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  • 31. Single and multiple residential property owners by immigration characteristics
    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: 2024-08-21
  • 32. Ownership type and property use by residential property type and period of construction
    Table: 46-10-0053-01
    Geography: Province or territory, Census subdivision, Census metropolitan area, Census agglomeration, Census metropolitan area part, Census agglomeration part
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Residential property estimates by geography, property type, period of construction, property use and ownership type.
    Release date: 2024-08-21
  • 33. Residency ownership and property use by residential property type and period of construction
    Table: 46-10-0054-01
    Geography: Province or territory, Census subdivision, Census metropolitan area, Census agglomeration, Census metropolitan area part, Census agglomeration part
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    Residential property estimates by geography, property type, period of construction, property use and residency ownership.

    Release date: 2024-08-21
  • 34. Residential property buyers: Demographic data, first-time home buyer status, and price-to-income ratio
    Table: 46-10-0062-01
    Geography: Province or territory, Census subdivision, Census metropolitan area, Census agglomeration, Census agglomeration part
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Data on resident buyers who are persons that purchased a residential property in a market sale and filed their T1 tax return form: number of and incomes of residential property buyers, sale price, price-to-income ratio by the number of buyers as part of a sale, age groups, first-time home buyer status, buyer characteristics (sex, family type, immigration status, period of immigration, admission category).
    Release date: 2024-08-21
  • 35. The evolving landscape of Canadian lending: Key trends in mortgage and non-mortgage loans
    Articles and reports: 11-621-M2024009
    Description: This analysis is divided into three sections. Section 1 looks at the principal components of non-mortgage loans, while section 2 looks at mortgage loans and the breakdown of insured and uninsured mortgages. Section 3 looks at both mortgage and non-mortgage loans and highlights indicators related to household indebtedness and financial stability.
    Release date: 2024-08-14
  • 36. Study: The evolving landscape of Canadian lending: Key trends in mortgage and non-mortgage loans
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202422738588
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2024-08-14
  • 37. New condominium apartment price indexes, by census metropolitan area
    Table: 18-10-0273-01
    Geography: Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area part
    Frequency: Quarterly
    Description:

    New condominium apartment price index (NCAPI) by census metropolitan area. Quarterly data are available from the first quarter of 2017. The table presents data for the most recent reference period and the last four periods. The base period for the index is 2017=100.

    Release date: 2024-07-30
  • 38. New condominium apartment price index, percentage change, quarterly
    Table: 18-10-0273-02
    Geography: Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area part
    Frequency: Quarterly
    Description:

    New condominium apartment price index (NCAPI) by census metropolitan area. Quarterly data are available from the second quarter of 2017. The table presents quarter-over-quarter and year-over-year percentage changes. The base period of the index is 2017=100.

    Release date: 2024-07-30
  • 39. New condominium apartment price index, relative importance, annual
    Table: 18-10-0274-01
    Geography: Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area part
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    New condominium apartment price indexes (NCAPI), relative importance by census metropolitan area. Annual weights are available from 2017.

    Release date: 2024-07-30
  • 40. Short-term rentals in the Canadian housing market
    Stats in brief: 11-621-M2024010
    Description: The paper focuses on the subset of short-term rentals (STRs) that could potentially serve as long-term housing. This subset of STRs, referred to as potential long-term dwellings (PLTDs), is intended to capture STR units that are not serving as anyone’s primary residence, but could potentially function as long-term housing (either as owner-occupied or rental units). The PLTD subset is compared with total housing units (owned or rented) at the national, provincial and territorial levels, as well as in major census metropolitan areas and in tourist areas.
    Release date: 2024-07-30
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  • 61. Trees, bushes and hedges on property, by tenure and type of dwelling
    Table: 38-10-0028-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Every 2 years
    Description: Percentage of households that had trees, bushes or hedges on their property, and whether trees were planted or cut down in the last five years, by type of dwelling. The data is from the Households and the environment survey.
    Release date: 2023-12-08
  • 62. Use of thermostats
    Table: 38-10-0049-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area part
    Frequency: Every 2 years
    Description: This table shows the presence of and usage characteristics of thermostats by Canadian households.The unit of measure is percent.The table is biennial.
    Release date: 2023-12-08
  • 63. Trees, bushes and hedges on property
    Table: 38-10-0273-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area part
    Frequency: Every 2 years
    Description: Percentage of households that had trees, bushes or hedges on their property, and whether trees were planted or cut down in the last five years. The data is from the Households and the environment survey.
    Release date: 2023-12-08
  • 64. Households and the environment survey, dwelling's main source of water
    Table: 38-10-0274-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area part
    Frequency: Every 2 years
    Description: This table shows the main source of water for Canadian households, whether the household had had their water tested by a laboratory in the twelve months preceding interview and whether a problem had been found. The unit of measure is percent. The table is biennial.
    Release date: 2023-12-08
  • 65. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, housing under construction in all centres 50,000 and over for Canada, provinces and selected census metropolitan areas
    Table: 34-10-0153-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description:

    This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (18 items: Canada; Atlantic provinces; Newfoundland and Labrador; Prince Edward Island ...).

