Core Housing Need
Age Of Primary Household Maintainer

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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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Canada — Age of Primary Household Maintainer (Households Tested for Core Housing Need)

  15 - 24 25 - 34 35 - 44 45 - 54 55 - 64 Total 65+ Total
Canada 364,530 1,986,960 2,500,105 2,538,635 2,904,655 4,060,680 14,355,555
Newfoundland and Labrador 5,330 23,665 31,290 39,000 47,350 72,870 219,510
Prince Edward Island 2,290 7,845 9,220 10,560 12,845 19,845 62,605
Nova Scotia 12,845 53,870 59,830 67,495 86,290 132,985 413,315
New Brunswick 10,065 39,065 48,755 54,845 68,960 107,010 328,690
Quebec 104,980 510,270 632,205 613,450 738,945 1,053,125 3,652,980
Ontario 102,265 692,945 895,400 975,615 1,101,200 1,504,940 5,272,355
Manitoba 16,380 72,045 86,070 81,895 92,560 134,410 483,350
Saskatchewan 15,525 63,875 75,595 64,680 75,760 112,870 408,300
Alberta 46,750 251,320 328,605 290,365 292,185 348,505 1,557,725
British Columbia 46,970 264,560 324,520 332,540 380,280 566,880 1,915,755
Yukon Territories 385 2,670 3,200 2,865 3,455 3,720 16,295
Northwest Territories 455 2,710 3,075 2,990 3,130 2,530 14,890
Nunavut 290 2,130 2,345 2,335 1,710 985 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.
  • The primary household maintainer is the person or one of the people in the household responsible for major household payments such as the rent or mortgage. In households with more than one maintainer, the primary maintainer is the first person listed as a maintainer.
Source: CMHC (census-based and NHS-based housing indicators and data) (opens in new window)