Happipad Proprietary Research
Research, data, and studies involving Happipad Technologies.
BC Average Room Rental Data: June, 2019
Research on the average room rental price for BC and select cities. Statistics based on prices for shared room rentals on various public listing services.
Perceptions of Home Sharing Report: May 10th, 2019
A collaborative research summary on peoples perceptions of home-sharing by Happipad Technologies and UBC.
Bedroom Occupancy & Post-secondary Student Pop by Province: 2016
Research on the average room rental price for BC and select cities. Statistics based on prices for shared room rentals on various public listing services.
Dwelling and Age Statistics in Western Canada: 2016
Utilizing 2016 census data Happipad estimated the number of spare empty rooms there are across Canada for each Province and select cities.
Curated Research Articles
Articles and supporting research curated from various scholarly and news sources.
Toronto Isn’t The Most Expensive Canadian City For Rent After All: Report
Toronto Storeys – Isabelle Khoo – May 28, 2019
Canadian Housing Is The Least Affordable In The World… For Local Incomes
Better Dwelling – Daniel Wong – May 27, 2019
Top 10 Most and Least Expensive Cities to Rent in Canada
RentSeeker – May 20, 2019
"Intergenerational" living: French programmes pair young with old
France24 – Rachel Holman – May 16, 2019
'Completely changed the way I look at aging'
CBC News – Clare Hennig – May 12, 2019
UNBC university students move into senior care home.
Is the home-alone trend contributing to Vancouver’s housing crisis?
Vancouver is Awesome – Frank O’Brien – May 6, 2019
Millennials And The Loneliness Epidemic
Forbes – Niel Howe – May 3, 2019
Intergenerational home-sharing gains popularity in Belgium
ECNS.cn – China Daily Global – Mo Hong’e – April 22, 2019
Survey finds 1 in 5 Canadians will need to liquidate assets to pay off debt
CTV News Toronto – Katherine DeCLerq – March 12, 2019
Living alone in Canada
Statistics Canada – Jackie Tang, Nora Galbraith, Johnny Truong – March 6, 2019
My home was their home
CBC News – July 22, 2018
Why seniors, students living together saves more than rent money
The superpower of intergenerational living
TEDxMtHood – Derenda Schubert – Nov 13, 2017
Canada’s Aging Population and Implications for Government Finances
Fraser Institute – Taylor Jackson, Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios – October 31, 2017
Why seniors, students living together saves more than rent money
Our Homes Today and Tomorrow
City of Kelowna – October, 2017
A Housing Needs Assessment
Understanding the forces driving the shelter affordability issue
Canadian Centre for Economic Analysis – May, 2017
A linked-path assessment of housing market dynamics in Ontario and the GTHA.
Kelowna rental shortage gets worse while vacation renters profit
KelownaNow – Liz Brown – Apr 29, 2017
Intergenerational learning: exchanges between young and old
TEDxAmsterdamED – Jurriën Mentink – Apr 21, 2016
How cohousing can make us happier (and live longer)
TED 2017 – Grace Kim – Apr 2017
CensusMapper: 2016 Empty Bedrooms
Census Mapper – Canadian Census 2016
This map gives a lower bound on the percentage of empty bedrooms in occupied dwellings in each area.
The Unique Benefits of Intergenerational Living
Orange TreeLiving – 2016
Dutch retirement home breaks boundaries and age divide
AFP News Agency – Dec 12, 2014