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Households owning mortgage-free: Canadian provinces ranked (2023)

Measure: Share of households owning mortgage-free (%). All 10 provinces and territories with data in Home ownership, mortgages and dwelling types by province, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2023.

Licence: Source: Statistics Canada, Table 11-10-0228-01. 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: 2026-11-09

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National value: 29.1 (Canada).

Lowest: 25.4 to 29.5 %
Group 2: 29.5 to 29.9 %
Group 3: 29.9 to 33 %
Group 4: 33 to 36.4 %
Highest: 36.4 to 41.1 %

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	Newfoundland and Labrador	41.1
2	New Brunswick	36.4
3	Nova Scotia	34.1
4	Prince Edward Island	33
5	Saskatchewan	32.5
6	Ontario	29.9
7	British Columbia	29.6
8	Manitoba	29.5
9	Alberta	28.4
10	Quebec	25.4

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 11-10-0228-01: Dwelling characteristics and household equipment at time of interview, Canada, regions and provinces. Reference period: 2023.

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Canadian provinces and territories ranked by share of households owning mortgage-free (%) (2023). Data: Statistics Canada, Table 11-10-0228-01; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-09. https://quadranac.com/rankings/ca-provinces-by-share-of-households-owning-mortgage-free/

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