Dwelling characteristics

Description: Population groups by shelter cost for Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations. Includes shelter-cost-to-income ratio groups and core housing need, tenure including presence of mortgage payments and subsidized housing (totals include farm operators), gender and primary household maintainer.

Description: Population groups by shelter-cost-to-income ratio groups and core housing need for Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions. Includes tenure including presence of mortgage payments and subsidized housing (totals include farm operators), gender and primary household maintainer.

Description: This file contains details of family composition in Canada. It features 145 variables, such as information on labour force activity and income for census family and non-family persons.

The Microdata Files contain samples of anonymous responses to the 1996 Census questionnaire. The files have been carefully scrutinized to ensure the complete confidentiality of the individual responses. PUMFs enable the development of statistical information about Canadians, the families and households to which they belong, and the dwellings in which they live.

Microdata files are unique among census products in that they give users access to non-aggregated data. This makes PUMFs a powerful research tools. The user can group and manipulate these variables to suit his/her own data and research requirements. These provide quick access to a comprehensive social and economic database about Canada and its people.

All subject matter covered by the census is included in these files.

The 1996 PUMFs will only be released on CD-ROM using microcomputer applications.

Description: Using the 2021 Canadian Housing Survey, this study examines dwelling satisfaction as a key indicator of housing needs for older adults aged 55 years and older. It explores the associations between overall dwelling satisfaction and various dwelling characteristics, including tenure type, dwelling type, and specific dwelling aspects.

Description: The Rural Canada Housing Profiles (RCHP) 2018 to 2021 provides tables on housing in rural Canada. The tables were developed using data from several Statistics Canada programs: 2021 Census of Population, Canadian Housing Statistics Program (2018 to 2021), Building Permits (2018 to 2021) and Investment in Building Construction (2018 to 2021). Information such as structure type (single or multiple residential property), year of construction, size of the building, and construction intentions (building permits issued by municipalities, number of units / value of the building) were used to provide a broader picture of housing stocks, flows and investments in rural communities. The final output is five data tables (residential building permits; investment in residential building construction; residential property characteristics; occupied private dwelling characteristics; and private household characteristics). Data are organized geographically at the following levels (where applicable): Canada, provinces or territories, census subdivisions (CSD). Aggregates are provided for rural and urban parts of Canada, provinces, and territories, while indication is provided as to whether a CSD is considered rural or urban according to the definition used - CSDs outside census metropolitan areas (CMAs) and census agglomerations (CAs) are defined as 'rural', while CSDs within a CMA/CA are defined as 'urban'.

Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin

Description: Demographic and housing indicators by hydrographic area, every 5 years starting 1971. Includes total population, density of occupied private dwellings, urban/rural distribution, measured in numbers and percentages.

Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin

Description: This article uses data from the 2018 Canadian Housing Survey (CHS) to examine health, life satisfaction, and financial hardship among First Nations people living off reserve, Métis and Inuit across housing tenure (owners, renters, or renters in social and affordable housing), housing conditions, and core housing need. Where possible, estimates are presented by Indigenous identity group, gender, and age with those for the non-Indigenous population provided for context.

Description: This product presents information from the Census of Population for various levels of geography, including provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas, communities and census tracts. Data are from the Census of Population and include characteristics for: population, age, sex, dwellings, families, marital status, language, income, education and labour as examples.

Description: Acceptable housing by tenure for Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions. Includes residence on or off reserve, core housing need and household type including census family structure.

Description: Core housing need by tenure including presence of mortgage payments and subsidized housing for Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations. Includes shelter-cost-to-income ratio, dwelling condition, housing suitability and household type including census family structure for owner and renter households.

Description: Acceptable housing by tenure for Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations. Includes residence on or off reserve, core housing need and household type including census family structure.

Description: Family characteristics of seniors by housing indicators for Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations. Includes age of seniors, tenure including presence of mortgage payments and subsidized housing, condominium status, value (owner-estimated) of dwelling and number of bedrooms.

Description: Shelter cost by tenure including presence of mortgage payments and subsidized housing for Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations. Includes shelter-cost-to-income ratio, household total income groups and household type including census family structure, off reserve.

Description: Shelter cost by tenure including presence of mortgage payments and subsidized housing for Canada, provinces and territories and census subdivisions affiliated with First Nations or Indian bands. Includes shelter-cost-to-income ratio, household total income groups and household type including census family structure, on reserve.

Description: Value (owner-estimated) of dwelling by structural type of dwelling for Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations. Includes age of primary household maintainer, presence of mortgage payments, number of bedrooms and condominium status.

Description: Value (owner-estimated) of dwelling by structural type of dwelling for Canada, provinces and territories and census subdivisions with a population 5,000 or more. Includes age of primary household maintainer, presence of mortgage payments and number of bedrooms.

Description: Dwelling condition by Indigenous identity, Registered or Treaty Indian status, age and gender for the population in private households.

Description: Housing suitability (suitable or not suitable) and dwelling condition (regular maintenance, minor repairs, major repairs), by tenure including social and affordable housing, Canada, provinces and territories, population centres, select census metropolitan areas (CMAs) and census agglomerations (CAs).

Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin

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With ‘stay at home' essential to the COVID-19 response, the dwellings in which people live take on added importance in their lives. Extended time indoors is likely to raise various challenges, such as getting physical exercise, maintaining social contacts, or balancing telework, children and home schooling, and household routines in a confined space.

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This infographic presents findings for first-time homebuyers in Canada. The infographic includes information on how many households bought their first home within the last five years, the reason for the move, and selected household and dwelling characteristics in different housing markets.

