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title: Why are condos called stratas in Canada, Australia, Singapore & New Zealand?
description: Why are condos called stratas in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore?
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# [Why are condos called stratas in Canada, Australia, Singapore & New Zealand?](https://www.condoassociation.com/blog/why-are-condo-called-stratas-in-canada-australia-singapore-new-zealand)

 Written by [CondoAssociation.com](https://www.condoassociation.com/blog/author/condoassociationcom) | Fri, Jun 19, 2015 @ 10:19 AM

Why are condos called stratas in Canada, *Australia*, New Zealand, and Singapore?

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