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The Canadian Housing Survey offers valuable insights into housing effectiveness in Canada and its impact on communities nationwide. It examines housing conditions in all 10 provinces, allowing us to track changes between the 2018 and 2021 surveys.

  • Anticipate the Cycle 3 results in 2024, with Cycle 4 scheduled for Fall 2024.

Key Insights from the Canadian Housing Survey:

  • Satisfaction Levels: Explore Canadian satisfaction with their homes, neighborhoods and communities.
  • Housing's Impact on Well-being: Examine the role of housing in the well-being of Canadians.
  • Social and Affordable Housing Conditions: Learn about the needs and housing conditions of households living in social and affordable housing.
  • COVID-19 Pandemic Effects: Evaluate the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on housing needs.
  • Access to Affordable Housing: Assess accessibility to affordable housing and evaluate subsidized housing waitlist durations.
  • Monitor Core Housing Need: Scrutinize households confronting issues with affordability, suitability and adequacy.
  • Past Eviction Experiences: Gather data on Canadians' past eviction experiences.

How the survey helps

The Canadian Housing Survey provides data-driven insights that inform policies and contribute to the improvement of housing conditions of Canadian households. They can be used for independent research, policy recommendations and collaborative efforts to address housing and housing data gaps to make informed decisions.

About the survey

The Canadian Housing Survey is conducted biennially and gathers critical data on housing conditions and experiences among Canadian households. Its primary objective is to comprehend the housing requirements of Canadians, particularly those in vulnerable priority groups.

The survey is conducted every 2 years from 2018 to 2028 by Statistics Canada for CMHC. The next Canadian Housing Survey data release is expected in 2024. In the meantime, you can explore the results from past cycles of the survey.

Canadian Housing Survey Results

  • Final results from the Canadian Housing Survey, 2018 (Statistics Canada)
  • First results from the Canadian Housing Survey, 2018 (Statistics Canada)
  • Canadian Housing Survey: A Profile of first-time Homebuyers, 2018 (Statistics Canada)
  • The 2018 Canadian Housing Survey microdata file (Statistics Canada)
  • Canadians’ satisfaction with their housing: Highlights from the 2018 Canadian Housing Survey (Statistics Canada)
  • Canadians’ satisfaction with their neighbourhood: Highlights from the 2018 Canadian Housing Survey (Statistics Canada)

Related information

Explore reports and other resources covering a range of related topics that provide valuable information on housing in Canada.

Housing moves

  • Denied renting: Lived experiences of rental discrimination
  • Lived experiences of eviction in Canada
  • Housing Instability: Observations in Canada
  • Evictions in Canada, 2021 (Statistics Canada)
  • Households on the Move, 2018 (Statistics Canada, Infographic) (PDF)

Core housing need

  • Research Paper: Core housing need transitions of racialized communities in Canada
  • Housing Instability: Observations in Canada
  • Core housing need data

Housing needs and conditions

  • The Social Inclusion Index
  • Understanding Neighbourhood Income Mixing in Canadian Cities
  • The Proximity Measures Database
  • Healthy Homes Adequacy Standard
  • Housing challenges remain for vulnerable populations in 2021 (Statistics Canada)
  • Social and Affordable Rental Structure Survey tables
  • New Affordability Metric Assesses Household Ability to Afford Basic Goods

Housing markets and data

  • Historical tax information in the Canadian Housing Survey database
  • Indicators related to moving (Statistics Canada)
  • Housing Markets, Data and Research
  • Housing market information portal
  • New Dissemination Model data (Statistics Canada)

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Date Published: September 29, 2023

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