DOI: 10.5683/sp3/jlnamw
title: The Agency for Co-operative Housing & HART - 2021 Census of Canada - Selected Characteristics of Households and Population Estimated to Live in Co-op Housing - Custom Geography within Ontario, Alberta, and British Columbia [custom tabulation]

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&lt;h3&gt; The Agency for Co-operative Housing & Housing Assessment Resource Tools (HART)&lt;/h3&gt;
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This dataset contains 5 tables which draw upon data from the 2021 Canadian Census of Population. The tables are a custom order based on a custom geographical area covering parts of Ontario, Alberta, and British Columbia that contained a household who received support from the Rental Assistance Program (FCHI-2) in 2021. This custom order was placed in collaboration with The Agency for Co-operative Housing (“The Agency”) who administers FCHI-2 on behalf of the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (“CMHC”).
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Statistics Canada built the custom geographical area based on addresses of households provided by The Agency. These addresses were converted into postal codes and block faces which were evaluated by Statistics Canada to determine if the households in those areas were mostly (&gt;90%) living in co-operative housing. Statistics Canada performed this assessment based on The Agency’s data in conjunction with previous work done on behalf of the Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada (“CHF Canada”) and CHF British Columbia, with their permission. 
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The resulting geography representing the aggregated postal codes and block faces, which we will call the “super-geography,” represents an estimate of mostly, but not entirely households living in co-operative housing developments with at least one household who benefitted from FCHI-2. 
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The census data order contains variables designed to filter out non-co-op households. The “condominium status” variables is included to remove households living in condos, since co-ops are distinct from condos. The “tenure” variable has also been included to remove households who own their dwelling since the census counts co-ops as rental households. 
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Tenure is also used to identify subsidized households. These households represent our best estimate of households who received FCHI-2. However, the definition of subsidized households allows for a range of subsidies so we cannot say exactly how many of those subsidized households would have received FCHI-2 specifically. 
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4 of the 5 data tables contain data on households, with the fifth table containing data on the individuals/population in those households. Of those 4 tables on households, there is one each for the provinces of Ontario, Alberta, and British Columbia, along with a fourth table that aggregates all households from the three province-specific tables.
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&lt;p&gt;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;
- Custom non-contiguous geographical area within the provinces of Ontario, Alberta, and British Columbia, in the country of Canada. Please note that some data files with have a geographical area of “Canada,” but that is only used to refer to the complete super-geography equal to the aggregated households/population from the three provinces represented. &lt;br /&gt;
- “Version 1” = Version 1 Custom Areas (4) were created with co-op streets met one of two conditions. The first condition is that the streets have a match level of 90% or better. The match level was calculated between co-op units and census private dwellings for each co-op street. The other condition is that a co-op street did not reach the 90% match level, however the dwellings on the co-op street were confirmed as co-op units
- “Version 2” = Version 2 Custom Areas (4) were created by having all the 372 co-op streets included.

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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 greater than 10 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. Counts less than 10 are rounded to a base of 10, meaning they will be rounded to either 10 or Zero.
