Loss of farmland in Ontario

 The province of Ontario in Canada loses 129 hectares of farmland every day,according to statistics in June 2022.

                 Only 5% of Ontario's land is suitable for farming.There is a shortage of farmable land.

                     More and more homes are being constructed on farmland that is paved over.Dwindling farmland threatens the food supply of Ontario;urban pressure and urban sprawl is gobbling up a lot of farmland in Ontario.

                     At the same time Ontario is mired in a housing crisis.When farmland vanishes into a suburb it is gone forever.That is why many urban planners want to build in and up,not build outward and to halt urban sprawl.Many people promote urban densification.