This SPRC report illustrates core housing need across Hamilton’s Census Tracts using 2021 Census data. This report contains interactive maps that allow for the exploration of data at the census tract (neighbourhood) level, with clickable popup information for each census tract.
Core housing need is a crucial concept for understanding people’s housing conditions. Statistics Canada defines core housing need as whether a household “falls below at least one of the indicator thresholds for housing adequacy, affordability or suitability, and would have to spend 30% or more of its total before‑tax income to pay the median rent of alternative local housing that is acceptable.”
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