Table 1
Homeownership rates by age class and income quintile, 1981 to 2006

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Homeownership rates by age class and income quintile, 1981 to 2006
  1981 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
  homeownership rates (percent)
All households 62 63 63 64 66 69
Age class  
20 to 29 33 31 29 28 29 34
30 to 39 65 62 59 58 59 63
40 to 49 74 73 72 70 71 73
50 to 59 75 76 76 75 76 77
60 to 69 70 73 73 75 76 77
70 and over 66 69 71 74 77 78
Bottom quintile  
Age class  
20 to 29 13 12 10 9 11 13
30 to 39 33 28 24 22 24 26
40 to 49 43 40 35 33 34 37
50 to 59 51 50 47 45 45 46
60 to 69 55 55 54 53 55 53
70 and over 56 54 56 52 57 56
Second quintile  
Age class  
20 to 29 22 22 21 19 21 26
30 to 39 48 44 41 38 41 44
40 to 49 58 57 52 50 51 55
50 to 59 64 66 65 63 63 64
60 to 69 70 73 73 75 76 76
70 and over 71 73 73 75 78 78
Middle quintile  
Age class  
20 to 29 37 35 35 36 37 44
30 to 39 64 60 61 58 61 64
40 to 49 72 70 69 67 70 72
50 to 59 75 76 76 75 76 77
60 to 69 76 79 81 83 85 85
70 and over 74 77 80 82 85 86
Fourth quintile  
Age class  
20 to 29 51 49 49 53 51 62
30 to 39 76 75 75 76 76 81
40 to 49 81 81 81 82 83 85
50 to 59 82 84 84 85 85 87
60 to 69 81 84 86 88 89 90
70 and over 77 81 84 87 89 90
Top quintile  
Age class  
20 to 29 60 59 59 62 59 74
30 to 39 84 84 83 85 85 90
40 to 49 89 90 90 91 92 94
50 to 59 89 91 92 92 93 95
60 to 69 86 89 91 92 93 95
70 and over 81 85 88 91 93 94
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 1981 to 2006.
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