Housing--databank.Percentage of Canadians who own the home in which they lived in 2000: 67% Portion of these who had paid off their mortgages: half Percentage of Canadians living in government subsidized housing Subsidized housing (aka social housing) is government supported accommodation for people with low to moderate incomes. To meet these goals many governments promote the construction of affordable housing. in 2000: 4% Average housing expenditures expressed as a percentage of after-tax income for homeowners with mortgages: 25% for homeowners without mortgages: 11% for renters: 28% Province with lowest rate of home ownership (58%): Quebec Regions This is a list of regions in Quebec. The province of Quebec, Canada, is officially divided into seventeen administrative regions. Traditionally (and non-officially) it is divided into around twenty regions. with highest rate of home ownership (above 75%): Atlantic and Prairie prairie Level or rolling grassland, especially that found in central North America. Decreasing amounts of rainfall, from 40 in. (100 cm) at the forested eastern edge to less than 12 in. Percentage of households owning their dwelling dwelling an abnormality of gait in a horse in which there is a momentary hesitation before the foot is placed on the ground. in rural Canada: 86% in urban Canada: 64% Percentage of Canadians living in homes of adequate size and not in need of major repairs: 86% Percentage of Canadians living in homes in need of major repairs: 8% Percentage of renters living in accommodation that is too small for their needs: 11% Percentage of Canada's housing stock that is single detached de·tached adj. 1. Separated; disconnected. 2. Standing apart from others; separate. homes: 57.3% low-rise apartments: 18% high-rise apartments: 9.1% row houses row houses npl (US) → casas fpl adosadas : 5.3% semi-detached: 4.9% duplexes: 3.6% movable dwellings (trailers): 1.4% City with highest percentage of single detached dwellings (62%): Winnipeg City with lowest percentage of single detached dwellings (32%): Montreal Total number of dwellings in Canada in 2000: 11.9 million in 1971: six million Annual growth rate of housing stock in late 1990s: one percent in 1970s: three percent Portion of Canadians who live in collective dwellings, such as rooming houses, hotels, residences for senior citizens, nursing homes, hospitals, correctional institutions Noun 1. correctional institution - a penal institution maintained by the government detention camp, detention home, detention house, house of detention - an institution where juvenile offenders can be held temporarily (usually under the supervision of a juvenile , etc: less than two percent Percentage of Canadian houses that lacked basic plumbing plumbing, piping systems inside buildings for water supply and sewage. The Romans had a highly developed plumbing system; water was brought to Rome by aqueducts and distributed to homes in lead pipes—hence the name plumbing from the Latin word plumbum in 1951: 9.4% in 1982: 1.6% today: number is so small that data is no longer collected Average increase in size of homes built from 1996 to 2000 compared to those dating from 1961 to 1977: about 25% Monthly mortgage payments to carry an average house in 2002 (based on 10% down payment, 25-year amortization, five-year term at 7.02%) in Vancouver: $1,904 in Toronto: $1,743 in Ottawa: $1,267 in Calgary: $1,253 in Hamilton: $1,158 in Edmonton: $948 in Halifax: $939 in Montreal: $907 in Quebec City: $648 in Winnipeg: $619 Monthly rent for a two-bedroom apartment in 2002 in Toronto: $1,047 in Vancouver: $954 in Ottawa: $930 in Calgary: $804 in Hamilton: $765 in Edmonton: $709 in Halifax: $704 in Winnipeg: $622 in Montreal: $552 in Quebec City: $550 Total spending on residential investment and home repairs in 2001: $58.5 billion Percentage this represents of Gross Domestic Product: 5.7% |
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