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|st | |||
|132060 | |132060 | ||
|studio unit | |||
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| | |1b | ||
|2124485 | |2124485 | ||
|1-bedroom unit | |||
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| | |2b | ||
|3829965 | |3829965 | ||
|2-bedroom unit | |||
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| | |3b | ||
|4982900 | |4982900 | ||
|3-bedroom unit | |||
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|4b | |||
|3909525 | |||
|4-bedroom or more | |4-bedroom or more | ||
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!colspan=" | !colspan="3"|Demand | ||
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|s0 | |||
|6850005 | |||
|Singles with '''no''' children | |Singles with '''no''' children | ||
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|c0 | |||
|4286165 | |||
|Couples with '''no''' children | |Couples with '''no''' children | ||
|- | |- | ||
|s1 | |||
|1019940 | |||
|Single parents with '''1''' child | |Single parents with '''1''' child | ||
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|c1+ | |||
|4290420 | |||
|Couples with '''1 or more''' children | |Couples with '''1 or more''' children | ||
|- | |- | ||
|s2+ | |||
|666400 | |||
|Single parents with '''2 or more''' children | |Single parents with '''2 or more''' children | ||
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<small>Data source: <cite>Canadian Census 2021</cite> https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0&DGUIDlist=2021A000011124&SearchText=Canada<!-- TODO: upload the spreadsheet with the formulas that calculated these numbers --></small> | <small>Data source: <cite>Canadian Census 2021</cite> https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0&DGUIDlist=2021A000011124&SearchText=Canada<!-- TODO: upload the spreadsheet with the formulas that calculated these numbers --></small> | ||
The '''Supply''' includes all types of housing - including apartments, condos, townhouses and | The '''Supply''' includes all types of housing - including apartments, condos, townhouses and houses. Categorized by the number of bedrooms. | ||
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<!-- TODO: make another table/graph with the same data shown as people and bedrooms. | |||
- be sure to show the total number of bedrooms and the total population | |||
- categorize people as "single", "in a couple with no children", "in a family of 2 (single parent + child)" "in a family of 3 (parent(s) + child(ren))", "in a family of 4 or more (parent(s) + children)" | |||
- categorize bedrooms as "studio", "in a 1-bedroom unit", "in a 2-bedroom unit", "in a 3-bedroom unit", "in a 4-or-more-bedroom unit", "in a vacant unit (number of bedrooms estimated)" | |||
- clarify again that units can be apartments or condos or houses etc. | |||
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The first thing to notice is there are a lot of single adults {{x|and also a lot of childless couples}}, and not very much single-person housing {{x|and also not enough housing made for childless couples}}. Thus, most singles end up either... | |||
The first thing to notice is there are a lot of single | * Living with roommates. {{x|In some cases, there is no other option but to find roommates on semi-anonymous websites. This comes with safety issues and difficulty trusting whether the roommate will even pay their part of the rent.}} | ||
* | * Living with parents, even in adulthood. {{x|Some of these single adults may not even be counted "s0" statistic above - some might be counted as "children" in families. The Canadian census defines "child" in a way that has no age cutoff.}} | ||
* | * Hastily moving in with someone they ''just started dating'', before really knowing whether it's right. | ||
* | * Living alone in a bigger, and more expensive place than needed. | ||
* Living alone in a | |||
The last one also takes away housing from families. | The last one also takes away housing from families. | ||
Solutions: | Solutions: | ||
* subdividing apartments into studios | * [[subdividing]] apartments into studios | ||
* subdividing suburban houses into duplexes | * [[subdividing]] suburban houses into duplexes | ||
Nuances: | Nuances: | ||
* | * Obviously this doesn't mean subdividing ALL the homes - just enough to meet the demand. | ||
* | * Subdivision would ''not'' take housing away from families. It would make ''more'' housing available to families. {{p2|(see why)|Many of today's family-sized houses are inhabited by single adults who ''would'' sell their home and move into something smaller (i.e. 1-bedroom condo), but can't find an affordable one (because as the table shows, there simply aren't enough - today's high prices are the market's way of signalling that). By subdividing a few family-sized houses into three 1-bedroom condos, these single adults would move there, freeing up the other family-sized houses for families. Sorry if any of this seems unclear - I'll make a diagram soon.}} | ||
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<!-- TODO: ==Custom region== : provide instructions how to use | <!-- TODO: ==Custom region== : upload the spreadsheet I used for ==All of Canada==, and provide some minimal instructions how to use it for other regions --> | ||
==More considerations== | |||
<q>More than 235,000 people in Canada experience homelessness in any given year, and 25,000 to 35,000 people may be experiencing homelessness on any given night.</q> - [https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/82-003-x/2021001/article/00002-eng.htm] | |||
The census data used earlier, doesn't include ''vacant'' homes. A quick estimate is that 1.3 million homes are vacant, or 8% of the [[housing]] stock. [https://betterdwelling.com/new-data-shows-canada-still-has-1-3-million-vacant-homes-some-improvements-seen/] | |||
Also not included: [[office]] buildings, which ''could'' be [[Commercial to residential|repurposed into housing as well]]. | |||
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Revision as of 20:16, 28 October 2022
Does Canada have enough housing? Let's do a housing supply analysis using census data.
All of Canada
code | count | definition |
Supply | ||
---|---|---|
st | 132060 | studio unit |
1b | 2124485 | 1-bedroom unit |
2b | 3829965 | 2-bedroom unit |
3b | 4982900 | 3-bedroom unit |
4b | 3909525 | 4-bedroom or more |
Demand | ||
s0 | 6850005 | Singles with no children |
c0 | 4286165 | Couples with no children |
s1 | 1019940 | Single parents with 1 child |
c1+ | 4290420 | Couples with 1 or more children |
s2+ | 666400 | Single parents with 2 or more children |
Data source: Canadian Census 2021 https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0&DGUIDlist=2021A000011124&SearchText=Canada
The Supply includes all types of housing - including apartments, condos, townhouses and houses. Categorized by the number of bedrooms.
The first thing to notice is there are a lot of single adults
- Living with roommates.
(...)( In some cases, there is no other option but to find roommates on semi-anonymous websites. This comes with safety issues and difficulty trusting whether the roommate will even pay their part of the rent. ) - Living with parents, even in adulthood.
(...)( Some of these single adults may not even be counted "s0" statistic above - some might be counted as "children" in families. The Canadian census defines "child" in a way that has no age cutoff. ) - Hastily moving in with someone they just started dating, before really knowing whether it's right.
- Living alone in a bigger, and more expensive place than needed.
The last one also takes away housing from families.
Solutions:
- subdividing apartments into studios
- subdividing suburban houses into duplexes
Nuances:
- Obviously this doesn't mean subdividing ALL the homes - just enough to meet the demand.
- Subdivision would not take housing away from families. It would make more housing available to families. (see why)Many of today's family-sized houses are inhabited by single adults who would sell their home and move into something smaller (i.e. 1-bedroom condo), but can't find an affordable one (because as the table shows, there simply aren't enough - today's high prices are the market's way of signalling that). By subdividing a few family-sized houses into three 1-bedroom condos, these single adults would move there, freeing up the other family-sized houses for families. Sorry if any of this seems unclear - I'll make a diagram soon.
More considerations
More than 235,000 people in Canada experience homelessness in any given year, and 25,000 to 35,000 people may be experiencing homelessness on any given night.
- [1]
The census data used earlier, doesn't include vacant homes. A quick estimate is that 1.3 million homes are vacant, or 8% of the housing stock. [2]
Also not included: office buildings, which could be repurposed into housing as well.
You can help expand this page by joining the discussion.