Culture, recreation and sports infrastructure and social and affordable housing play a key role in the quality of life of Canadians. In 2020, local, regional, provincial and territorial governments in Canada provided 5,060 aquatics facilities, 5,761 arts and culture facilities, 7,569 ice facilities, 34,346 kilometres of trails and pathways, as well as numerous indoor and outdoor sports fields and other assets to communities. Canadian governments—at the provincial, territorial, regional and local levels—also play a key role in providing social and affordable housing to satisfy the basic needs of low-income Canadians. In 2020, they reported a total of 312,523 public social and affordable housing units.
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