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Canadian provinces and territories ranked by core housing need: Owners

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: 6.5 (Canada).

Lowest: 2.1 to 4.3 %
Group 2: 4.3 to 5.6 %
Group 3: 5.6 to 6.8 %
Group 4: 6.8 to 8.9 %
Highest: 8.9 to 28 %

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	28
2	Northwest Territories	12.2
3	British Columbia	8.9
4	Ontario	8.5
5	Alberta	7.3
6	Saskatchewan	6.8
7	Prince Edward Island	6.4
8	Nova Scotia	5.6
9	Manitoba	5.5
10	Yukon	4.8
11	Newfoundland and Labrador	4.3
12	New Brunswick	3.3
13	Quebec	2.1

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: Owners (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-owners/

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