Core Housing Need

Household Type

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Ontario — Historical Household Type (Households in Core Housing Need)

	Couple-With-Children	Couple-Without-Children	Total Lone- Parent Households	Multiple- Family	Total One- Person Households	Other Non-Family	Total
2006	140,870	68,320	139,450	10,935	247,630	20,330	627,530
2011	128,395	66,640	142,685	8,955	246,825	23,440	616,935
2016	139,390	85,345	158,350	11,575	322,565	31,080	748,310
2021	89,185	77,820	123,790	4,540	316,370	28,100	639,805

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.
Family households include at least one census family (a couple with or without children or a lone-parent family). These households may include members who are not part of the census family.