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  • 1. Residential property owners by number of residential properties owned and demographic characteristics
    Table: 46-10-0096-01
    Geography: Province or territory, Census subdivision, Census metropolitan area, Census agglomeration, Census metropolitan area part, Census agglomeration part
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Number of residents owners who are persons occupying one of their residential properties, as well as the assessment value of owned properties, total income, age, by type of occupied property, total number of residential properties, and sex.
    Release date: 2025-12-08
  • 2. Residential property owners by family type and other demographic characteristics
    Table: 46-10-0097-01
    Geography: Province or territory, Census subdivision, Census metropolitan area, Census agglomeration, Census metropolitan area part, Census agglomeration part
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Number of residents owners who are persons occupying one of their residential properties, as well as the total assessment value of owned properties, total family income, family size, by sex, family type, and age.
    Release date: 2025-12-08
  • 3. Residential property owners by immigration characteristics
    Table: 46-10-0098-01
    Geography: Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census agglomeration, Census metropolitan area part, Census agglomeration part
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Number of residents owners who are persons occupying one of their residential properties, as well as the total assessment value of owned properties, total family income, age, by number of residential properties owned, immigration status and immigration characteristics (admission category, place of birth).
    Release date: 2025-12-08
  • 4. Persons living in acceptable housing, by tenure including first-time homebuyer and social and affordable housing status, by province
    Table: 46-10-0071-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Persons living in acceptable housing and persons not living in acceptable housing (including persons whose housing falls below one, two or all three standards for affordability, suitability and condition of dwelling), by tenure including first-time homebuyer and social and affordable housing status, for Canada, regions and provinces.
    Release date: 2025-11-21
  • 5. Persons living in acceptable housing, by tenure and other selected sociodemographic characteristics
    Table: 46-10-0072-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Persons living in acceptable housing and persons not living in acceptable housing (including persons whose housing falls below one, two or all three standards for affordability, suitability and condition of dwelling), by tenure and other selected sociodemographic characteristics: gender; age group; immigrant status; visible minority group; Indigenous identity; Veteran status; first official language spoken; highest certificate, diploma or degree; main activity; household income quintile; household type of person; size of household of person; and population centres and rural areas.
    Release date: 2025-11-21
  • 6. Persons in core housing need, by tenure including first-time homebuyer and social and affordable housing status, by province
    Table: 46-10-0073-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Persons in core housing need (including persons whose housing falls below one, two or all three standards for affordability, suitability and condition of dwelling) and persons not in core housing need, by tenure including first-time homebuyer and social and affordable housing status, for Canada, regions and provinces.
    Release date: 2025-11-21
  • 7. Persons in core housing need, by tenure and other selected sociodemographic characteristics
    Table: 46-10-0074-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Persons in core housing need (including persons whose housing falls below one, two or all three standards for affordability, suitability and condition of dwelling) and persons not in core housing need, by tenure and other selected sociodemographic characteristics: gender; age group; immigrant status; visible minority group; Indigenous identity; Veteran status; first official language spoken; highest certificate, diploma or degree; main activity; household income quintile; household type of person; size of household of person; and population centres and rural areas.
    Release date: 2025-11-21
  • 8. Adulting together: Parents and adult children who co-reside
    Articles and reports: 91F0015M2025002
    Description: This study uses data from the 2021 Census of Population to describe the sociodemographic and economic characteristics of persons living in households composed of parents and their adult children aged 20 and over. Distinctions in these characteristics by generation (adult children versus parents) are also examined.
    Release date: 2025-08-14
  • 9. Unpacking Canada’s multigenerational households: A look at the people who call them home
    Articles and reports: 91F0015M2025003
    Description: This study uses data from the 2021 Census of Population to describe the demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of persons living in households composed of three or more generations of the same family. Distinctions in these characteristics by generation (youngest, middle or oldest) are also examined.
    Release date: 2025-08-14
  • 10. Social inclusion indicators for ethnocultural groups in Canada: Basic needs and housing
    Data Visualization: 71-607-X2023007
    Description: This interactive data visualization tool uses graphs to present social inclusion indicators under the theme of Basic needs and housing. The indicators (household food security and insecurity [5], population living in a dwelling owned by one member of the household; population in core housing need; population living in suitable housing; and in affordable housing) can be disaggregated by visible minority and selected sociodemographic characteristics. Data are available for Canada, geographical regions of Canada, province or territory and census metropolitan area. This data visualization tool is part of a broader conceptual framework on social inclusion and covers a total of 11 themes. Each theme has a similar interactive visualization tool.
    Release date: 2025-07-07
Data (79)

Data (79) (0 to 10 of 79 results)

