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Renters in crowded housing: Canadian provinces ranked (2024)

Measure: Dwellings needing major repairs and crowding: Renters in not-suitable housing. All 10 provinces and territories with data in Dwellings needing major repairs and crowding by province, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2024.

Licence: Source: Statistics Canada, Table 46-10-0081-01. Reproduced and distributed on an "as is" basis with the permission of Statistics Canada. Contains information licensed under the Statistics Canada Open Licence (Open Government Licence – Canada).
Data last updated: 2026-11-03

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National value: 9.7 (Canada).

Lowest: 5.7 to 7 %
Group 2: 7 to 9.3 %
Group 3: 9.3 to 10.4 %
Group 4: 10.4 to 11.4 %
Highest: 11.4 to 12.7 %

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.


1	Ontario	12.7
2	Manitoba	11.4
3	Saskatchewan	11.3
4	Alberta	10.4
5	Prince Edward Island	9.7
6	Nova Scotia	9.3
7	Quebec	8
8	New Brunswick	7
9	British Columbia	6
10	Newfoundland and Labrador	5.7

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 46-10-0081-01: Housing suitability and dwelling condition, by tenure including social and affordable housing. Reference period: 2024.

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Canadian provinces and territories ranked by dwellings needing major repairs and crowding: Renters in not-suitable housing (2024). Data: Statistics Canada, Table 46-10-0081-01; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-03. https://quadranac.com/rankings/ca-provinces-by-dwellings-needing-major-repairs-and-crowding-renters-in-not-suitable-housing/

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