Map 5
Core housing need rates fall across the provinces and territories, from 2016 to 2021

Map description

The title of the map is "Core housing need rates fall across the provinces and territories, from 2016 to 2021"

This is a map of Canada showing the core housing need rate by province and territory in 2016 and 2021, and the percentage point change in the core housing need rate from 2016 to 2021.

In Canada, the core housing need rate in 2021 was 10.1%, and it fell 2.6 percentage points from 12.7% in 2016.

In Newfoundland and Labrador, the core housing need rate in 2021 was 8.0%, and it fell 2.5 percentage points from 10.5% in 2016.

In Prince Edward Island, the core housing need rate in 2021 was 7.0%, and it fell 1.6 percentage points from 8.6% in 2016.

In Nova Scotia, the core housing need rate in 2021 was 10.0%, and it fell 2.8 percentage points from 12.9% in 2016.

In New Brunswick, the core housing need rate in 2021 was 6.2%, and it fell 2.8 percentage points from 9.0% in 2016.

In Quebec, the core housing need rate in 2021 was 6.0%, and it fell 3.0 percentage points from 9.0% in 2016.

In Ontario, the core housing need rate in 2021 was 12.1%, and it fell 3.1 percentage points from 15.3% in 2016.

In Manitoba, the core housing need rate in 2021 was 10.1%, and it fell 1.3 percentage points from 11.4% in 2016.

In Saskatchewan, the core housing need rate in 2021 was 10.3%, it fell 3.1 percentage points from 13.4% in 2016.

In Alberta, the core housing need rate in 2021 was 9.9%, and it fell 1.5 percentage points from 11.4% in 2016.

In British Columbia, the core housing need rate in 2021 was 13.4%, and it fell 1.5 percentage points from 14.9% in 2016.

In Yukon, the core housing need rate in 2021 was 13.1%, and it fell 2.1 percentage points from 15.2% in 2016.

In the Northwest Territories, the core housing need rate in 2021 was 13.2%, and it fell 2.3 percentage points from 15.4% in 2016.

In Nunavut, the core housing need rate in 2021 was 32.9%, and it fell 3.6 percentage points from 36.5% in 2016.

Note(s): Owner and tenant households in non-farm, non-reserve private dwellings with household income greater than zero and shelter-cost-to-income ratio less than 100%.

Source(s): Census of Population, 2016 and 2021 (3901).