Core Housing Need
Housing Standards

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  1. % of Households in Core Housing Need
  2. Households in Core Housing Need
  3. Households Tested For Core Housing Need

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Quebec — Housing Standards (% of Households in Core Housing Need)

  Below Affordability Standard Below Adequacy Standard Below Suitability Standard Below One or More Housing Standards Above Standards Total
Quebec 37.4 12.2 9.3 26.0 0.0 6.0
Alma 29.9 6.2 0.0 20.4 0.0 3.1
Baie-Comeau 27.3 5.1 0.0 15.4 0.0 2.2
Campbellton 33.8 6.5 0.0 21.7 0.0 4.7
Cowansville 21.7 5.4 0.0 17.0 0.0 3.7
Dolbeau-Mistassini 28.6 10.6 0.0 18.5 0.0 2.3
Gaspé V 23.6 5.2 0.0 13.2 0.0 2.1
Gatineau 35.6 10.9 8.8 24.2 0.0 5.2
Granby 23.8 7.9 6.1 17.7 0.0 3.4
Hawkesbury 36.5 16.8 0.0 27.9 0.0 7.8
Lachute 31.8 12.2 0.0 22.9 0.0 5.8
Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine MÉ 14.9 0.0 0.0 6.9 0.0 1.3
Matane 23.5 7.4 0.0 15.4 0.0 2.8
Mont-Laurier V 29.9 5.5 0.0 18.5 0.0 3.4
Montmagny V 28.8 0.0 0.0 20.2 0.0 3.6
Montréal 41.6 13.0 9.6 28.5 0.0 7.9
Prévost V 34.2 11.1 0.0 23.7 0.0 3.6
Québec 33.7 8.7 6.6 24.7 0.0 4.7
Rimouski 26.1 7.3 0.0 19.2 0.0 3.1
Rivière-du-Loup 22.7 7.3 0.0 15.5 0.0 2.3
Rouyn-Noranda 26.9 6.5 6.5 16.9 0.0 3.0
Saguenay 22.4 4.5 5.1 16.0 0.0 2.5
Sainte-Adèle V 19.7 10.1 0.0 15.8 0.0 4.0
Sainte-Marie 17.4 0.0 0.0 11.4 0.0 1.4
Sainte-Sophie MÉ 29.9 9.0 12.0 19.9 0.0 3.8
Saint-Félicien V 22.2 8.0 ** 15.6 0.0 2.2
Saint-Georges 30.6 9.4 0.0 22.2 0.0 3.2
Saint-Hyacinthe 39.2 12.4 9.8 29.3 0.0 6.3
Saint-Raymond V 16.4 0.0 0.0 8.8 0.0 1.2
Saint-Sauveur V 38.6 12.9 0.0 31.8 0.0 8.5
Salaberry-de-Valleyfield 27.7 7.7 6.0 19.7 0.0 4.6
Sept-Îles 34.8 8.9 0.0 21.9 0.0 3.8
Shawinigan 20.9 3.8 0.0 14.5 0.0 2.8
Sherbrooke 25.3 6.5 6.2 18.4 0.0 3.9
Sorel-Tracy 28.1 8.7 0.0 19.7 0.0 3.6
Thetford Mines 19.6 6.8 0.0 14.0 0.0 2.1
Trois-Rivières 27.8 6.0 3.6 18.7 0.0 3.3
Val-d'Or 21.2 4.0 7.8 14.4 0.0 2.6
Notes:
  • % of Households in Core Housing Need = Households in Core Housing Need / Households Tested for Core Housing Need
  • 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.
  • Affordable housing costs less than 30 per cent of before-tax household income. Includes households below more than one standard (in addition to the affordability standard). Accordingly, the sum of the number of households below each standard will be larger than the total number of households below standards.
  • Adequate housing does not require any major repairs, according to residents. Includes households below more than one standard (in addition to the adequacy standard). Accordingly, the sum of the number of households below each standard will be larger than the total number of households below standards.
  • Suitable housing has enough bedrooms for the size and make-up of resident households. Includes households below more than one standard (in addition to the suitability standard). Accordingly, the sum of the number of households below each standard will be larger than the total number of households below standards.
  • ** no households
Source: CMHC (census-based and NHS-based housing indicators and data) (opens in new window)