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This article analyzes the income characteristics of residential property owners in British Columbia, Ontario and Nova Scotia. It provides new information on owners who claimed the home buyers' amount tax credit in 2017 to offer insights on the income of first-time home buyers and their properties. This article also explores the relationship between owner income and property values, and investigates income distributions of owners in selected areas.

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This article provides information on multiple-property owners in the provinces of British Columbia, Ontario and Nova Scotia whose usual residence is in one of these provinces. This analysis investigates the characteristics of these people and their properties. It is based on data from the Canadian Housing Statistics Program for reference year 2018.

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New data from the Canadian Housing Statistics Program (CHSP) provide more information about residential multiple-property owners in the province of British Columbia, Ontario, and in Nova Scotia whose usual residence is in one of these provinces for the reference year 2018. These data complement the previous June 2019 release of by including findings specific to residential owners with multiple properties. The new data provides information on the location of these of owners, their demographic characteristics, as well as the property types they own.

Description: From 1980 to 2017, Canada welcomed 1,088,000 refugees, an average of about 30,000 per year. For many refugees, homeownership is an important milestone in their path to social and economic integration. This article in the Economic Insights series highlights new data on homeownership among residents who came to Canada as resettled refugees. It reports on how the stock of refugee-owned housing in Vancouver and Toronto compares to that of Canadian-born residents, highlighting differences in property values across various segments of the housing market. Information on the location, age and size of properties and on the age and income of property owners is used to assess relative differences in property values between the two groups. Estimates are based on data developed by the Canadian Housing Statistics Program, released in December 2018.

Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin

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New data from the Canadian Housing Statistics Program (CHSP) provide more information about residential property owners in Ontario and British Columbia, and new information about owners in Nova Scotia, for 2018. Although preliminary CHSP data for owners in Ontario and British Columbia were published in June 2018, these new data complement the previous release by including owners in Nova Scotia, as well as non-individual owners (businesses, governments, etc.) and non-resident owners (owners who do not live primarily in Canada). The new data also provide a demographic profile of individual resident owners and information about owner-occupied properties. This infographic presents the new data highlighting certain characteristics of property owners, including the owner occupancy rates of selected residential properties.

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This article in the Economic Insights series highlights new data on the ownership of residential properties in Toronto and Vancouver. It focuses solely on residential properties owned by Canadian residents, and evaluates how the housing assets of immigrants differ from those owned by Canadian-born residents. It reports on the prevalence of immigrant ownership for different types of housing, including single-detached houses, semi-detached houses, row houses and condominium apartments, and compares the property values of Canadian-born and immigrant-owned assets. Information on the location, age and size of properties is used to assess differences in the relative value of immigrant-owned housing.

Description: This video introduces household and dwelling characteristics and their use in dissemination and analysis. It also presents the housing variables that are commonly used in analyses such as household maintainer, tenure, total income of household, household size and household type. In addition, the video shows the dwelling characteristics that describe the physical attributes of the living quarters occupied by the household, such as number of rooms, number of bedrooms, period of construction, dwelling condition, condominium status and value (owner estimated).

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This reference guide provides information to help users effectively use and interpret type of dwelling data from the 2021 Census. This guide contains definitions and explanations of concepts, questions, classifications, data quality and comparability with other sources for this topic.

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This product presents 2016 Census highlights on core housing need. Tables and a figure feature distributions, rates and multiple dimensions of core housing need from current and previous censuses for various levels of geography. A short explanation of the indicator and references to other resources as well as downloadable materials are also provided.

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This guide focuses on the following topic: Structural Type of Dwelling and Collectives variables. Provides information that enables users to effectively use, apply and interpret data from the 2016 Census. Each guide contains definitions and explanations on census concepts, talks about changes made to the 2016 Census, data quality and historical comparability, as well as comparison with other data sources. Additional information will be included for specific variables to help general users better understand the concepts and questions used in the census.

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The Type of dwelling Release and concepts overview provides an overview of the concepts, definitions and key measures used in the 2016 Census of Population Type of dwelling release, as well as the products which will be available on release day and later.

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This guide focuses on the following topic: Structural Type of Dwelling and Collectives variables.

Provides information that enables users to effectively use, apply and interpret data from the 2011 Census. Each guide contains definitions and explanations on census concepts, talks about changes made to the 2011 Census, data quality and historical comparability, as well as comparison with other data sources. Additional information will be included for specific variables to help general users better understand the concepts and questions used in the census.

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This guide presents information of interest to users of data from the Survey of Household Spending, which gathers information on the spending habits, dwelling characteristics and household equipment of Canadian households. The survey covers private households in the 10 provinces. (The territories are surveyed every second year, starting in 1999.)

This guide includes definitions of survey terms and variables, as well as descriptions of survey methodology and data quality. One section describes the various statistics that can be created using expenditure data (e.g., budget share, market share, aggregates and medians)

Description: This guide focuses on the following demographic variable: Housing and dwelling characteristics.

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This guide focuses on the following variable: Housing and dwelling characteristics.

Provides information that enables users to effectively use, apply and interpret data from the 2006 Census. Each guide contains definitions and explanations on census concepts, data quality and historical comparability. Additional information will be included for specific variables to help general users better understand the concepts and questions used in the census.

Description: This guide presents information of interest to users of data from the Survey of Household Spending, which gathers information on the spending habits, dwelling characteristics and household equipment of Canadian households. The survey covers private households in the 10 provinces. (The territories are surveyed every second year, starting in 1999.)

This guide includes definitions of survey terms and variables, as well as descriptions of survey methodology and data quality. One section describes the various statistics that can be created using expenditure data (e.g., budget share, market share, aggregates and medians).