A car payment also competes with mortgage room, since CMHC's guideline of roughly 39 percent of gross income on housing costs and 44 percent on total debt treats a vehicle loan as debt like any other, so it is worth budgeting for before you buy rather than after.
Saskatoon winters make walking and cycling less practical for a large part of the year, which is a real factor even in a location close to amenities, and it is why most Brevoort Park households plan around having at least one vehicle regardless of walkability.
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