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Households in core housing need, 2024: Canadian provinces ranked

Measure: Households in core housing need, 2024 (%). All 10 provinces and territories with data in Households in core housing need by province, 2024, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2024.

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Source: Statistics Canada, Table 46-10-0085-01. 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
2026-11-14
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National value: 11.6 (Canada).

British Columbia: 15.7Alberta: 13Saskatchewan: 13Manitoba: 12.1Ontario: 12.7Quebec: 7New Brunswick: 8.8Yukon: not in this tableNunavut: not in this tableNewfoundland and Labrador: 6.9Nova Scotia: 12.4Northwest Territories: not in this tablePrince Edward Island: 8
  • Lowest: 6.9 to 8 %
  • Group 2: 8 to 12.1 %
  • Group 3: 12.1 to 12.7 %
  • Group 4: 12.7 to 13 %
  • Highest: 13 to 15.7 %
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.

Note: Canadian Housing Survey 2024; Canada is 'provinces only' (territories are not in this series). This is a different series from the site's 2018 core-housing-need table.

1British Columbia15.7
2Saskatchewan13
2Alberta13
4Ontario12.7
5Nova Scotia12.4
6Manitoba12.1
7New Brunswick8.8
8Prince Edward Island8
9Quebec7
10Newfoundland and Labrador6.9

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 46-10-0085-01: Households and persons in core housing need, Canada, provinces and selected census subdivisions, by tenure including first-time homebuyer and social and affordable housing status. Reference period: 2024.

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Canadian provinces and territories ranked by households in core housing need, 2024 (%) (2024). Data: Statistics Canada, Table 46-10-0085-01: Households and persons in core housing need, Canada, provinces and selected census subdivisions, by tenure including first-time homebuyer and social and affordable housing status; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-14. https://quadranac.com/rankings/ca-provinces-by-households-in-core-housing-need-2024/

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