Housing Statistics in Canada

Parents and children in the Canadian housing market: Does parental property ownership increase the likelihood of homeownership for their adult children?

Release date: November 20, 2023

This study examines the likelihood of 1990s-born children to be homeowners in 2021 based on the residential property ownership status of their parents. This analysis is based on administrative data from the Canadian Housing Statistics Program for eight Canadian provinces and three Canadian territories. The homeownership rate of children is analyzed based on the number of residential properties excluding vacant land owned by their parents, with controls added for province, age, and income level.

A toolkit for understanding housing supply

Release date: October 25, 2023

This article draws together a variety of publicly available data sources into a toolkit of indicators that can be used by researchers, practitioners and the public to describe housing dynamics from a supply-side lens. The article then leverages this toolbox to illustrate trends in housing prices, supply and key determinants of residential construction over the past 12 years in selected census metropolitan areas (Halifax, Montréal, Ottawa–Gatineau, Toronto, Edmonton and Vancouver).

A profile of residential real estate investors in 2020

Release date: May 23, 2023

This article presents a detailed profile of residential real estate investors in the provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario, Manitoba and British Columbia in 2020. It documents the demographic characteristics of investors, including age, sex, and immigration status. In addition, it looks at the geographic distribution of investors in certain provinces. The article is the second in a series produced by the Canadian Housing Statistics Program (CHSP) on residential real estate investors.

Residential real estate investors and investment properties in 2020

Release date: February 3, 2023

In this article, the Canadian Housing Statistics Program (CHSP) is releasing new data on the profile of real estate investors and the residential properties they owned in 2020 for the provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario, Manitoba and British Columbia.


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