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The Curtis Report as a critical juncture in Canadian urbanism

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Canada's post-Second World War policies on urbanism were first outlined in an obscure government document – the 1944 report of the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Planning of the federal government's Advisory Committee on Reconstruction (known colloquially as the ‘Curtis Report’). This article uses the tools of Historical Institutionalism and extensive archival research to analyse the Curtis Report. It examines antecedent conditions in the Depression and war; permissive conditions during the wartime housing crisis; the actors and choice of options at the critical juncture; the reactions during implementation and the path-dependent municipal planning and suburbanization outcomes of the report. The Curtis Report is identified as a critical juncture for major changes in housing and community planning that set Canada on a different course than the UK or the USA.

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  • David L. A. Gordon, 2024. "The Curtis Report as a critical juncture in Canadian urbanism," Planning Perspectives, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 39(4), pages 761-791, July.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:rppexx:v:39:y:2024:i:4:p:761-791
    DOI: 10.1080/02665433.2023.2296922
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