Housing and shelter costs

The topic Housing and shelter costs includes the number of persons in a household, household type (family or non-family households), tenure (own or rent), household maintainer (who pays the rent or mortgage), number of persons per room, and shelter costs such as mortgage or rent payments, electricity, oil, property taxes, and condominium fees.

Major data sources (Definition)

• Census of Population
• Homeowner Repair and Renovation Survey
• Household, Facilities and Equipment Survey
• Survey of Family Expenditures
• Survey of Household Spending
• Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics

Secondary data sources (Definition)

• Aboriginal Peoples Survey
• Changes in Employment Survey
• General Social Survey — Family Transitions (Cycle 20)
• Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Canada
• Participation and Activity Limitation Survey

Limited data sources (Definition)

• General Social Survey — Access to and Use of Information Communication Technology (Cycle 14)
• General Social Survey — Family, Social Support and Retirement (Cycle 21)
• General Social Survey — Social Engagement (Cycle 17)
• General Social Survey — Time Use (Cycle 19)
• General Social Survey — Victimization (Cycle 18)
• Post-Secondary Education Participation Survey
• Survey of Financial Security