Core Housing Need

Household Type

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Ontario — Historical Household Type (Households Tested for Core Housing Need)

	Couple-With-Children	Couple-Without-Children	Total Lone- Parent Households	Multiple- Family	Total One- Person Households	Other Non-Family	Total
2006	1,521,720	1,091,800	449,145	109,810	1,009,435	137,230	4,319,145
2011	1,529,970	1,177,485	493,335	122,140	1,112,050	165,075	4,600,055
2016	1,550,925	1,270,825	534,915	142,170	1,221,245	182,315	4,902,395
2021	1,612,425	1,359,370	569,605	157,310	1,343,890	229,760	5,272,355

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.