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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Ontario — 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
Ontario 56.5 31.6 36.0 46.9 0.0 15.3
Barrie 54.1 30.4 36.9 47.3 0.0 14.4
Bracebridge T 58.5 30.5 46.9 50.0 0.0 15.1
Brantford 59.8 33.3 32.2 49.0 0.0 14.0
Brighton MU 48.6 28.6 15.8 40.3 0.0 9.9
Brock TP 47.4 23.9 35.7 38.1 0.0 12.4
Brockville 53.1 30.5 31.8 44.4 0.0 13.4
Centre Wellington 36.7 8.5 16.3 28.3 0.0 6.5
Chatham-Kent 53.4 21.4 15.4 40.5 0.0 11.0
Cobourg 61.7 38.0 41.0 53.3 0.0 16.1
Collingwood 56.6 36.9 25.0 50.8 0.0 17.3
Cornwall 59.1 30.6 26.2 48.8 0.0 16.0
Elliot Lake 50.9 25.3 13.3 42.8 0.0 13.4
Erin T 26.2 10.5 11.1 20.7 0.0 5.8
Gravenhurst T 67.5 39.1 42.4 56.0 0.0 18.9
Greater Napanee T 56.0 25.3 13.3 46.1 0.0 14.1
Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury 58.1 30.1 25.2 46.9 0.0 12.5
Guelph 49.0 24.6 23.7 40.4 0.0 11.1
Haldimand County CY 48.3 22.1 19.1 36.7 0.0 9.2
Hamilton 52.1 29.9 31.1 43.0 0.0 13.0
Hawkesbury 60.3 30.2 32.1 51.9 0.0 19.9
Huntsville T 63.2 30.9 37.5 52.1 0.0 15.7
Ingersoll 50.9 25.6 20.0 37.4 0.0 9.1
Kawartha Lakes 58.1 30.6 27.2 47.9 0.0 13.3
Kenora 56.5 20.5 25.0 39.9 0.0 11.5
Kincardine MU 56.7 13.5 40.0 45.8 0.0 10.2
Kingston 55.7 31.6 36.2 48.1 0.0 14.2
Kitchener - Cambridge - Waterloo 51.1 23.6 24.9 41.3 0.0 11.4
Lambton Shores MU 53.3 22.7 12.5 43.9 0.0 9.5
London 56.3 30.0 35.5 47.1 0.0 13.9
Meaford MU 39.5 6.9 30.8 31.2 0.0 8.1
Midland 55.3 30.4 32.9 46.9 0.0 15.2
Norfolk 43.1 19.8 10.4 33.4 0.0 8.7
North Bay 59.5 28.9 31.6 49.4 0.0 15.3
North Perth MU 34.4 8.0 8.0 25.2 0.0 5.9
Orillia 64.9 39.1 47.7 57.0 0.0 20.6
Oshawa 52.6 30.5 29.2 44.1 0.0 12.7
Ottawa 56.4 30.0 39.8 47.4 0.0 13.1
Owen Sound 55.6 27.9 26.3 46.0 0.0 13.9
Pembroke 64.2 37.1 38.6 53.4 0.0 17.0
Petawawa 44.4 9.6 16.7 26.8 0.0 5.0
Peterborough 56.9 30.7 40.7 49.4 0.0 15.1
Port Hope 60.6 31.7 30.2 49.9 0.0 14.8
Prince Edward County CY 52.3 21.1 20.6 40.9 0.0 11.3
Sarnia 65.0 30.9 29.6 52.0 0.0 12.9
Saugeen Shores T 47.1 13.6 16.7 41.1 0.0 7.9
Sault Ste. Marie 50.6 27.2 23.2 40.6 0.0 10.4
Scugog TP 46.3 20.8 12.5 36.6 0.0 9.2
St. Catharines - Niagara 56.5 28.9 24.4 46.7 0.0 13.9
Stratford 47.6 23.2 14.3 38.2 0.0 10.4
The Nation / La Nation M 36.1 14.3 9.1 26.5 0.0 6.7
Thunder Bay 61.7 30.1 37.4 48.9 0.0 12.2
Tillsonburg 54.1 21.4 22.6 44.7 0.0 11.7
Timmins 55.2 27.7 33.0 43.9 0.0 12.3
Toronto 58.7 37.3 39.1 49.1 0.0 19.1
Trent Hills MU 54.1 28.2 16.7 44.7 0.0 13.8
West Grey MU 35.5 18.3 0.0 27.1 0.0 7.4
West Nipissing / Nipissing Ouest M 29.7 21.7 20.0 24.9 0.0 8.2
Windsor 55.8 24.9 24.6 43.1 0.0 11.7
Woodstock 47.3 22.8 14.7 38.5 0.0 10.5
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)