Core Housing Need

Activity limitations

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Canada — Activity limitations (Households Tested for Core Housing Need)

	Household Has at Least One Person With Activity Limitations	Other Household Type	Total
Canada	7,914,040	6,441,520	14,355,555
Newfoundland and Labrador	126,530	92,980	219,510
Prince Edward Island	38,790	23,815	62,605
Nova Scotia	270,655	142,660	413,315
New Brunswick	209,980	118,715	328,690
Quebec	1,709,075	1,943,910	3,652,980
Ontario	3,012,880	2,259,480	5,272,355
Manitoba	289,370	193,980	483,350
Saskatchewan	241,455	166,845	408,300
Alberta	881,085	676,640	1,557,725
British Columbia	1,109,380	806,375	1,915,755
Yukon Territories	9,860	6,435	16,295
Northwest Territories	9,210	5,675	14,890
Nunavut	5,765	4,025	9,790

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.