Household Income, Shelter Costs and Shelter-Cost-to-Income Ratio (STIRs) of Visible Minority Groups by Core Need Status

The data covers:

• Number of households examined for core housing need
• Average household income before taxes
• Average shelter cost
• Average shelter-cost-to-income ratio (STIR)
• Core housing need status
• Tenure
• Visible minority group of primary household maintainer

The geographies covered:

• Canada, provinces and territories
• Census metropolitan areas (CMA)
• All CMA total for Canada, all census agglomerations (CA) total for Canada and all non-CMA/CA total for Canada

Source: CMHC (Census-based and National-Household-Survey-based housing indicators and data).

Note: The tables include data from 2001 to 2021.

Author:

CMHC

Document Type:

Excel

Date Published:

April 23, 2025