Core Housing Need
Activity limitations

Universe

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

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Canada — Activity Limitations (Households in Core Housing Need)

  Household Has at Least One Person With Activity Limitations Other Household Type Total
Canada 1,048,065 645,710 1,693,775
Newfoundland and Labrador 14,590 7,905 22,495
Prince Edward Island 3,390 1,485 4,875
Nova Scotia 35,395 14,060 49,450
New Brunswick 19,300 8,415 27,710
Quebec 170,425 135,165 305,585
Ontario 468,575 279,735 748,310
Manitoba 33,895 17,230 51,125
Saskatchewan 34,610 17,145 51,755
Alberta 99,935 64,340 164,275
British Columbia 162,905 97,320 260,220
Yukon Territories 1,330 835 2,160
Northwest Territories 1,340 915 2,255
Nunavut 2,385 1,165 3,545
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.
  • Activity limitations refer to difficulties that people have in carrying out daily activities such as hearing, seeing, communicating, or walking. Difficulties could arise from physical or mental conditions or health problems.