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&lt;b&gt;Universe:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Private Households in Non-farm Non-band Off-reserve Occupied Private Dwellings with Income Greater than zero.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;

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;b&gt;Data Fields (Households):&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Tenure Including Presence of Mortgage and Subsidized Housing; Household size (7)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1. Total - Private households by tenure including presence of mortgage payments and subsidized housing&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;b&gt;Housing indicators (12)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1. Total - Private Households by core housing need status&lt;br /&gt;
2. Households examined for core housing need&lt;br /&gt;
3. Households in core housing need&lt;br /&gt;
4. Below one standard only&lt;br /&gt;
5. Below affordability standard only&lt;br /&gt;
6. Below adequacy standard only&lt;br /&gt;
7. Below suitability standard only&lt;br /&gt;
8. Below 2 or more standards&lt;br /&gt;
9. Below affordability and suitability&lt;br /&gt;
10. Below affordability and adequacy&lt;br /&gt;
11. Below suitability and adequacy&lt;br /&gt;
12. Below affordability, suitability, and adequacy&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Period of construction (16)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1. Total – Period of Construction&lt;br /&gt;
2. 1980 or before&lt;br /&gt;
3. 1920 or before&lt;br /&gt;
4. 1921 to 1945&lt;br /&gt;
5. 1946 to 1960&lt;br /&gt;
6. 1961 to 1970&lt;br /&gt;
7. 1971 to 1980&lt;br /&gt;
8. 1981 to 2000&lt;br /&gt;
9. 1981 to 1990&lt;br /&gt;
10. 1991 to 1995&lt;br /&gt;
11. 1996 to 2000&lt;br /&gt;
12. 2001 to 2021&lt;br /&gt;
13. 2001 to 2005&lt;br /&gt;
14. 2006 to 2010&lt;br /&gt;
15. 2011 to 2015 &lt;br /&gt;
16. 2016 to 2021 (Note 1) &lt;br /&gt;
Note 1: Includes data up to May 11, 2021. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Structural type of dwelling and Household income as proportion to AMHI (16) &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1. Total – Private households by household income in 2020 &lt;br /&gt;
2. Households with income 20% or under of area median household income (AMHI)&lt;br /&gt;
3. Households with income 21% to 50% of AMHI&lt;br /&gt;
4. Households with income 51% to 80% of AMHI&lt;br /&gt;
5. Households with income 81% to 120% of AMHI&lt;br /&gt;
6. Households with income 121% or more of AMHI&lt;br /&gt;
7. Total – Private households by shelter cost groups &lt;br /&gt;
8. Households with shelter cost 0.5% or under of AHMI&lt;br /&gt;
9. Households with shelter cost 0.6% to 1.25% of AHMI &lt;br /&gt;
10. Households with shelter cost 1.26% to 2% of AHMI &lt;br /&gt;
11. Households with shelter cost 2.1% to 3% of AHMI &lt;br /&gt;
12. Households with shelter cost 3.1% or over of AHMI &lt;br /&gt;

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&lt;b&gt;Number of bedrooms (6) &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1. Total – Occupied private dwellings by number of bedrooms&lt;br /&gt;
2. No bedrooms&lt;br /&gt;
3. 1 bedroom&lt;br /&gt;
4. 2 bedrooms&lt;br /&gt;
5. 3 bedrooms&lt;br /&gt;
6. 4 or more bedrooms&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Condo Stat [and Household Size] (8) &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1. Total – Occupied private dwellings by condominium status &lt;br /&gt;
2. Condominium &lt;br /&gt;
3. Total – Household Size &lt;br /&gt;
4. 1 person &lt;br /&gt;
5. 2 persons &lt;br /&gt;
6. 3 persons &lt;br /&gt;
7. 4 persons &lt;br /&gt;
8. 5 or more persons &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Selected characteristics (57) &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1.Total - Household type including census family structure&lt;br /&gt;
2. Census family households&lt;br /&gt;
3. One-census-family households without additional person&lt;br /&gt;
4. One couple census family without other persons in the household&lt;br /&gt;
5. Without children&lt;br /&gt;
6. With children&lt;br /&gt;
7. One lone-parent census family without other persons in the household&lt;br /&gt;
8. One-census-family households with additional persons&lt;br /&gt;
9. One couple census family with other persons in the household&lt;br /&gt;
10. Without children&lt;br /&gt;
11. With children&lt;br /&gt;