  • 1. Residential property owners by number of residential properties owned and demographic characteristics
    Table: 46-10-0096-01
    Geography: Province or territory, Census subdivision, Census metropolitan area, Census agglomeration, Census metropolitan area part, Census agglomeration part
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Number of residents owners who are persons occupying one of their residential properties, as well as the assessment value of owned properties, total income, age, by type of occupied property, total number of residential properties, and sex.
    Release date: 2025-12-08
  • 2. Residential property owners by family type and other demographic characteristics
    Table: 46-10-0097-01
    Geography: Province or territory, Census subdivision, Census metropolitan area, Census agglomeration, Census metropolitan area part, Census agglomeration part
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Number of residents owners who are persons occupying one of their residential properties, as well as the total assessment value of owned properties, total family income, family size, by sex, family type, and age.
    Release date: 2025-12-08
  • 3. Residential property owners by immigration characteristics
    Table: 46-10-0098-01
    Geography: Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census agglomeration, Census metropolitan area part, Census agglomeration part
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Number of residents owners who are persons occupying one of their residential properties, as well as the total assessment value of owned properties, total family income, age, by number of residential properties owned, immigration status and immigration characteristics (admission category, place of birth).
    Release date: 2025-12-08
  • 4. Persons living in acceptable housing, by tenure including first-time homebuyer and social and affordable housing status, by province
    Table: 46-10-0071-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Persons living in acceptable housing and persons not living in acceptable housing (including persons whose housing falls below one, two or all three standards for affordability, suitability and condition of dwelling), by tenure including first-time homebuyer and social and affordable housing status, for Canada, regions and provinces.
    Release date: 2025-11-21
  • 5. Persons living in acceptable housing, by tenure and other selected sociodemographic characteristics
    Table: 46-10-0072-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Persons living in acceptable housing and persons not living in acceptable housing (including persons whose housing falls below one, two or all three standards for affordability, suitability and condition of dwelling), by tenure and other selected sociodemographic characteristics: gender; age group; immigrant status; visible minority group; Indigenous identity; Veteran status; first official language spoken; highest certificate, diploma or degree; main activity; household income quintile; household type of person; size of household of person; and population centres and rural areas.
    Release date: 2025-11-21
  • 6. Persons in core housing need, by tenure including first-time homebuyer and social and affordable housing status, by province
    Table: 46-10-0073-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Persons in core housing need (including persons whose housing falls below one, two or all three standards for affordability, suitability and condition of dwelling) and persons not in core housing need, by tenure including first-time homebuyer and social and affordable housing status, for Canada, regions and provinces.
    Release date: 2025-11-21
  • 7. Persons in core housing need, by tenure and other selected sociodemographic characteristics
    Table: 46-10-0074-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Persons in core housing need (including persons whose housing falls below one, two or all three standards for affordability, suitability and condition of dwelling) and persons not in core housing need, by tenure and other selected sociodemographic characteristics: gender; age group; immigrant status; visible minority group; Indigenous identity; Veteran status; first official language spoken; highest certificate, diploma or degree; main activity; household income quintile; household type of person; size of household of person; and population centres and rural areas.
    Release date: 2025-11-21
  • 8. Social inclusion indicators for ethnocultural groups in Canada: Basic needs and housing
    Data Visualization: 71-607-X2023007
    Description: This interactive data visualization tool uses graphs to present social inclusion indicators under the theme of Basic needs and housing. The indicators (household food security and insecurity [5], population living in a dwelling owned by one member of the household; population in core housing need; population living in suitable housing; and in affordable housing) can be disaggregated by visible minority and selected sociodemographic characteristics. Data are available for Canada, geographical regions of Canada, province or territory and census metropolitan area. This data visualization tool is part of a broader conceptual framework on social inclusion and covers a total of 11 themes. Each theme has a similar interactive visualization tool.
    Release date: 2025-07-07
  • 9. Total family income and characteristics of residential property owners by family type, inactive Archived
    Table: 46-10-0051-01
    Geography: Province or territory, Census subdivision, Census metropolitan area, Census agglomeration, Census metropolitan area part, Census agglomeration part
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Data on total family income and characteristics of resident owners who are persons occupying one of their residential properties and filed their T1 tax return form: sex, age, family type and size, employment status, claimant status of the home buyers' amount for the purchase of a home and the total assessment value of residential properties owned.
    Release date: 2024-12-09
  • 10. Single and multiple residential property owners by immigration characteristics, inactive Archived
    Table: 46-10-0052-01
    Geography: Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census agglomeration, Census metropolitan area part, Census agglomeration part
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Data on resident owners who are persons occupying one of their residential properties: immigration characteristics (immigration status, period of immigration, admission category, place of birth), age, total family income, the number and the total assessment value of residential properties owned.
    Release date: 2024-12-09
Analysis (25)

Analysis (25) (0 to 10 of 25 results)

