Table 4 
Percent of households spending 30% or more of income on shelter cost by tenure, 2016 and 2021 

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Percent of households spending 30% or more of income on shelter cost by tenure, 2016 and 2021
2016 – Total – households spending 30% or more of income on shelter cost2021 – Total – households spending 30% or more of income on shelter cost2016 – Owner households spending 30% or more of income on shelter cost2021 – Owner households spending 30% or more of income on shelter cost2016 – Renter households spending 30% or more of income on shelter cost2021 – Renter households spending 30% or more of income on shelter cost
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Canada 24.1 20.9 16.6 14.8 40.0 33.2
Newfoundland and Labrador 17.2 14.6 10.6 8.9 39.4 32.5
Prince Edward Island 18.6 15.5 11.1 8.8 36.3 30.2
Nova Scotia 21.6 17.9 12.0 9.7 42.8 34.7
New Brunswick 16.8 12.9 10.3 7.5 36.5 28.0
Quebec 21.0 16.1 12.9 10.0 33.7 25.2
Ontario 27.7 24.2 19.8 17.7 45.7 38.4
Manitoba 19.1 17.3 11.4 9.9 36.9 33.5
Saskatchewan 20.2 17.2 12.1 11.1 42.1 33.1
Alberta 20.9 21.2 15.1 16.0 36.0 34.0
British Columbia 28.0 25.5 20.7 19.3 43.3 37.8
Yukon 18.4 16.2 12.7 11.8 29.4 24.9
Northwest Territories 12.4 11.9 9.1 8.7 16.3 15.6
Nunavut 5.8 5.7 8.2 7.3 5.2 5.2
Census metropolitan areas            
St. John's, N.L. 21.6 19.1 13.5 12.6 40.6 33.7
Halifax, N.S. 24.5 21.4 12.8 10.8 43.2 36.5
Moncton, N.B. 20.2 16.7 11.4 8.6 40.0 33.1
Saint John, N.B. 18.8 14.3 11.5 8.7 36.2 27.0
Fredericton, N.B. 18.7 14.8 10.4 7.8 39.9 31.6
Saguenay, Que. 16.9 11.8 9.8 7.1 29.6 20.1
Québec, Que. 17.8 14.3 9.6 7.8 30.1 23.5
Sherbrooke, Que. 21.3 15.7 11.7 8.4 33.7 24.4
Trois-Rivières, Que. 18.9 12.5 9.5 6.6 31.9 20.3
Drummondville, Que. 18.1 13.1 9.6 7.5 30.8 20.9
Montréal, Que. 24.6 19.6 15.5 12.7 35.9 27.9
Ottawa–Gatineau, Ont./Que. 22.4 18.4 13.5 10.9 40.6 32.7
Kingston, Ont. 26.0 22.6 14.2 11.5 48.3 41.4
Belleville–Quinte West, Ont. 24.6 18.6 14.4 10.6 47.0 36.6
Peterborough, Ont. 27.0 22.1 16.2 12.8 52.5 43.0
Oshawa, Ont. 24.8 23.5 18.0 17.4 48.5 41.7
Toronto, Ont. 33.4 30.5 26.7 25.2 46.9 40.5
Hamilton, Ont. 25.2 23.0 16.8 15.8 45.2 39.0
St. Catharines–Niagara, Ont. 25.4 21.7 16.8 14.6 48.5 39.5
Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo, Ont. 23.5 22.0 14.6 13.9 42.3 36.9
Brantford, Ont. 23.3 20.5 14.8 13.2 45.4 38.6
Guelph, Ont. 23.5 22.0 16.1 15.3 40.7 36.9
London, Ont. 25.6 22.3 14.2 12.6 45.7 38.4
Windsor, Ont. 21.2 17.5 12.6 10.9 44.0 34.8
Barrie, Ont. 27.4 25.3 20.3 19.1 49.8 42.4
Greater Sudbury, Ont. 21.5 17.2 11.6 9.5 40.9 31.6
Thunder Bay, Ont. 19.3 15.2 10.2 8.9 42.6 30.2
Winnipeg, Man. 21.0 19.3 12.0 10.7 39.5 35.8
Regina, Sask. 22.1 18.7 11.9 11.1 45.9 35.4
Saskatoon, Sask. 23.4 21.2 14.4 13.8 44.7 36.9
Lethbridge, Alta. 20.7 19.6 12.9 13.1 39.4 35.0
Calgary, Alta. 21.9 22.5 16.4 17.5 36.6 34.5
Red Deer, Alta. 22.0 21.4 13.7 14.1 38.1 34.8
Edmonton, Alta. 21.9 22.5 15.1 16.3 37.7 36.0
Kelowna, B.C. 26.2 25.6 18.7 17.8 45.9 43.7
Kamloops, B.C. 22.4 18.5 13.9 11.6 46.0 36.1
Chilliwack, B.C. 24.6 20.9 17.0 14.7 45.9 38.4
Abbotsford–Mission, B.C. 25.5 23.5 20.0 19.4 39.1 33.2
Vancouver, B.C. 32.0 29.8 25.4 24.4 43.5 38.5
Victoria, B.C. 28.5 26.0 19.0 17.4 44.3 40.0
Nanaimo, B.C. 26.0 23.4 16.7 15.9 47.4 39.9
Note(s):
Owner and tenant households in non-farm, non-reserve private dwellings with household income greater than zero.
Source(s):
Census of Population, 2016 and 2021 (3901).
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