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Rental Housing Data
Renter Households Cost Affordability Overspending Overcrowding

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Housing Index.

FAQ User Guide

EXPLORE STORIES

Who are the renters in your community? What challenges do they face? Take a look
at the following videos to learn more.

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WELCOME TO THE CANADIAN RENTAL HOUSING INDEX

The Index is a comprehensive database that compiles rental housing statistics
for cities, regions, and provinces across Canada. See how much rent Canadians
are paying in different parts of the country, compare affordability measures and
find out where residents are overcrowded and severely overspending on housing.

To get started, click on one of the options below.

SNAPSHOT

Explore key rental housing data for your community, region, or province. Click
between communities to see how they compare.

Snapshot

RACIALIZED HOUSEHOLDS

View demographic profiles of households impacted by housing challenges,
including racialized renters.

Racialized Households

COST

Curious about the cost of renting in Canada? Access the Cost map to compare
rents from the census across the country.

Cost

STORIES

Who are the renters in your community? What challenges do they face? Take a look
at the following videos to learn more.

Stories


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STEP 1: SELECT A CATEGORY TO COMPARE AND GRAPH COMMUNITY RENTAL HOUSING DATA
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Canadian Rental Housing Index presented by BC Non-Profit Housing Association
Thanks to our generous partners for their support with this project.


ABOUT US

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BC Non-Profit Housing Association is the provincial umbrella organization for
the non-profit housing sector. The organization represents more than 500
members, including non-profit housing societies managing more than 80,000 units
of affordable housing in nearly 3,500 buildings across B.C., as well as
businesses, individuals, partners and stakeholders.

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PARTNERS

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The Canadian Rental Housing Index was made possible through the financial and
in-kind support of the following partners:

BC Non-Profit Housing Association


Alberta Seniors & Community Housing Association

Ontario Non-Profit Housing Association


The Co-operative Housing Federation of BC

Canadian Housing and Renewal Association


New Brunswick Non-Profit Housing Association Inc.

Réseau québécois des OSBL d'habitation (RQOH)


Balanced Supply of Housing

Aboriginal Housing Management Association


Manitoba Non-Profit Housing Association

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RHI DATA FAQ

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The Canadian Rental Housing Index was compiled using data from the 2021
long-form census, obtained through a Statistics Canada custom data request. The
long-form census contains the most comprehensive and up-to-date data on rents,
incomes, and overcrowding for large and small communities throughout the
country.

If you have questions about the results you’re seeing in the data tables, please
check our Data FAQ for explanations or contact research@bcnpha.ca for more
information.

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USER GUIDE

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HOW IT WORKS

1. Choose a Geography you want to gather data for.

2. Follow the steps to create your visual by selecting options from the drop
down menus.

3. Use the download and share buttons to post the visual to social media or
include it in a report.

4. Still have questions? Read the frequently asked questions page to get the
most of the Canadian Rental Housing Index.

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CONTACT US

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For media requests, please contact communications@bcnpha.ca. For research
questions about the Index, please contact research@bcnpha.ca.

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WHY THE "INDEX"?

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The Canadian Rental Housing Index uses supply and affordability data from the
2021 census to measure the health of rental housing across Canada. In previous
iterations of the site, each community was given two overall scores – one that
illustrated how it compared to other communities in the same province, and
another that illustrated how it compared to all communities in Canada. Each
community was scored out of 50, based on summing five indicators out of 10
points each. For each indicator, zero represented optimal health of the rental
market and ten was assigned to the worst ranking community for that indicator.
All other communities fell somewhere in between these two points.

While we no longer use this method for comparing communities, the “Index” is
still represented in the name of the site.

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DATA

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The Canadian Rental Housing Index was compiled using data from the 2016
long-form census, obtained through a Statistics Canada custom data request. The
long-form census is the most comprehensive and up-to-date data on rents and
incomes for communities throughout the country. All of the data in the Rental
Housing Index is for renter households, which are sorted into income quarters
with a roughly equal number of renter households in each quarter. Income
quarters are specific to renter households for each community. All income and
rent data are displayed by income quarter and unit size. Overcrowding data are
displayed for the whole community by income quarter, but not by unit size. If
you have further questions about the data, please visit Data FAQ for additional
information.

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2011 RHI DATA

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In 2015, BCNPHA partnered with Vancity credit union, non-profit and private
rental housing associations, and other social-purpose organizations to create
the Canadian Rental Housing Index. The original Index was based on data from the
2011 National Household Survey (2011 census) and provides an overview of the
rental housing market in jurisdictions across Canada. Due to differing
methodologies between the 2011 National Household Survey and the 2016 long-form
census, Statistics Canada advises against direct comparisons between the 2011
and 2016 data, as such, the 2011 data was not included in this update to the
Index. To view the 2011 version of the Index, click the button below.

View 2011 Data

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EXPLORE STORIES

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Who are the renters in your community? What challenges do they face? Take a look
at the following videos to learn more.

MAURICIO'S STORY

BRANDI'S STORY

ANDREA'S STORY

JEAN PAUL & KATRA'S STORY

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INFOGRAPHIC

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ABOUT THE SITE

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The Canadian Rental Housing Index (CRHI) was compiled using data from the 2021
long-form census, obtained through a Statistics Canada custom data request. The
long-form census contains the most comprehensive and up-to-date data on rents,
incomes, and overcrowding for large and small communities throughout the
country.

In 2014, BCNPHA and Vancity Credit Union joined forces to develop the Rental
Housing Index for British Columbia, and the following year partnered with
organizations across Canada to develop a national version of the CRHI.

The CRHI provides a solid, data-driven foundation for policy-making decisions at
all levels of government. It will be updated continually as new data becomes
available.

If you have questions about the results you’re seeing in the data tables, please
check our Data FAQ for explanations or contact research@bcnpha.ca for more
information.

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