  • 1. Adulting together: Parents and adult children who co-reside
    Articles and reports: 91F0015M2025002
    Description: This study uses data from the 2021 Census of Population to describe the sociodemographic and economic characteristics of persons living in households composed of parents and their adult children aged 20 and over. Distinctions in these characteristics by generation (adult children versus parents) are also examined.
    Release date: 2025-08-14
  • 2. Unpacking Canada’s multigenerational households: A look at the people who call them home
    Articles and reports: 91F0015M2025003
    Description: This study uses data from the 2021 Census of Population to describe the demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of persons living in households composed of three or more generations of the same family. Distinctions in these characteristics by generation (youngest, middle or oldest) are also examined.
    Release date: 2025-08-14
  • 3. Exiting homelessness: An examination of factors contributing to regaining and maintaining housing
    Articles and reports: 46-28-0001202500100002
    Description: This article analyses results from the Canadian Housing Survey, 2022 , using new variables on homelessness and factors contributing to regaining and maintaining housing. The paper provides a descriptive overview of different types of homelessness experiences in Canada, highlighting select population groups. Distinguishing between unsheltered or sheltered and hidden homelessness, further descriptive insights are presented on the specific factors contributing to regaining housing from observed homeless exits. Finally, the article explores select housing outcomes of those rehoused, identifying some challenges that remain after finding home.
    Release date: 2025-02-12
  • 4. Exiting homelessness: Results from the 2022 Canadian Housing Survey
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202504339141
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2025-02-12
  • 5. Measuring unmet housing need and housing instability in households with roommates and extended family
    Articles and reports: 46-28-0001202500100001
    Description: This paper examines households with roommates or extended family members, focusing on their housing characteristics. First, it describes living arrangements and how housing costs are shared among household members within these households. Second, it examines characteristics of individuals in these house-sharing and cost-sharing arrangements to illustrate housing instability risks and risks of unmet housing need. Lastly, it assesses some risk profiles to estimate the size of the population in these households that could be at risk of housing instability or unmet housing need.
    Release date: 2025-02-05
  • 6. Municipal variations in the housing arrangements of international students
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202401200003
    Description: Understanding how international students use the housing market across different municipalities can inform policy and planning decisions regarding housing supply, urban infrastructure and services to better accommodate the needs of a diverse student population. This study uses the 2021 Census of Population to examine international students' participation in the rented and owned housing sectors, as well as the proportion of students living in shared accommodation within these markets.
    Release date: 2024-12-19
  • 7. Households with multiple maintainers and the impact on homeownership rates
    Articles and reports: 46-28-0001202400100004
    Description: This paper examines households with multiple maintainers. A household maintainer is a person who contributes financially to housing costs. First, it examines the overall prevalence of multiple-maintainer households. Then, it examines the differences between maintainers in a household. Lastly, because homeownership rates by age are common household statistics, the robustness of those results is explored through simulations using the age of different household maintainers.
    Release date: 2024-12-16
  • 8. Housing Experiences in Canada: Renters who are in poverty, seniors and recent immigrants, 2021
    Articles and reports: 46-28-0001202100100025
    Description: This article about people in poverty, seniors, and recent immigrants is part of the "Housing Experiences in Canada" fact sheet series. This series focuses on housing indicators that provide information on the housing experiences of different population groups, with a focus on those identified in legislation that recognizes housing as a human right.
    Release date: 2023-11-22
  • 9. A generational portrait of Canada’s aging population from the 2021 Census
    Stats in brief: 98-200-X2021003
    Description: This Census in Brief article examines recent trends in the age structure of the Canadian population in 2021 from the angle of generations. It provides some insights on the size and growth of the different generations. This article also provides information on the distribution of generations by provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas, and downtown areas.
    Release date: 2022-04-27
  • 10. People living in apartments and larger households were at higher risk of dying from COVID-19 during the first wave of the pandemic Archived
    Stats in brief: 45-28-0001202100100004
    Description:

    The risks of mortality due to COVID-19 have been found to be higher for some Canadians (e.g., older population, especially those living in long term care residences, etc.). For Canadians living in close quarters there could also be an increased risk. This article examines the rate of mortality due to COVID-19 associated with people living in different types of private dwellings in Quebec and Ontario. Additionally, the size of the household and the living arrangements are also explored among individuals.

    Release date: 2021-04-13
Reference (2)

Reference (2) ((2 results))

  • 1. Key household indicators, 2021 Census of Population
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 98-20-00032021023
    Description: Data collected by the Census of Population are used to create different household indicators to help governments and organizations assess housing needs in Canada. This video focuses on six key household indicators that help governments and organizations manage the state of housing in Canada, namely, shelter costs, shelter-cost-to-income ratio, housing adequacy, housing suitability, housing affordability and core housing need.
    Release date: 2022-10-26
  • 2. Housing and dwelling characteristics, 2021 Census of Population
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 98-20-00032021022
    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).
    Release date: 2022-09-21

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