Core Housing Need

Activity limitations

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Calgary — Historical Activity Limitations (Households in Core Housing Need)

	Household Has at Least One Person With Activity Limitations	Other Household Type	Total
2006	14,965	21,175	36,135
2011	17,975	26,490	44,465
2016	32,185	24,485	56,670
2021	31,850	21,785	53,635

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.