Core Housing Need
Income, Shelter Cost and STIR

Universe

  1. Households in Core Housing Need
  2. Households Tested For Core Housing Need

Variables

  1. Income and Shelter Costs ($)
  2. Shelter-Cost-to-Income-Ratio (STIR) (%)

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Canada — Incomes and Shelter Costs (Households in Core Housing Need)

  Average Household Income Before Taxes Average Monthly Shelter Costs Median Household Income Before Taxes Median Monthly Shelter Costs
Canada 26,516 1,014 23,227 900
Newfoundland and Labrador 21,044 762 19,876 725
Prince Edward Island 19,444 748 18,285 704
Nova Scotia 21,293 789 19,816 728
New Brunswick 18,433 662 18,164 629
Quebec 18,540 722 17,959 667
Ontario 28,622 1,118 26,183 1,003
Manitoba 26,004 872 23,106 815
Saskatchewan 28,528 951 24,521 874
Alberta 32,485 1,223 29,733 1,148
British Columbia 27,527 1,080 24,837 948
Yukon Territories 32,491 947 28,797 903
Northwest Territories 40,148 941 37,402 832
Nunavut 64,969 534 58,724 160
Notes:
  • Data include all non-farm, non-band, non-reserve private households reporting positive incomes and shelter cost-to-income ratios less than 100 per cent.
  • A household is in core housing need if its housing does not meet one or more standards for housing adequacy (repair), suitability (crowding), or affordability and if it would have to spend 30 per cent or more of its before-tax income to pay the median rent (including utilities) of appropriately sized alternative local market housing. Adequate housing does not require any major repairs, according to residents. Suitable housing has enough bedrooms for the size and make-up of resident households. Affordable housing costs less than 30 per cent of before-tax household income.
  • For renters, shelter costs include, as applicable, rent and payments for electricity, fuel, water and other municipal services. For owners, shelter costs include, as applicable, mortgage payments (principal and interest), property taxes, condominium fees, and payments for electricity, fuel, water and other municipal services.
  • STIR = Shelter-cost-to-income ratio (based on annual shelter costs and household income before taxes).