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Canadian provinces and territories ranked by core housing need: All households

All 13 provinces and territories with data in Core housing need by province, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2018.

Licence: Source: Statistics Canada, Table 46-10-0056-01. Reproduced and distributed on an "as is" basis with the permission of Statistics Canada. Contains information licensed under the Statistics Canada Open Licence (Open Government Licence – Canada).
Data last updated: 2026-10-26

National value: 11.6 (Canada).

Lowest: 7.3 to 8.4 %
Group 2: 8.4 to 11.4 %
Group 3: 11.4 to 11.7 %
Group 4: 11.7 to 14.6 %
Highest: 14.6 to 45 %

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.


1	Nunavut	45
2	Northwest Territories	15.9
3	British Columbia	14.6
4	Yukon	14.4
5	Ontario	13.9
6	Manitoba	11.7
6	Saskatchewan	11.7
8	Nova Scotia	11.4
9	Alberta	10.8
10	Prince Edward Island	8.6
11	Newfoundland and Labrador	8.4
12	Quebec	7.5
13	New Brunswick	7.3

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 46-10-0056-01: Core housing need, by tenure including first-time homebuyer and social and affordable housing status. Reference period: 2018.

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Canadian provinces and territories ranked by core housing need: All households (2018). Data: Statistics Canada, Table 46-10-0056-01; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-26. https://quadranac.com/rankings/ca-provinces-by-core-housing-need-all-households/

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