DOI: 10.5683/sp3/ctsyfe
title: Statistics Canada, 2024, "HART - 2021 Census of Canada - Selected Characteristics of Households led by Older Adults for Housing Need - Canada, all provinces and territories, at the Census Division (CD), and Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) level [custom tabulation]

description: &lt;h3&gt;Housing Assessment Resource Tools (HART)&lt;/h3&gt;
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This dataset contains 2 tables and 5 files which draw upon data from the 2021 Census of Canada. The tables are a custom order and contain data pertaining to older adults and housing need. The 2 tables have 6 dimensions in common and 1 dimension that is unique to each table.
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Table 1's unique dimension is the "Ethnicity / Indigeneity status" dimension which contains data fields related to visible minority and Indigenous identity within the population in private households. Table 2's unique dimension is "Structural type of dwelling and Period of Construction" which contains data fields relating to the structural type and period of construction of the dwelling.
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Each of the two tables is then split into multiple files based on geography. Table 1 has two files: Table 1.1 includes Canada, Provinces and Territories (14 geographies), CDs of NWT (6), CDs of Yukon (1) and CDs of Nunavut (3); and Table 1.2 includes Canada and the CMAs of Canada (44). Table 2 has three files: Table 2.1 includes Canada, Provinces and Territories (14), CDs of NWT (6), CDs of Yukon (1) and CDs of Nunavut (3); Table 2.2 includes Canada and the CMAs of Canada excluding Ontario and Quebec (20 geographies); and Table 2.3 includes Canada and the CMAs of Canada that are in Ontario and Quebec (25 geographies).
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The dataset is in Beyond 20/20 (&lt;i&gt;.ivt&lt;/i&gt;) format. The Beyond 20/20 browser is required in order to open it. This software can be freely downloaded from the Statistics Canada website: https://www.statcan.gc.ca/eng/public/beyond20-20 (Windows only).
For information on how to use Beyond 20/20, please see:
http://odesi2.scholarsportal.info/documentation/Beyond2020/beyond20-quickstart.pdf
https://wiki.ubc.ca/Library:Beyond_20/20_Guide
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&lt;u&gt;&lt;b&gt;Custom order from Statistics Canada includes the following dimensions and data fields:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/u&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Geography: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- Country of Canada as a whole&lt;br /&gt;
- All 10 Provinces (Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island (PEI), Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia) as a whole&lt;br /&gt;
- All 3 Territories (Nunavut, Northwest Territories, Yukon), as a whole as well as all census divisions (CDs) within the 3 territories&lt;br /&gt;
- All 43 census metropolitan areas (CMAs) in Canada&lt;br /&gt;

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&lt;b&gt;Data Quality and Suppression: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- The global non-response rate (GNR) is an important measure of census data quality. It combines total non-response (households) and partial non-response (questions). A lower GNR indicates a lower risk of non-response bias and, as a result, a lower risk of inaccuracy. The counts and estimates for geographic areas with a GNR equal to or greater than 50% are not published in the standard products. The counts and estimates for these areas have a high risk of non-response bias, and in most cases, should not be released.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- Area suppression is used to replace all income characteristic data with an 'x' for geographic areas with populations and/or number of households below a specific threshold. If a tabulation contains quantitative income data (e.g., total income, wages), qualitative data based on income concepts (e.g., low income before tax status) or derived data based on quantitative income variables (e.g., indexes) for individuals, families or households, then the following rule applies: income characteristic data are replaced with an 'x' for areas where the population is less than 250 or where the number of private households is less than 40. 
&lt;a href="https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/ref/DQ-QD/guide_3-eng.cfm#A_3_1"&gt;Source: Statistics Canada&lt;/a&gt;
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- When showing count data, Statistics Canada employs random rounding in order to reduce the possibility of identifying individuals within the tabulations. Random rounding transforms all raw counts to random rounded counts. Reducing the possibility of identifying individuals within the tabulations becomes pertinent for very small (sub)populations. All counts are rounded to a base of 5, meaning they will end in either 0 or 5. The random rounding algorithm controls the results and rounds the unit value
of the count according to a predetermined frequency. Counts ending in 0 or 5 are not changed.
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&lt;b&gt;Universe:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Full Universe: &lt;br /&gt;
Population aged 55 years and over in owner and tenant households with household total income greater than zero in non-reserve non-farm private dwellings.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;

Definition of Households examined for Core Housing Need: &lt;br /&gt;
Private, non-farm, non-reserve, owner- or renter-households with incomes greater than zero and shelter-cost-to-income ratios less than 100% are assessed for 'Core Housing Need.' Non-family Households with at least one household maintainer aged 15 to 29 attending school are considered not to be in Core Housing Need, regardless of their housing circumstances.
