshall.ca
Craig Sauvé @craigsauve.bsky.social Chef de Transition Montréal /// Candidat à la Mairie de Montréal 2025 /// Conseiller de ville de Montréal (2013-2025)
https://transitionmtl.org
Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social More housing, bikes, and transit.
https://youtube.com/@ohtheurbanity
📍 Montreal, Quebec
Adam Mongrain @adammongrain.bsky.social ED, More and Better Housing Canada
Montréal, Québec
EN/FR
Bob (Robert) Summers @rjsummers.bsky.social Professor and Director, School of Urban and Regional Planning. University of Alberta. Also Director of the Sustainability Council at U of A. @rjscity on Twitter. Fun fact - I have the most popular comment in the history of the New York Times.
Martyn Schmoll @martyn.bsky.social Toronto. Vancouver. Safe streets. Strong towns. Next-generation cities and mobility. Progressive politics. Craft beer. Co-founder of betternorthshore.ca. Work: martynschmoll.com
Dave Thompson 🇨🇦 @davethompsonvic.bsky.social Community, housing, climate, urbanism. Also Victoria BC City Councillor, CRD Director. Civil discourse and good governance. Pragmatic progressive. Please email my City account for City business. My own views only. Seeking re-election in 2026! ☄️⏳#yyj 🇨🇦
Ravi Kahlon @ravikahlon.bsky.social BC Minister of Health
MLA North Delta
Chair, Cabinet Committee on Tariff Response Two-time 🇨🇦 Olympian
Coach, Mentor and Proud Dad.
Charles Montgomery @charlesincities.bsky.social Author, Happy City.
Founder, Happy Cities.
I post on the connection between design + social trust.
Cities, algorithms, laws and invisible systems.
🧠🏙️🌈🏔️
Gil Penalosa @penalosag.bsky.social Founder 8 80 Cities • Worked in over 350 cities • NEW keynotes & workshops on how CITIES can make HEALTHY & HAPPY LIVING the easy choice • Book Gil • Infra + Policy + Programs • Children • Olders • Top 100 urbanist (13).
Renee de St. Croix @reneedsc.bsky.social City planner & urban designer. Planning Director with a Metro Vancouver municipality. Mom of 2. Loves soccer, biking, design & cities. Posts are my own.
Vision Zero Vancouver @visionzerovancouver.ca Every year in Metro Vancouver, car crashes kill 100 people. We can get to zero by demanding governments design transportation systems to put safety first. http://linkin.bio/visionzeroyvr
Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social Local tosser
Books author (New: Stroll!)
Toronto Star column writer
Spacing Magazine co-founder
U of T instructor
Trying to do it a bit different here than the last place.
Links to books, etc:
https://linktr.ee/shawnmicallef
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🤘🏼
Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social Lead columnist for Canada's National Observer.
Also: Mariners fan, crypto skeptic and descendant of Canada's worst prime minister (no, not him)
Council for Canadian Urbanism @canurbanism.bsky.social The Council for Canadian Urbanism #CanU is a national organization of leading multi-disciplinary urbanists championing better city-building coast-to-coast! linktr.ee/canurbanism Conseil pour l'Urbanisme Canadien
Jay Pitter @jaypitter.bsky.social Award-Winning Placemaker (25+ North American Cities). Author. Speaker. Urban Planning Adjunct Professor. Subdivided Co-Editor. Two Book Deal w/ Penguin Random House Canada. Hip Hop & a lil Punk Rock. Hopeful.
Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network @wnhhn.bsky.social We're a peer-led group working to eliminate homelessness and housing insecurity for women, girls, & gender-diverse peoples across Canada.
https://womenshomelessness.ca/
Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social Vancouver, B.C. journalist covering politics and housing for TheTyee.ca
Instagram and TikTok: @jenstdenis
Email: jstdenis at thetyee dot ca
Alex Hemingway @1alexhemingway.bsky.social Senior Economist @bcpolicy.bsky.social. PhD @UBCPoliSci. Former CCPA-BC. Social, economic & environmental justice. Views are my own. https://bcpolicy.ca/
Canadian Urban Institute @canurb.bsky.social 
Leilani Farha @leilanifarha.bsky.social Global Director, The Shift
Former UN Special Rapporteur on the right to housing
Co-Host PUSHBACK Talks
International law; human rights; housing; cities; finance
Russil Wvong @russilwvong.bsky.social Canadian. Interested in housing, and everything that goes with it: jobs, transportation, schools, community centres. Vancouver needs more housing.
Housing Affordability Task Force (Advocate) @housingforce.bsky.social YIMBY trying to hold the government accountable for housing policy failures.
Manitoba Non-Profit Housing Association @mnpha.bsky.social We exist so that non-profit housing in Manitoba is secure, sustainable and affordable for all who need it.
Jennifer Keesmaat @jenniferkeesmaat.bsky.social 
Alex Bozikovic @alexbozikovic.bsky.social Architecture critic @theglobeandmail.com. Also author, @utoronto.ca Daniels Faculty instructor, husband, father of two city kids.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/authors/alex-bozikovic/
Khelsilem @khelsilem.bsky.social Posting live from Squamish Nation territory (Vancouver, BC). Posts are my opinion, which is subject to change based on new information.
