Core Housing Need
Aboriginal Households

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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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Nova Scotia — Aboriginal Households (Households Tested for Core Housing Need)

  Aboriginal Households Non-Aboriginal Households Total
Nova Scotia 25,035 388,280 413,315
Cape Breton 1,635 40,045 41,675
Chester MD 315 4,615 4,930
Halifax 10,515 183,510 194,025
Kentville 670 11,010 11,680
Kings, Subd. A SC 555 8,645 9,195
Lunenburg MD 525 10,745 11,265
New Glasgow 560 14,465 15,025
Queens RGM 630 4,290 4,915
Truro 1,030 18,875 19,900
West Hants RM 335 7,815 8,150
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.
  • An Aboriginal household is one of the following: i) a non-family household in which at least 50 per cent of household members self-identified as Aboriginal people; or ii) a family household that meets at least one of two criteria: a) at least one spouse, common-law partner, or lone parent self-identified as an Aboriginal person; or b) at least 50 per cent of household members self-identified as Aboriginal people.
Source: CMHC (census-based and NHS-based housing indicators and data) (opens in new window)