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&lt;u&gt;&lt;b&gt;Data Fields:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;

&lt;b&gt;Table 1:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Age / Gender (12)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1. Total – Population 55 years and over &lt;br /&gt;
2. Men+ &lt;br /&gt;
3. Women+ &lt;br /&gt;
4. 55 to 64 years&lt;br /&gt;
5. Men+ &lt;br /&gt;
6. Women+&lt;br /&gt;
7. 65+ years&lt;br /&gt;
8. Men+&lt;br /&gt;
9. Women+&lt;br /&gt;
10. 85+&lt;br /&gt;
11. Men+&lt;br /&gt;
12. Women+&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Housing indicators (13)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1. Total – Private Households by core housing need status &lt;br /&gt;
2. Households below one standard only&lt;br /&gt;
3. Households below affordability standard only&lt;br /&gt;
4. Households below adequacy standard only&lt;br /&gt;
5. Households below suitability standard only &lt;br /&gt;
6. Households below two or more standards&lt;br /&gt;
7. Households examined for core housing need status&lt;br /&gt;
8. Households in core housing need status&lt;br /&gt;
9. Below one standard only &lt;br /&gt;
10. Households below affordability standard only&lt;br /&gt;
11. Households below adequacy standard only&lt;br /&gt;
12. Households below suitability standard only&lt;br /&gt;
13. Below 2 or more standards&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Tenure Including Presence of Mortgage and Subsidized Housing (7)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1. Total – Tenure &lt;br /&gt;
2. Owner &lt;br /&gt;
3. With mortgage&lt;br /&gt;
4. Without mortgage &lt;br /&gt;
5. Renter &lt;br /&gt;
6. Subsidized housing&lt;br /&gt;
7. Not subsidized housing&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ethnicity / Indigeneity status (24)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1. Total – Visible minority status of the population&lt;br /&gt;
2. Total visible minority status &lt;br /&gt;
3. South Asian &lt;br /&gt;
4. Chinese&lt;br /&gt;
5. Black&lt;br /&gt;
6. Filipino&lt;br /&gt;
7. Latin American&lt;br /&gt;
8. Arab&lt;br /&gt;
9. Southeast Asian&lt;br /&gt;
10. West Asian&lt;br /&gt;
11. Korean&lt;br /&gt;
12. Japanese&lt;br /&gt;
13. Visible minority, n.i.e.&lt;br /&gt;
14. Multiple visible minorities&lt;br /&gt;
15. Not a visible minority&lt;br /&gt;
16. Total – Indigenous identity status of the population &lt;br /&gt;
17. Indigenous identity &lt;br /&gt;
18. Single Indigenous responses &lt;br /&gt;
19. First Nations &lt;br /&gt;
20. Metis &lt;br /&gt;
21. Inuk &lt;br /&gt;
22. Multiple Indigenous responses &lt;br /&gt;
23. Indigenous responses not included elsewhere &lt;br /&gt;
24. Non-Indigenous identity&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Daily Activity Limitations / Immigration Status / Number of Bedrooms (23)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1. Total – Daily Activity Limitations&lt;br /&gt;
2. No difficulties or long-term conditions reported &lt;br /&gt;
3. Yes, difficulties or long-term conditions &lt;br /&gt;
4. Question a seeing only&lt;br /&gt;
5. Question b hearing only&lt;br /&gt;
6. Question C physical only&lt;br /&gt;
7. Question D cognitive only&lt;br /&gt;
8. Question E mental health only&lt;br /&gt;
9. Question F other health problem or long-term condition only&lt;br /&gt;
10. Yes to 2 difficulties or long term condition &lt;br /&gt;
11. Yes to 3 or more difficulties or long term condition&lt;br /&gt;
12. Not stated&lt;br /&gt;
13. Total – Immigrant status&lt;br /&gt;
14. Non-immigrant&lt;br /&gt;
15. Immigrant&lt;br /&gt;
16. Recent immigrant (Period of migration 2016 to 2021)&lt;br /&gt;
17. Non-permanent resident&lt;br /&gt;
18. Total – number of bedrooms&lt;br /&gt;
19. No bedrooms&lt;br /&gt;
20. 1 bedroom&lt;br /&gt;
21. 2 bedrooms&lt;br /&gt;
22. 3 bedrooms&lt;br /&gt;
23. 4 or more bedrooms&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Table 2:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Age / Gender (12)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1. Total – Population 55 years and over &lt;br /&gt;
2. Men+ &lt;br /&gt;
3. Women+ &lt;br /&gt;
4. 55 to 64 years&lt;br /&gt;
5. Men+ &lt;br /&gt;
6. Women+&lt;br /&gt;
