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Nov 30, 2021 · Results from the second cycle of our Social and Affordable Housing Survey — Rental Structures (SAHS-RS) are now available. The survey collected respondent and administrative data for an important component of Canada’s housing continuum: social and affordable rental-tenure housing.
- About Affordable Housing in Canada
Much of Canada’s social housing was built between 1946 and...
- About Affordable Housing in Canada
The Canadian Housing Statistics Program (CHSP) provides comprehensive information on residential properties and their owners. It provides granular information on the properties owned, as well as characteristics of the owners and their residency status. Browse releases from the CHSP.
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Total residential dwellings reached 16.4 million units in 2021, representing a stock value of $3.3 trillion. Strong growth in housing investment in 2021 drove Canada's net stock of residential assets up 17.6%, representing 21% of national wealth. The productive activity related to investment in residential housing was associated with over 1.3 milli...
The total number of dwellings in Canada increased 5.7% to 16.4 million units from 2016 to 2021. The number of dwellings in Ontario increased by 334,000 from 2016 to reach 6.0 million in 2021, the largest increase in Canada, followed by Quebec, with an increase of 192,000 over the same period. Steady growth in apartment-type dwellings from 2016 to 2...
Total investment in residential housing in 2021 increased 30.9% from 2020 to reach $248.7 billion in nominal terms. Investment grew more than 25% in every province and territory except the Northwest Territories (+18.3%) and Nunavut (+1.0%). The strong growth in investment led to an increase of 17.6% in Canada's net stock of housing assets, represen...
Nationally, the remaining useful service life ratio of housing assets increased from 58.7% in 2020, to 58.9%. Slight declines were observed in Newfoundland and Labrador, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. The remaining useful service life ratio increased in all dwelling types except single-detached dwell...
GDPattributed to the production of housing assets totalled $141.5 billion in 2021, up from $110.3 billion in 2020. Over 1.3 million jobs were associated with the production of housing assets in 2021.
The article, "Remaining useful service life ratios of non-residential capital stock," which is part of the Income and Expenditure Accounts Technical Series (Catalogue number13-604-M), is available. The Economic accounts statistics portal, accessible from the Subjectsmodule of the Statistics Canada website, features an up-to-date portrait of nationa...
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Aug 27, 2023 · In the early to mid-1990s, back-to-back governments of different political stripes — first the Conservative government under Brian Mulroney and then Jean Chretien's Liberals — began...
In 2021, 11.9% of renters in the provinces lived in social and affordable housing (SAH). From 2018 to 2021, the annual average increase in shelter costs in Canada was 8.4%, according to the Consumer Price Index.
Much of Canada’s social housing was built between 1946 and 1993. The federal government continues to make substantial investments in the existing social housing stock. In 2016 , the federal government provided almost$1.7 billion to support over 536,000 households living in social housing.
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Sep 27, 2022 · Canadian government s—a t the provincial, territorial, regional and local level s—a lso 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.
