Housing and Transportation Costs Index: New data tables

Released: 2025-06-06

Data tables for the "Housing and Transportation Cost Index: Research Paper" publication are now available. The Housing and Transportation Cost Index is a composite index for estimating the expense of housing and transportation. Statistics Canada and Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada collaborated on the Canadian adaptation of the index, which is based on the United States' Center for Neighborhood Technology's Housing and Transportation (H+T) Affordability Index. By combining census data and data from other statistical programs, a composite index (the H+T Index) for all aggregate dissemination areas (ADAs) of Canada (except for the territories and First Nations) was derived.

The H+T Index represents the share of household income allocated to housing and transportation; hence, it ranges from 0 to 1. For a given geographic area, the higher the index, the higher the costs are in the area. Conversely, the lower the index, the lower the costs are in the area. ADAs are classified in three groups: those in a census metropolitan area, those in a census agglomeration and those in rural and small town Canada.

For additional information, please consult the publication "Housing and Transportation Cost Index: Research Paper," which is part of the Reports on Special Business Projects series.

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