12. One lone-parent census family with other persons in the household&lt;br /&gt;
13. Multiple-family households&lt;br /&gt;
14. Non-census-family households&lt;br /&gt;
15. Non-family households: One person only&lt;br /&gt;
16. Two-or-more person non-census-family household&lt;br /&gt;

17. Total – Private households by presence of at least one person with activity limitations reported for Q18d only&lt;br /&gt;
18. Household has at least one person with activity limitations reported for Q18d only &lt;br /&gt;
19. Total – Private households by presence of at least one person with activity limitations reported for Q18e &lt;br /&gt;
20. Household has at least one person with activity limitations reported for Q18e only &lt;br /&gt;
21. Total – Private households by presence of at least one person with activity limitations reported for Q18a, Q18b, Q18c or Q18f or combination of any of these health issues &lt;br /&gt;
22. Household has at least one person with activity limitations reported for Q18a, Q18b, Q18c or Q18f or combination of any of these health issues &lt;br /&gt;
23. Total - Private households by Indigenous household status&lt;br /&gt;
24. Indigenous household&lt;br /&gt;
25. Total - Private households by visible minority households&lt;br /&gt;
26. Visible Minority HH&lt;br /&gt;
27.Total – HH by Gender of PHM&lt;br /&gt;
28. Men+ &lt;br /&gt;
29. Women+ &lt;br /&gt;
30. Total – Immigrant status and period of immigration of Primary Household Maintainer&lt;br /&gt;
31. Immigrants&lt;br /&gt;
32. Recent immigrant status of the PHM (2016 to 2021) &lt;br /&gt;
33. Total – Private households b admission category of the PHM&lt;br /&gt;
34. PHM immigrated between 1980 and 2021&lt;br /&gt;
35. Refugee admission category of the PHM &lt;br /&gt;
36. Total - Private households by household family type of the PHM&lt;br /&gt;
37. With a female lone parent&lt;br /&gt;
38. Total – Private households by age of the PHM &lt;br /&gt;
39. PHM is under 24 years&lt;br /&gt;
40. Under 30 years old &lt;br /&gt;
41. 15 to 19 years&lt;br /&gt;
42. 20 to 24 years&lt;br /&gt;
43. 25 to 29 years&lt;br /&gt;
44. 30 to 34 years&lt;br /&gt;
45. 35 to 39 years&lt;br /&gt;
58. 40 to 44 years&lt;br /&gt;
46. 45 to 49 years&lt;br /&gt;
47. 50 to 54 years&lt;br /&gt;
48. 55 to 59 years&lt;br /&gt;
49. 60 to 64 years&lt;br /&gt;
50. 65 years and over &lt;br/&gt;
51. 65 to 69 years&lt;br /&gt;
52. 70 to 74 years&lt;br /&gt;
53. 75 to 79 years&lt;br /&gt;
54. 80 to 84 years&lt;br /&gt;
55. 85 years and over &lt;br /&gt;
56. Total Private households by Military Service Status of the HH members &lt;br /&gt;
57. HH includes a person who is currently serving member and/or veteran &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Data Fields (Population):&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Geography (8) &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1. Version 1 Canada* &lt;br /&gt;
2. Version 1 Ontario &lt;br /&gt;
3. Version 1 Alberta &lt;br /&gt;
4. Version 1 British Columbia &lt;br /&gt;
5. Version 2 Canada* &lt;br /&gt;
6. Version 2 Ontario &lt;br /&gt;
7. Version 2 Alberta &lt;br /&gt;
8. Version 2 British Columbia &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;*Note: In this case, “Canada” refers to the full super-geography, including the areas in Ontario, Alberta, and British Columbia.&lt;/em&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Tenure (4) &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1. Total population 15 years and over &lt;br /&gt;
2. Persons living in owned dwellings &lt;br /&gt;
3. Persons living in rented dwellings &lt;br /&gt;
4. Persons living in dwelling provided by the local government, First Nation or Indian band &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Income Groups (18) &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1. Total population aged 15 years and over by total income &lt;br /&gt;
2. Without total income &lt;br /&gt;
3. With total income &lt;br /&gt;
4. Under $10,000 (including loss) &lt;br /&gt;
5. $10,000 to $19,999 &lt;br /&gt;
6. $20,000 to $29,999 &lt;br /&gt;
7. $30,000 to $39,999 &lt;br /&gt;
8. $40,000 to $49,999 &lt;br /&gt;
9. $50,000 to $59,999 &lt;br /&gt;
10. $60,000 to $69,999 &lt;br /&gt;
11. $70,000 to $79,999 &lt;br /&gt;
12. $80,000 to $89,999 &lt;br /&gt;
13. $90,000 to $99,999 &lt;br /&gt;
14. $100,000 and over &lt;br /&gt;
15. $100,000 to $149,999 &lt;br /&gt;
16. $150,000 and over &lt;br /&gt;
17. Median total income ($) &lt;br /&gt;
