Core Housing Need

Household Type

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

	Female Lone-Parent	Male Lone-Parent	Total Lone- Parent Households	Total
2006	124,700	14,755	139,450	627,530
2011	125,850	16,830	142,685	616,935
2016	138,150	20,200	158,350	748,310
2021	104,735	19,055	123,790	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.