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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Alberta — 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
Alberta 45.9 24.4 17.1 36.4 0.0 9.9
Bonnyville No. 87 MD 60.4 38.2 41.7 48.1 0.0 10.3
Brooks 38.8 6.5 10.1 22.1 0.0 5.8
Calgary 44.4 20.5 16.8 35.3 0.0 9.8
Camrose 45.1 25.8 11.1 37.3 0.0 9.9
Canmore 17.5 10.1 6.7 14.9 0.0 4.4
Clearwater County MD 87.3 58.5 27.8 72.8 0.0 17.1
Edmonton 47.0 22.0 17.7 36.5 0.0 10.6
Foothills County MD 19.5 12.3 0.0 15.6 0.0 3.4
Grande Prairie 47.3 23.1 14.9 37.5 0.0 10.4
Grande Prairie County No. 1 MD 54.7 29.1 27.3 42.1 0.0 9.0
High River 45.2 18.9 0.0 35.8 0.0 8.3
Lac Ste. Anne County MD 77.9 57.1 33.3 65.6 0.0 18.6
Lacombe 36.4 17.5 0.0 29.3 0.0 7.1
Lethbridge 46.2 21.6 16.2 36.6 0.0 9.0
Lloydminster 47.5 14.3 15.7 36.7 0.0 9.0
Mackenzie County SM 22.5 0.0 7.4 17.5 0.0 4.5
Medicine Hat 44.5 15.5 6.2 35.3 0.0 8.3
Mountain View County MD 24.4 13.0 0.0 19.0 0.0 4.3
Okotoks 19.9 9.8 5.3 16.0 0.0 3.3
Red Deer County MD 41.8 17.1 0.0 32.0 0.0 6.8
Strathmore 30.4 17.1 12.1 25.5 0.0 6.3
Sylvan Lake 33.7 29.4 0.0 31.6 0.0 7.8
Wetaskiwin 60.3 27.9 26.4 47.8 0.0 14.7
Wetaskiwin County No. 10 MD 84.4 59.6 27.8 71.4 0.0 17.6
Wood Buffalo 35.2 10.4 15.2 22.1 0.0 4.7
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)