“…Canada is a suburban nation (Gordon & Janzen, 2013;Gordon, Hindrichs & Willms, 2018), where automobile-dependent suburbs are the place of choice for many Canadians, marketed as the ideal form of affordable living in single-family homes with access to open space, recreation and amenities (Lewinberg & Gabor, 1997;Grant, 2006). Neighbourhood cohesion in Canadian cities is explored in the literature in relation to social cohesion, socioeconomic diversity, social capital and growing ethnic diversity (Ahmadi, 2018;Grant, 2007;Walks, 2014). Grant and Mittelsteadt (2004) provided the first typology of gated communities, distinguishing eight types situated along a continuum of gatedness, ranging from ornamental/symbolic gating to controlled guarded enclaves.…”