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 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 with highest rate of home ownership (above 75%): Atlantic and Prairie Percentage of households owning their dwelling 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 homes: 57.3% low-rise apartments: 18% high-rise apartments: 9.1% row houses: 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, etc: less than two percent

Percentage of Canadian houses that lacked basic plumbing 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%