Rural Canada Housing Profiles: Interactive Dashboard

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The Rural Canada Housing Profiles interactive dashboard provides a visual overview of selected housing indicators from the Rural Canada Housing Profiles (RCHP) product of Statistics Canada. While the main theme is rural and small town (RST) areas, the RCHP as well as the tool also features data for urban areas. The variables presented are the numbers and values of residential building permits, and the values of investment in residential building construction. All values displayed are in current dollars.

This data visualization is based on data from the following two tables that have been produced as part of the RCHP: Table 46-10-0075-01 Residential building permits, numbers and values and Table 46-10-0076-01 Values of investments in residential building construction.

The RCHP is based on data from the following Statistics Canada programs: the 2021 Census of Population, Canadian Housing Statistics Program, the Building Permits program, and the Investment in Building Construction program.

The RCHP database features five tables: (1) Table 46-10-0075-01 Residential building permits, numbers and values; (2) Table 46-10-0076-01 Values of investments in residential building construction; (3) Table 46-10-0077-01 Residential property characteristics; (4) Table 46-10-0078-01 Occupied private dwelling characteristics; and (5) Table 46-10-0079-01 Private household characteristics.

The values of building permits, based on the Building Permits program, relate to intentions to carry out residential building construction in the future on the part of applicants obtaining permits from municipalities over a given reference year. The values of investment in residential building construction, based on the Investment in Building Construction program, reflect the values of the work put in place over the reference year as a result of construction activity that follows permit approval, whether this was obtained in the reference year or in an earlier year (or years). While the permit and investment values are related, there is a lag between when a permit is obtained and the ensuing construction activity that relates to it. Investment values are based on permits data as well as other data sources.

Definitions

Rural and small town areas

"Rural and small town" is defined as all areas that are outside of census metropolitan areas (CMAs) and census agglomerations (CAs). The CMA and CA definitions are based on Statistics Canada’s 2016 Standard Geographical Classification (SGC).

Urban areas

"Urban" is defined as all areas that are inside of census metropolitan areas (CMAs) and census agglomerations (CAs). The CMA and CA definitions are based on Statistics Canada’s 2016 Standard Geographical Classification (SGC).

All areas

"All areas" combines rural and small town and urban areas.

For further information, see Rural Canada Housing Profiles database and metadata and user-guide.

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