7. 65+ years&lt;br /&gt;
8. Men+&lt;br /&gt;
9. Women+&lt;br /&gt;
10. 85+&lt;br /&gt;
11. Men+&lt;br /&gt;
12. Women+&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Housing indicators (13)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1. Total – Private Households by core housing need status &lt;br /&gt;
2. Households below one standard only&lt;br /&gt;
3. Households below affordability standard only&lt;br /&gt;
4. Households below adequacy standard only&lt;br /&gt;
5. Households below suitability standard only &lt;br /&gt;
6. Households below two or more standards&lt;br /&gt;
7. Households examined for core housing need status&lt;br /&gt;
8. Households in core housing need status&lt;br /&gt;
9. Below one standard only &lt;br /&gt;
10. Households below affordability standard only&lt;br /&gt;
11. Households below adequacy standard only&lt;br /&gt;
12. Households below suitability standard only&lt;br /&gt;
13. Below 2 or more standards&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Tenure Including Presence of Mortgage and Subsidized Housing (7)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1. Total – Tenure &lt;br /&gt;
2. Owner &lt;br /&gt;
3. With mortgage&lt;br /&gt;
4. Without mortgage &lt;br /&gt;
5. Renter &lt;br /&gt;
6. Subsidized housing&lt;br /&gt;
7. Not subsidized housing&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Structural type of dwelling and Period of Construction (50)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1. Total – Structural type of dwelling and Period of Construction&lt;br /&gt;
2. 1960 or before&lt;br /&gt;
3. 1961 to 1980&lt;br /&gt;
4. 1981 to 2000&lt;br /&gt;
5. 2001 to 2021&lt;br /&gt;
6. Single-detached house&lt;br /&gt;
7. 1960 or before&lt;br /&gt;
8. 1961 to 1980&lt;br /&gt;
9. 1981 to 2000&lt;br /&gt;
10. 2001 to 2021&lt;br /&gt;
11. Apartment in a building that has five or more storeys&lt;br /&gt;
12. 1960 or before&lt;br /&gt;
13. 1961 to 1980&lt;br /&gt;
14. 1981 to 2000&lt;br /&gt;
15. 2001 to 2021&lt;br /&gt;
16. Other attached dwelling&lt;br /&gt;
17. 1960 or before&lt;br /&gt;
18. 1961 to 1980&lt;br /&gt;
19. 1981 to 2000&lt;br /&gt;
20. 2001 to 2021&lt;br /&gt;
21. Apartment in a flat or duplex&lt;br /&gt;
22. 1960 or before&lt;br /&gt;
23. 1961 to 1980&lt;br /&gt;
24. 1981 to 2000&lt;br /&gt;
25. 2001 to 2021&lt;br /&gt;
26. Apartment in a building that has fewer than five storeys&lt;br /&gt;
27. 1960 or before&lt;br /&gt;
28. 1961 to 1980&lt;br /&gt;
29. 1981 to 2000&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Daily Activity Limitations / Immigration Status / Number of Bedrooms (23)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1. Total – Daily Activity Limitations&lt;br /&gt;
2. No difficulties or long-term conditions reported &lt;br /&gt;
3. Yes, difficulties or long-term conditions &lt;br /&gt;
4. Question a seeing only&lt;br /&gt;
5. Question b hearing only&lt;br /&gt;
6. Question C physical only&lt;br /&gt;
7. Question D cognitive only&lt;br /&gt;
8. Question E mental health only&lt;br /&gt;
9. Question F other health problem or long-term condition only&lt;br /&gt;
10. Yes to 2 difficulties or long term condition &lt;br /&gt;
11. Yes to 3 or more difficulties or long term condition&lt;br /&gt;
12. Not stated&lt;br /&gt;
13. Total – Immigrant status&lt;br /&gt;
14. Non-immigrant&lt;br /&gt;
15. Immigrant&lt;br /&gt;
16. Recent immigrant (Period of migration 2016 to 2021)&lt;br /&gt;
17. Non-permanent resident&lt;br /&gt;
18. Total – number of bedrooms&lt;br /&gt;
19. No bedrooms&lt;br /&gt;
20. 1 bedroom&lt;br /&gt;
21. 2 bedrooms&lt;br /&gt;
22. 3 bedrooms&lt;br /&gt;
23. 4 or more bedrooms&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;u&gt;&lt;b&gt;File list (5 total):&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/u&gt;
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Original data files (5):&lt;br /&gt;
1. ORD-08869-N8B7T2.CT.1.1 CanProvCDsYukonNunavut.ivt &lt;br/&gt;
2. ORD-08869-N8B7T2.CT.1.2 Can_CMAs.ivt &lt;br/&gt;
3. ORD-08869-N8B7T2.CT.2.1 CanProvCDsYukonNunavut.ivt &lt;br/&gt;
4. ORD-08869-N8B7T2.CT.2.2A Can_CMAs (excludes ON and Que).ivt &lt;br/&gt;
5. ORD-08869-N8B7T2.CT.2.2B Can_CMAs (only ON and Que).ivt &lt;br/&gt;
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