    Release date: 2023-12-07
  • 66. Housing conditions of Canadian military families: Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations with parts
    Table: 98-10-0145-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census agglomeration, Census metropolitan area part, Census agglomeration part
    Frequency: Occasional
    Universe: Population aged 17 and over in owner and tenant households with household total income greater than zero in non-reserve, non-farm private households, 2021 Census — 25% Sample data
    Variable list: Housing indicators (6), Household type of person (10), Tenure including presence of mortgage payments and subsidized housing (7), Structural type of dwelling (10), Age (15D), Gender (3), Military service status (4A)
    Description: Data on military service status by housing indicators, household type of person, dwelling type and tenure including presence of mortgage payments and subsidized housing for the population aged 17 and over in owner and tenant households with household total income greater than zero in non-reserve, non-farm private households in Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations with parts.
    Release date: 2023-11-15
  • 67. Maintenance and repair expenditures in housing
    Table: 34-10-0095-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Economic region
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    Owner occupied and landlord and tenant occupied expenditures for Canada, the provinces and territories, annual.

    Release date: 2023-11-08
  • 68. Dwelling characteristics and household equipment at time of interview, three territorial capitals
    Table: 11-10-0234-01
    Geography: Census subdivision
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Survey of Household Spending (SHS), dwelling characteristics and household equipment, percentage of households reporting and estimated number of households reporting.
    Release date: 2023-10-18
  • 69. Housing indicators by tenure including presence of mortgage payments and subsidized housing, household type including census family structure and period of construction: Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations
    Table: 98-10-0241-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census agglomeration
    Frequency: Occasional
    Universe: Owner and tenant households with household total income greater than zero in non-reserve, non-farm private dwellings, 2021 Census — 25% Sample data
    Variable list: Housing indicators (6), Age of primary household maintainer (9), Household type including census family structure (16), Period of construction (13), Statistics (3C), Tenure including presence of mortgage payments and subsidized housing (7)
    Description: Housing indicators by tenure including presence of mortgage payments and subsidized housing for Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations. Includes age of primary household maintainer, household type including census family structure and period of construction.
    Release date: 2023-10-04
  • 70. Housing indicators by tenure including presence of mortgage payments and subsidized housing, household size and period of construction: Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations
    Table: 98-10-0242-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census agglomeration
    Frequency: Occasional
    Universe: Owner and tenant households with household total income greater than zero in non-reserve, non-farm private dwellings, 2021 Census — 25% Sample data
    Variable list: Housing indicators (6), Age of primary household maintainer (9), Household size (8), Period of construction (13), Statistics (3C), Tenure including presence of mortgage payments and subsidized housing (7)
    Description: Housing indicators by tenure including presence of mortgage payments and subsidized housing for Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations. Includes age of primary household maintainer, household size and period of construction.
    Release date: 2023-10-04
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  • 11. Housing international students: Housing suitability across municipalities
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202400500001
    Description: With an increase in the number of international students and a greater need for affordable housing, questions have arisen about international students housing experiences. This article examines international students’ prevalence of living in unsuitable housing across municipalities enumerated in the 2021 Census of Population long-form questionnaire. The report also presents the rates of unsuitable housing for international students from different source countries and provides comparisons with Canadian-born students.
    Release date: 2024-05-22
  • 12. Insights into the impact of extreme weather trends in Canada on homeowners insurance profitability and consumers
    Stats in brief: 11-621-M2024003
    Description: This paper looks at how extreme weather claims have impacted the insurance industry in Canada from 2020 to 2023. A specific focus is given to homeowners insurance, which during this time, homeowners insurance consumer price index exceeded all items inflation. Insurer profitability and consumer impacts are analyzed given the significant uptick in catastrophic claims. All four years analyzed ranked in the top 10 most costly claims years in Canadian history, costing billions each year. In addition, other contributing factors are explored to provide a robust overview of trends in profitability of the insurance industry.
    Release date: 2024-05-15
  • 13. Study: Insights into the impact of extreme weather trends in Canada on homeowners insurance profitability and consumers
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202413638264
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2024-05-15
  • 14. New housing supply: Urban sprawl and densification
    Articles and reports: 46-28-0001202400100003
    Description: While many Canadians prefer to live in low-density housing, the supply of these units is linked to urban sprawl and attendant environmental and economic implications. This article examines recent trends of new housing supply and areas of urban sprawl in select Canadian cities. It also analyzes the characteristics of homeowners who live in neighbourhoods which have recently experienced urban sprawl.
    Release date: 2024-05-08
  • 15. Housing Statistics in Canada
    Journals and periodicals: 46-28-0001
    Description: This publication provides insights on housing data and analysis at Statistics Canada. Readers can access in-depth information on the latest housing data released by the Agency. The series relies on both descriptive and analytical methods to analyze administrative and survey data sets that relate to housing.
    Release date: 2024-05-08
  • 16. Intergenerational housing outcomes in Canada: Parents’ housing wealth, adult children’s property values and parent–child co-ownership
    Articles and reports: 46-28-0001202400100002
    Description: This article examines the association between parents' housing wealth and the values of houses owned by their adult children. It also documents parent and child co-ownership arrangements. The article follows a previous article that examined the role that parents' property ownership played in the likelihood of homeownership for children born in the 1990s. These articles use residential property and ownership information from the Canadian Housing Statistics Program for the 2021 reference year for all provinces and territories, except Quebec and Saskatchewan.
    Release date: 2024-05-01
  • 17. Evaluating different approaches to measuring owned accommodation in the Consumer Price Index
    Articles and reports: 62F0014M2024002
    Description: In collaboration with the Bank of Canada, this research paper focuses on constructing analytical price index series for Canada, using the main owned accommodation measurement concepts proposed by the International Consumer Price Index Manual and adopted by other countries. This analysis explores these alternative treatments of owned accommodation in the Canadian context, examining their impact on the all-items Consumer Price Index. Additionally, it provides an explanation for the gap between perceived inflation and estimated inflation.
    Release date: 2024-03-28
  • 18. Housing, wealth and debt: How are young Canadians adapting to current financial and housing pressures?
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202400300004
    Description: Barriers to important milestones and traditional adulthood transitions have intensified in Canada. Sustained food inflation, elevated housing prices, and increasingly unaffordable rental costs across much of the country are casting a shadow over the middle-class dream for many households—and, in particular, for young families. This article provides an overview of household balance sheets and key financial metrics for young families as they adjust to current market conditions and begin to build financial resilience.
    Release date: 2024-03-27
  • 19. Research to Insights: Disparities in Wealth and Debt Among Canadian Households
    Stats in brief: 11-631-X2024002
    Description: The following presentation uses recently disaggregated macroeconomic accounts data to explore the contribution of housing to the accumulation of wealth and debt for Canadian families.
    Release date: 2024-02-28
  • 20. Nationally, renters report lower quality of life than homeowners
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202405037664
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2024-02-19
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  • 21. Note to Former Users of Data from the Household Facilities and Equipment Survey Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 62F0026M2000003
    Description:

