Core Housing Need
Whether a private household’s housing falls below at least one of the indicator thresholds for housing adequacy, affordability or suitability, and would have to spend 30% or more of its total before‑tax income to pay the median rent of alternative local housing that is acceptable (attains all three housing indicator thresholds).
Core Housing Need: Major Repairs
Adequate housing is reported by their residents as not requiring any major repairs.
Family
Family is defined as a married couple and the children, if any, of either and/or both spouses; a couple living common law and the children, if any, of either and/or both partners; or a parent of any marital status in a one‑parent family with at least one child living in the same dwelling and that child or those children. All members of a particular census family live in the same dwelling. Children may be biological or adopted children regardless of their age or marital status as long as they live in the dwelling and do not have their own married spouse, common‑law partner or child living in the dwelling. Grandchildren living with their grandparent(s) but with no parents present also constitute a census family.
Government Transfers
Government transfers are all monies received from any level of government, including: old age security pension, guaranteed income supplement, allowance or allowance for the survivor, retirement, disability and survivor benefits from Canada Pension Plan, and any benefits.
Income Source: Employment Income
Employment income is income from all forms of paid employment, self or otherwise.
Income Source: Other Market Income
Other market income is income from other sources than employment or government transfers. This could include: investment income, non-governmental, or pensions.
Core Housing Need: Affordable
Affordable housing has shelter costs equal to less than 30% of total before‑tax household income.
Core Housing Need: Suitable
Suitable Housing: Suitable housing has enough bedrooms for the size and composition of resident households according to the National Occupancy Standard (NOS), conceived by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation and provincial and territorial representatives.
Gender
Given that the non-binary population is small, data aggregation to a two-category gender variable is sometimes necessary to protect the confidentiality of responses provided. In these cases, individuals in the category “non-binary persons” are distributed into the other two gender categories and are denoted by the “＋” symbol.
Household
Household refers to a person or group of persons who occupy the same dwelling and do not have a usual place of residence elsewhere in Canada or abroad. The dwelling may be either a collective dwelling or a private dwelling. The household may consist of a family group such as a census family, of two or more families sharing a dwelling, of a group of unrelated persons or of a person living alone. Household members who are temporarily absent on reference day are considered part of their usual household.
Income Source: Government Transfers
Government transfers are all monies received from any level of government, including: old age security pension, guaranteed income supplement, allowance or allowance for the survivor, retirement, disability and survivor benefits from Canada Pension Plan, benefits from Employment Insurance, child benefits from federal and provincial programs, social assistance benefits, workers’ compensation benefits, Canada workers benefit, goods and services tax credit and harmonised sales tax credit, and other income from government sources.
Private Dwelling
Private dwelling refers to a separate set of living quarters with a private entrance either from outside the building or from a common hall, lobby, vestibule or stairway inside the building. The entrance to the dwelling must be one that can be used without passing through the living quarters of some other person or group of persons.