18. Average total income ($) &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Condominium status (3) &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1. Total population 15 years and over by Condominium status &lt;br /&gt;
2. Persons living in a private dwelling - part of the condominium development &lt;br /&gt;
3. Persons living in a private dwelling - not part of the condominium development &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Income sources (17) &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1. Total population aged 15 years and over &lt;br /&gt;
2. Total income in 2020 &lt;br /&gt;
3. Total income in 2019 &lt;br /&gt;
4. Market income in 2020 &lt;br /&gt;
5. Market income in 2019 &lt;br /&gt;
6. Employment income in 2020 &lt;br /&gt;
7. Employment income in 2019 &lt;br /&gt;
8. Wages, salaries and commissions in 2020 &lt;br /&gt;
9. Wages, salaries and commissions in 2019 &lt;br /&gt;
10. Government transfers in 2020 &lt;br /&gt;
11. Government transfers in 2019 &lt;br /&gt;
12. Earning replacement benefits in 2020 &lt;br /&gt;
13. Earning replacement benefits in 2019 &lt;br /&gt;
14. After-tax income in 2020 &lt;br /&gt;
15. After-tax income for 2019 &lt;br /&gt;
16. Income taxes in 2020 &lt;br /&gt;
17. Income taxes for 2019 &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Mother tongue (11) &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1. Total - Mother tongue &lt;br /&gt;
2. English &lt;br /&gt;
3. French &lt;br /&gt;
4. Non-official language &lt;br /&gt;
5. Indigenous &lt;br /&gt;
6. Non-Indigenous &lt;br /&gt;
7. English and French &lt;br /&gt;
8. English and non-official language(s) &lt;br /&gt;
9. French and non-official language(s) &lt;br /&gt;
10. English, French and non-official language(s) &lt;br /&gt;
11. Multiple non-official languages &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Highest certificate, diploma or degree (16) &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1. Total - Highest certificate, diploma or degree for the population aged 15 years and over in private households &lt;br /&gt;
2. No certificate, diploma or degree &lt;br /&gt;
3. High (secondary) school diploma or equivalency certificate &lt;br /&gt;
4. Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree &lt;br /&gt;
5. Postsecondary certificate or diploma below bachelor level &lt;br /&gt;
6. Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma &lt;br /&gt;
7. Non-apprenticeship trades certificate or diploma &lt;br /&gt;
8. Apprenticeship certificate &lt;br /&gt;
9. College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma &lt;br /&gt;
10. University certificate or diploma below bachelor level &lt;br /&gt;
11. Bachelor’s degree or higher &lt;br /&gt;
12. Bachelor's degree &lt;br /&gt;
13. University certificate or diploma above bachelor level &lt;br /&gt;
14. Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry &lt;br /&gt;
15. Master's degree &lt;br /&gt;
16. Earned doctorate &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Mobility status (18) &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1. Total - Mobility status 1 year ago &lt;br /&gt;
2. Non-movers &lt;br /&gt;
3. Movers &lt;br /&gt;
4. Non-migrants &lt;br /&gt;
5. Migrants &lt;br /&gt;
6. Internal migrants &lt;br /&gt;
7. Intraprovincial migrants &lt;br /&gt;
8. Interprovincial migrants &lt;br /&gt;
9. External migrants &lt;br /&gt;
10. Total - Mobility status 5 years ago &lt;br /&gt;
11. Non-mover &lt;br /&gt;
12. Movers &lt;br /&gt;
13. Non-migrant &lt;br /&gt;
14. Migrants &lt;br /&gt;
15. Internal Migrants &lt;br /&gt;
16. Intraprovincial migrants &lt;br /&gt;
17. Interprovincial migrants &lt;br /&gt;
18. External migrants &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Tenure (4) &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1. Total population 15 years and over &lt;br /&gt;
2. Persons living in owned dwellings &lt;br /&gt;
3. Persons living in rented dwellings &lt;br /&gt;
4. Persons living in dwelling provided by the local government, First Nation or Indian band &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. Census 2021 - Households - Alberta.ivt &lt;br/&gt;
2. Census 2021 - Households - BC.ivt &lt;br/&gt;
3. Census 2021 - Households - ON, AB, and BC combined.ivt &lt;br/&gt;
4. Census 2021 - Households - Ontario.ivt &lt;br/&gt;
5. Census 2021 - Population - ON, AB, BC, and combined.ivt &lt;br/&gt;
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