    Starting with the 1997 survey year, the Household Facilities and Equipment Survey was replaced by the Survey of Household Spending (SHS). This note provides information to users and prospective users of data from the SHS about the differences between the SHS and the former Household Facilities and Equipment Survey. Topics covered include sample size, weighting, collection method, reference period, and concepts.

    Release date: 2000-07-19
  • 22. New Housing Price Index
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 2310
    Description: The New Housing Price Index (NHPI) is a monthly series that measures changes over time in the contractors' selling prices of new residential houses, where detailed specifications pertaining to each house remain the same between two consecutive periods.
  • 23. Tuition and Living Accommodation Costs
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3123
    Description: The purpose of the survey is to collect tuition fees and living accommodation costs for all publicly funded universities and degree-granting colleges in Canada.
  • 24. Household Facilities and Equipment Survey
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3505
    Description: The Household Facilities and Equipment Survey was conducted to collect up to date data on household equipment, to provide an indication of the Canadian life standard and to pick up changes in the household characteristics.
  • 25. Household Facilities by Income and Other Characteristics
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3506
    Description: This discontinued survey was conducted to provide socio-demographic data related to the housing and to household facilities and equipment.
  • 26. Shelter Cost Survey
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3507
    Description: This statistical activity is a cost recovery survey, funded in part by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. The data is used to measure the adequacy and affordability of housing in Canada.
  • 27. Survey of Household Spending
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3508
    Description: The main purpose of the survey is to obtain detailed information about household spending as well as limited information on dwelling characteristics and household equipment.
  • 28. Census of Population
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3901
    Description: The census provides a detailed statistical portrait of Canada and its people by their demographic, social and economic characteristics. This information is important for communities and is vital for planning services such as child care, schooling, family services, and skills training for employment.
  • 29. Investment in New Housing Construction
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5155
    Description: The monthly investment in new housing construction represents the spending value for individuals, enterprises and governments in the construction of new residential dwellings during the reference period. The four dwelling types covered are singles, doubles,rows and apartments.
  • 30. Experimental New Condominium Apartment Price Index
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5236
    Description: The Experimental New Condominium Apartment Price Index (NCAPI) is a quarterly series that measures changes over time in the contractors' selling prices of units in new condominium apartment buildings, where detailed specifications pertaining to each unit remain comparable between two consecutive periods.

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