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The Great RebootRed-hot and rural: Canadian towns grapple with big-city-like real estate boom
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A home is seen for sale in the tourist destination in Picton, Ontario, Canada May 8, 2021. REUTERS/Lars Hagberg
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Small cities and cottage towns across Canada are grappling with the fallout of surging popularity amid the COVID-19 pandemic, as urbanites flock in, driving up home prices with big-city-style bidding wars and putting pressure on municipal services.
The growing demand has led to some small Canadian communities seeing house prices jump more than 75% in one year. The small towns are getting hit hard. They re getting interest like they ve never had before, said Stephan Gauthier, an Ottawa real estate agent who is increasingly helping clients buy in villages well outside the city.