Core Housing Need

Income, Shelter Cost and STIR

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Quebec — 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
Quebec	21,440	812	21,600	750
Alma	14,200	560	15,000	520
Baie-Comeau	14,200	528	14,500	516
Campbellton	13,500	536	12,000	488
Cowansville	15,100	628	15,400	580
Dolbeau-Mistassini	13,900	480	14,900	484
Gaspé V	15,800	600	15,200	512
Gatineau	21,600	835	21,800	780
Granby	17,020	649	16,200	600
Hawkesbury	18,600	748	17,600	705
Lachute	16,500	614	16,200	588
Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine MÉ	16,500	680	16,400	765
Matane	14,200	488	14,800	484
Mont-Laurier V	15,100	548	15,500	524
Montmagny V	14,300	588	14,900	568
Montréal	22,060	869	22,400	795
Prévost V	21,600	1,010	22,200	920
Québec	20,080	790	21,200	735
Rimouski	15,200	599	15,300	572
Rivière-du-Loup	14,400	552	14,700	500
Rouyn-Noranda	16,700	626	16,400	612
Saguenay	14,540	583	15,100	544
Sainte-Adèle V	18,200	760	17,400	740
Sainte-Marie	16,000	680	16,200	564
Sainte-Sophie MÉ	24,400	910	21,600	850
Saint-Félicien V	14,800	530	15,800	552
Saint-Georges	14,300	534	15,500	488
Saint-Hyacinthe	18,700	679	18,600	640
Saint-Raymond V	11,200	560	10,500	492
Saint-Sauveur V	23,100	1,016	23,400	960
Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	16,680	656	16,200	604
Sept-Îles	17,500	652	18,400	628
Shawinigan	11,940	487	11,500	460
Sherbrooke	16,100	634	16,200	600
Sorel-Tracy	15,400	591	15,300	560
Thetford Mines	12,500	504	12,100	464
Trois-Rivières	14,120	570	14,700	532
Val-d'Or	15,750	598	16,000	564

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).