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  • 61. Homegrown fruit, herbs, vegetables and flowers, by tenure and type of dwelling
    Table: 38-10-0026-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Every 2 years
    Description: Percentage of households that grew fruit, herbs, vegetables and flowers for personal use, and for those that did the location of the garden, by type of dwelling. The data is from the Households and the environment survey.
    Release date: 2023-12-08
  • 62. 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
  • 63. 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
  • 64. 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
  • 65. 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
  • 66. 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
  • 67. 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
  • 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. 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
  • 12. The role of short-term rentals in the Canadian housing market
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2024032
    Description: This infographic is a visual representation of short-term rental (STR) activity across Canada, focusing particularly on the subset of STRs that could potentially be used for long-term housing. This subset of STRs is referred to as potential long-term dwellings (PLTDs), it comprises entire units listed for more than 180 days a year, excluding vacation-type properties.
    Release date: 2024-07-30
  • 13. Homeowner-renter dwelling, neighbourhood and life satisfaction gaps
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202400600004
    Description: On average, individuals who own their dwelling report higher satisfaction with their dwelling, neighbourhood and life than renters. These differences may reflect a positive causal impact of ownership on satisfaction. However, these differences could also reflect compositional effects, such as differences in household, dwelling and neighbourhood characteristics. Using the 2021 Canadian Housing Survey, this study provides a comparison of renters’ and owners’ reported dwelling, neighbourhood and life satisfaction accounting for compositional effects.
    Release date: 2024-06-26
  • 14. 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
  • 15. 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
  • 16. 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
  • 17. 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
  • 18. 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
  • 19. 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
  • 20. 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
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  • 31. Canadian Housing Statistics Program
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5257
    Description: The CHSP will provide comprehensive information to monitor and analyze the Canadian housing market. Descriptive variables in the database will include property characteristics, (e.g., structure type, size, location), property owner characteristics (e.g., demographics, citizenship and residency status) and property financing (e.g., loan terms, outstanding debt).
  • 32. Canadian Housing Survey
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5269
    Description: This survey collects information about housing needs and experiences from a sample of Canadian households. Information is collected on core housing need, dwelling and neighbourhood satisfaction, housing moves or intentions to move, and other aspects of well-being related to housing.

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