Spacing Magazine

Spacing is a magazine based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It addresses topics related to the public space both locally in Toronto and on a national level, releasing two issues each year. Initially produced by the Toronto Public Space Committee, Spacing became an independent publication after its inaugural issue.

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Cities are missing topic in the 2025 federal election campaign - Spacing Toronto

1 week ago | spacing.ca | John Lorinc |Peter MacCallum

There’s nothing even the least bit surprising about the fact that cities, or urban affairs more generally, have had so little play in the federal election. Yes, all three major parties talk about housing and housing affordability. Both the Conservative and the Liberals have unveiled crime agendas.
Minority Rules: A Retroactive By-Election Game - Spacing Vancouver

1 week ago | spacing.ca | Erick Villagomez

With Vancouver’s by-election behind us, the post-mortems have begun—and this one might be more fun than most. One thing was clear: voters wanted to send ABC a message. Throughout the campaign, I had countless conversations with friends, family, and acquaintances about their voting intentions. Now that the results are in, a couple of questions linger:Can we evaluate the outcome of voters’ decisions? Can we determine whether we got it “right” or “wrong”? Most would balk at the idea.
Toronto in the 2025 Ontario election - Spacing Toronto

1 week ago | spacing.ca | Dylan Reid

Since the last Ontario provincial election in 2022, Toronto has been powerfully affected by the actions of Premier Doug Ford’s Conservative provincial government. Ford himself represents a Toronto riding, and it’s often said that he is acting like he regrets not being mayor of Toronto, a position he ran for unsuccessfully before becoming premier. His close involvement in Toronto issues certainly suggests this idea.
UCS #48: A Black Eye - Spacing Vancouver

2 weeks ago | spacing.ca | Derek DeLand |Christopher Cheung

See our Launch and Introduction about the launch of the © Urban Cartoon Syndicate and the announcement by CityHallWatch.
Book Review - platform.MIDDLE: Architecture for Housing the 99% - Spacing National

2 weeks ago | spacing.ca | Erick Villagomez

Written by 5468796 Architecture (Arquine, 2024)In an era where towering residential skyscrapers increasingly shape urban landscapes—often with unquestioned support from all levels of government—exploring diverse housing typologies beyond these vertical icons has become more essential than ever.
Downtown in Transition: An Interview with Sean Bailey - Spacing Vancouver

2 weeks ago | spacing.ca | Erick Villagomez

As downtowns adapt to shifting work patterns and rising public expectations, planners and designers are being challenged to think beyond traditional models. The future of these spaces is uncertain, but that uncertainty creates room for new ideas. Adding to the latter, in the wake of the pandemic, cities are rethinking what downtowns should do—and who they should serve.
UCS #47: So Go and Vote, Vancouver! - Spacing Vancouver

3 weeks ago | spacing.ca | Erick Villagomez |Derek DeLand

See our Launch and Introduction about the launch of the © Urban Cartoon Syndicate and the announcement by CityHallWatch.
The housing sub-plot in the federal election - Spacing Toronto

3 weeks ago | spacing.ca | John Lorinc |Peter MacCallum |Ian Darragh

Though it seems like an eternity ago, Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives circa 2023 and 2024 desperately wanted this election to be about the ruinous cost of housing (and Justin Trudeau, of course). Poilievre starred in numerous extended and compelling effective videos — e.g., “Housing hell: how we got there and how we get out”‘ — dramatizing the myriad ways in which the housing approvals system had gone off the rails.
The Broadway Plan Protects Displaced Renters. But Not All - Spacing Vancouver

3 weeks ago | spacing.ca | Christopher Cheung |Derek DeLand

Vancouver’s former Mayor Kennedy Stewart might’ve called the Broadway Plan tenant protections the “strongest” in Canada, but tenants say it’s important to know your rights as redevelopment kicks off. Nathaniel Gumapac, a 24-year-old nurse who chose to live in the area to be near his work at the Vancouver General Hospital, had thought he’d be protected. It wasn’t until after he moved into his rental apartment that he learned the bad news. City council approved the Broadway Plan back in 2022.
LORINC: The coming American brain drain will be Canada's gain - Spacing Toronto

3 weeks ago | spacing.ca | John Lorinc |Glyn Bowerman |Albert Koehl

In the face of the relentless ratcheting up of the Trump administration’s economic assault on Canada, we’ve seen basically three types of government responses: almost immediate and very specific retaliatory tariffs, long-term and somewhat diffuse pledges to bolster Canada’s internal economy (i.e., maybe an east-west pipeline, ending inter-provincial trade barriers) and localized gestures that feel more demonstrative than substantial.