Table 5
Percent of households spending 30% or more of income on shelter cost in primary downtowns by tenure, 2021

Percent of households spending 30% or more of income on shelter cost in primary downtowns by tenure, 2021
	Total – households spending 30% or more of income on shelter cost	Owner households spending 30% or more of income on shelter cost	Renter households spending 30% or more of income on shelter cost
	%	%	%
All primary downtowns	36.3	26.4	40.6
St. John's	28.6	16.7	38.7
Halifax	45.0	26.9	47.7
Moncton	31.3	21.9	33.4
Saint John	26.9	18.2	28.4
Fredericton	25.8	12.5	32.2
Saguenay	29.9	16.9	32.9
Québec	22.7	16.1	25.3
Sherbrooke	24.9	18.3	26.4
Trois-Rivières	27.1	18.5	28.9
Drummondville	26.7	21.3	27.7
Montréal	40.4	30.9	44.2
Gatineau	26.9	16.4	29.4
Ottawa	32.1	19.9	36.3
Kingston	42.3	20.8	50.4
Belleville	32.5	18.2	43.1
Peterborough	38.4	20.8	47.2
Oshawa	39.3	23.9	46.2
Toronto	42.1	36.2	45.2
Hamilton	34.5	23.3	38.5
St. Catharines	34.5	19.5	44.3
Kitchener	29.1	16.0	37.3
Brantford	35.2	17.8	45.8
Guelph	28.5	18.0	38.8
London	35.4	21.9	39.4
Windsor	34.3	27.3	36.2
Barrie	39.8	25.8	50.0
Greater Sudbury	29.5	17.7	34.2
Thunder Bay	21.2	10.7	32.7
Winnipeg	33.8	20.7	36.0
Regina	32.1	15.9	39.8
Saskatoon	32.8	20.8	39.7
Lethbridge	32.8	20.6	40.7
Calgary	33.3	26.5	35.5
Red Deer	31.6	16.4	41.2
Edmonton	33.4	21.9	37.4
Kelowna	36.3	26.9	43.6
Kamloops	24.0	14.6	34.3
Chilliwack	32.2	18.7	43.8
Abbotsford	27.5	19.9	38.7
Vancouver	41.4	33.4	44.8
Victoria	36.8	23.4	43.6
Nanaimo	37.6	21.3	45.9

Note(s):

Owner and tenant households in non-farm, non-reserve private dwellings with household income greater than zero.

Source(s):

Census of Population, 2021 (3901).

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