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Table 16
Percentage of owner and renter households spending 30% or more of their income on shelter, Canada, provinces and territories, 2001 and 2006
Regions Households spending 30% or more of their income on shelter
All households Owner households Renter households
2001 2006 Difference 2001 2006 Difference 2001 2006 Difference
percentage percentage points percentage percentage points percentage percentage points
Sources: Statistics Canada, censuses of population, 2001 and 2006.
Canada 24.1 24.9 0.8 16.0 17.8 1.8 39.6 40.3 0.7
Newfoundland and Labrador 19.5 18.9 -0.6 12.7 12.4 -0.3 44.2 42.8 -1.4
Prince Edward Island 19.9 21.3 1.4 12.0 14.1 2.1 41.0 41.7 0.7
Nova Scotia 22.9 22.6 -0.3 13.6 13.9 0.3 45.5 45.1 -0.4
New Brunswick 19.5 19.0 -0.5 12.9 12.6 -0.3 39.1 39.2 0.1
Quebec 23.3 22.5 -0.8 14.1 13.9 -0.2 35.9 35.6 -0.3
Ontario 25.3 27.7 2.4 17.3 20.8 3.5 42.2 44.6 2.4
Manitoba 19.4 18.6 -0.8 11.3 11.5 0.2 37.1 35.5 -1.6
Saskatchewan 19.6 20.4 0.8 11.5 13.1 1.6 38.6 39.8 1.2
Alberta 21.6 22.2 0.6 15.5 16.6 1.1 36.0 37.2 1.2
British Columbia 28.6 29.1 0.5 20.7 22.8 2.1 44.1 43.7 -0.4
Yukon Territory 21.0 18.3 -2.7 14.6 13.3 -1.3 33.8 28.8 -5.0
Northwest Territories 16.4 14.6 -1.8 13.6 9.9 -3.7 19.6 20.0 0.4
Nunavut 10.6 9.6 -1.0 14.1 12.6 -1.5 9.5 8.7 -0.8