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Jacob Dawang
Jacob DawangOct 2, 2026
2026 Q3 Edmonton building permit report
Fiveplex to eightplex rowhomes are now Edmonton's largest category of new homes, even as overall permits fell 27% through Q3 2026, mostly because of fewer large apartments. With the province eyeing the zoning bylaw, a four-unit cap would have cost up to 22% of this year's homes. Plus: a new interactive infill dashboard.
housingedmonton
Canadian Football History
Canadian Football HistoryAug 13, 2026
New Canadian Football League Kicks Off in Winnipeg, No Interlocking Schedule Just Yet
On August 14, 1958, the Canadian Football League played its first-ever game with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers hosting the Edmonton Eskimos at Winnipeg Stadium. The new CFL was founded earlier in the year when the Canadian Football Council withdrew from the Canadian Rugby Union to become a completely separate entity, renaming itself the “Canadian Football...
1950s in Canadian FootballCFL
Jacob Dawang
Jacob DawangAug 4, 2026
Edmonton's $15M infill property tax dividend
Every single-detached home that becomes a rowhome, plex, or backyard home multiplies its assessed value. Matching 2024–2026 building permits to City assessment data, I measure that uplift directly, along with its effect on property tax revenue.
housingedmonton
Jacob Dawang
Jacob DawangJul 9, 2026
2026 H1 Edmonton building permit report
Edmonton building permits slowed through the first half of 2026, but the RS Zone rowhome keeps setting records.
housingedmonton
Jacob Dawang
Jacob DawangMay 2, 2026
Visualizing Alberta's shift to permanent daylight time
Alberta is switching to permanent daylight time. People generally get the vibe of what this means: more sunlight in the evenings, more darkness in the mornings. But, I don't think we understand exactly what this looks like concretely.
albertaedmonton
Jacob Dawang
Jacob DawangApr 24, 2026
MLI Select and ZBR sitting in a tree, b-u-i-l-d-i-n-g
Edmonton's 2024 Zoning Bylaw Renewal unlocked federal affordable housing financing. An analysis of CMHC MLI Select data shows Edmonton's rezoning has already generated hundreds of mandated-affordable units.
housingedmonton
Jacob Dawang
Jacob DawangApr 16, 2026
2026 Q1 Edmonton building permit report
A first look at 2026 building permits through Q1, tracking whether Edmonton will continue the record-breaking momentum of 2025.
housingedmonton
Jacob Dawang
Jacob DawangFeb 7, 2026
The nodes and corridors deception
In their report for the February 9 Urban Planning Committee, Administration claim that they expected a majority of redevelopment to occur in nodes and corridors. Is this moving the goalposts?
housingedmonton
Jacob Dawang
Jacob DawangJan 26, 2026
Lot size per unit: a potentially dangerous regulation
Lot area per home has been suggested as a potential replacement for the eight-home hardcap in the RS zone. Looking at the data suggests this comes with some danger if tinkered with too much.
housingedmonton
Jacob Dawang
Jacob DawangJan 5, 2026
2025: The year Edmonton built the missing middle
Edmonton's zoning reform is working. In 2025, newly legalized eight-home rowhomes drove a record increase in homebuilding, achieved by redeveloping only 0.39% of properties in mature neighbourhoods.
housingedmonton
Jacob Dawang
Jacob DawangNov 16, 2025
A quick look at infill's effect on property values
A few graphs and tables for preliminary work on infill construction's effects on property values.
housingedmonton
Jacob Dawang
Jacob DawangNov 7, 2025
Building briefing for new councillors
As new councillors take seats in four wards across Edmonton, here is a briefing about infill in the RS zone in their wards.
housingedmonton
Canadian Football History
Canadian Football HistoryNov 5, 2025
Flutie Freezes as Edmonton Defeats Calgary in Frigid, Snowy 1993 Western Final
Canadian football in November can be cold - especially when played on the Prairies. Bone-chilling temperatures, coupled with blowing snow, made the 1993 Western Final at McMahon Stadium between the Calgary Stampeders and the Edmonton Eskimos one of those games where the weather might have played a bigger role in the game than the players...
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1990s in Canadian FootballCalgary Stampeders
Jacob Dawang
Jacob DawangJul 7, 2025
7-8plexes in the RS zone and location near transit
A quick, but deeper look at 7-8 unit multiplexes in the RS zone and where they are located in relation to transit.
housingedmonton
Jacob Dawang
Jacob DawangJul 4, 2025
Population growth and rowhouse growth in selected neighbourhoods
Quick profiles of selected neigbhourhoods and how much 7-8 unit rowhouse development they're really seeing.
housingedmonton
Jacob Dawang
Jacob DawangMay 16, 2025
The RS zoning story they don't tell you
Ah, here we go again. A deeper look at the RS zone that seems to perenially be in the news. How much housing supply is being delivered, and how fast are mature neighbourhoods really changing?
housingedmonton
Jacob Dawang
Jacob DawangJan 4, 2025
Zoning By-Law Renewal: One Year Review
Edmonton's housing policy continued its march forward this past year with the new zoning by-law renewal coming into effect and district plans in force. Let's take a look at where and what type of homes are being built in this new policy regime.
housingtransit
Jacob Dawang
Jacob DawangOct 19, 2024
Op-ed: Rezoning in Garneau will improve housing options for everyone
I wrote an op-ed in favour of Edmonton's plan to upzone Garneau.
housingpriority growth areas
Jacob Dawang
Jacob DawangJun 4, 2024
District Plans and Policy Need Changes
My take on why and how Edmonton City Council should revise district plans and policy in favour of housing. In short, we need stronger support for mid-rise housing around transit and post-secondary institutions.
housingdistrict planning
Jacob Dawang
Jacob DawangApr 15, 2024
Updated district plan profile for each LRT station
Updated maps and plots with the final draft district plans.
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Jacob Dawang
Jacob DawangMar 9, 2024
Transit commute mode share by provincial electoral division
Quick maps of mode share by provincial electoral division in Edmonton.
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Jacob Dawang
Jacob DawangFeb 20, 2024
Land use and growth around Edmonton's LRT stations
A data-driven profile of Edmonton's LRT station areas using the census, open data and manually-drawn node and corridor boundaries from district planning.
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Jacob Dawang
Jacob DawangDec 4, 2023
Avonmore Stop
As Edmonton's Urban Planning Committee discusses the interim District Planning report, here's a closer look at what's in store for the area around Avonmore Stop on the Valley Line.
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Jacob Dawang
Jacob DawangNov 20, 2023
McKernan/Belgravia Station
Where district planning doesn't go far enough: a closer look at the area around the least-used Edmonton LRT station.
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