Core Housing Need

Activity limitations

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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	900,795	550,235	1,451,030
Newfoundland and Labrador	11,835	5,695	17,530
Prince Edward Island	2,935	1,435	4,370
Nova Scotia	29,545	11,920	41,465
New Brunswick	14,580	5,665	20,245
Quebec	123,170	95,095	218,275
Ontario	398,220	241,585	639,805
Manitoba	32,615	16,200	48,815
Saskatchewan	28,425	13,470	41,895
Alberta	99,275	54,960	154,230
British Columbia	155,605	101,485	257,090
Yukon Territories	1,390	745	2,140
Northwest Territories	1,225	735	1,955
Nunavut	1,980	1,245	3,225

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.