Dr. Mike P. Moffatt @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social Co-Host, "Missing Middle". Husband. Father. Brother. Son. Economist. Housing guy. I used to do other stuff. 
Ricardo Tranjan @ricardotranjan.bsky.social Ontario Research Director & Senior Researcher on Housing and Social Policy @policyalternatives.ca, PhD. EN/FR/PT/ES. Author of The Tenant Class.
Conrad Speckert @conradspeckert.bsky.social Building code, multiplexes, missing middle and mid-rise housing <www.singlestair.ca>
More Homes Mississauga @morehomessauga.bsky.social Mississauga's pro-housing movement
Join us on Discord: https://discord.com/invite/TZb2XbnN9W
More Neighbours Calgary @moreneighboursyyc.bsky.social Calgary's pro-housing movement
Spacing @spacing.bsky.social Spacing.ca / Toronto urbanism uncovered in award-winning mag/web/books/podcasts.
Spacing Radio podcasts: spacingradio.bsky.social
Spacing Vancouver: spacingvancouver.bsky.social
Spacing Store: spacingstore.bsky.social
Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media.
Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com A beautiful home
in a healthy city on
a thriving planet
Lanefab Design / Build
Oori Architecture
B.Eng M.Arch
www.Lanefab.com
Vancouver BC
#ThickWallsAreSexy / #SingleStair / #ElectrifyEverything / #Passivhaus
IRPP @irpp.org Institute for Research on Public Policy. Home of Policy Options - @policyoptions.bsky.social. #CdnPoli | Institut de recherche en politiques publiques. Éditeur d'Options politiques. #polcan
ACORN the union @acornunion.bsky.social The union for the community. From housing to public transport, we use collective action to transform our communities and our country. Together we win!
https://linktr.ee/acornunion
Toon Dreessen @toondreessen.bsky.social Architect Husband Dad he/him; past pres @oaarchitects.bsky.social; president @architectsdca.bsky.social; writer, public speaker, advocate for #procurement reform; #climatepoli @riseforarch
Co-op Housing Federation of BC @chf.bc.ca CHF BC is the voice of housing co-ops in British Columbia. We represent 260 housing co-ops with more than 14,000 co-op homes.
www.chf.bc.ca
Vivre en Ville @vivreenville.bsky.social Vivre en Ville mobilise la société et les collectivités, pour ainsi ouvrir la voie à la transformation de nos territoires et de nos milieux de vie qu’exigent les nécessaires transitions écologiques et sociales. 
BC Non-Profit Housing Association @bcnpha.bsky.social We believe everyone deserves a safe, affordable home. We represent British Columbia's non-profit housing sector and our partners in #HousingCentral. bcnpha.ca
Owen @oweninvan.bsky.social The best laid schemes o' Mice an' Men gang aft agley, an' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain, for promis'd joy!
Vancouver, BC
More Transit Southern Ontario @moretransitso.bsky.social MTSO advocates for more frequent, reliable & integrated transit networks for riders across Southern Ontario. 🚍🚊🚆🚇
🔗 Links: https://linktr.ee/mtso
Leo Spalteholz @leospalteholz.bsky.social Victoria YYJ.
I post mostly about
1. Housing advocacy with @homesforliving.ca
2. Renewables, climate, EVs.
Real job in work integrated learning
Brian Doucet @briandoucet.bsky.social Planning Prof at the University of Waterloo studying housing, displacement, transportation & how they are related. Also cycling, curling, baseball & photography
I was born in Toronto, now live in Kitchener & have lived in Scotland & the Netherlands
he/him
Ximena González @ximenaka.bsky.social Calgary journalist. Recovering architect. Reluctant urbanist.
http://ximena-gonzalez.com
Luisa Sotomayor @luisasotomayor.bsky.social 
Courtney Walcott @cwalcottyyc.bsky.social Former City Councillor - Ward 8, Calgary (he/him)
Teacher, coach, and community organizer.
Opinions are my own.
courtneywalcott.com
Hey Neighbour Collective @heyneighbourcollective.ca Hi! We're Hey Neighbour Collective. We’re building community, social connectedness and resilience in multi-unit housing communities. #YVR #YYJ #SocialDesign
https://www.heyneighbourcollective.ca/
Kishone Roy ✍🏾 @kishone.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Pacific Canadian Author & Executive
Sarah Gelbard @gelbard.ca Punk planner and anarchitect | Housing justice, radical planning, and community care | Adjunct Prof, University of Ottawa | Contact instructor, Carleton U | firstgen scholar | tenant | bassist | she/her
Ottawa, Canada
previously @sbg_arch on 🐦
Andy Yan @ayan604.bsky.social An Urban Planner taking the World on one bite at a time.
Director, SFU City Program + Assoc Prof of Professional Practice, Urban Studies
My thoughts are my own.
IG: publicyan | Twitter: ayan604
https://www.sfu.ca/continuing-studies/about/city-program
Cheryl Selinger YYC @cselinger.bsky.social Master of Public Policy | Geographer | Affordable Housing | Disability | Personal account/own views.