Canadian Housing Statistics Program (CHSP)

Summary of changes

Activity on this program started: October 25, 2017

Reference period of change - 2022

On October 12, 2023, Statistics Canada published preliminary data on the stock of residential properties and some of their characteristics in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario, British Columbia, Northwest Territories and Newfoundland and Labrador, for the 2022 reference year.

Reference period of change - 2021

On December 8, 2023, Statistics Canada published data on residential property owners and their characteristics for the reference year 2021 in all provinces and territories, except Saskatchewan and Quebec.
On October 18, 2023, Statistics Canada published the profile of investors and their investments in residential properties for Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Ontario, Manitoba, and British Columbia for the 2021 reference year.

On June 13, 2023, Statistics Canada published data on residential properties and their characteristics in all the provinces and territories, except Quebec, for the reference year 2021.

Reference period of change - 2020

On February 3, 2023, Statistics Canada published the profile of investors and their investments in residential properties for Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario, Manitoba and British Columbia for the 2020 reference year.

On November 10, 2022, Statistics Canada published data on residential properties owned by business and government and their ownership characteristics. Data in Nova Scotia, Ontario, British Columbia and Northwest Territories for the reference year 2019 and 2020, and in Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, Manitoba, Yukon and Nunavut for the reference year 2020 were included.

On July 19, 2022, Statistics Canada published data on residential properties, residential property owners in Manitoba and Northwest Territories for the reference year 2020, as well as data on home buyers in 2019 in Manitoba.

On April 12, 2022, Statistics Canada published data on residential property owners in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario, British Columbia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Yukon and Nunavut for the reference year 2020, and Northwest Territories for the reference year 2019. Estimates for Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario and British Columbia for the reference year 2019 have been revised.

On January 6, 2022, Statistics Canada published data on residential properties in Newfoundland and Labrador, Yukon, and Nunavut for the reference year 2020, and in Northwest Territories for the reference year 2019.

On September 17, 2021, Statistics Canada published data on residential properties in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario and British Columbia for the reference year 2020. This release also marked the introduction of quality indicators to the tables.

Reference period of change - 2019

On March 18, 2021, Statistics Canada published data on residential property owners and their characteristics in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario and British Columbia for the reference years 2018 and 2019.

On October 28, 2020, Statistics Canada published data on residential properties and their characteristics in Nova Scotia, Ontario and British Columbia for reference years 2018 and 2019. Along with ownership and residency statuses tables, data tables for residency participation have been added to this release for Ontario and British Columbia.

In May 2020, Statistics Canada published data on residential properties and their characteristics in New Brunswick for reference year 2019. This release marked the publication of census agglomeration-level data and mobile homes as a separate category outside of single-detached homes for the first time in the program.

Reference period of change - 2018

On March 12, 2019, Statistics Canada introduced a new classification, Residency participation, to the variable Residency status of residential property. This variable now has two classifications: Residency ownership and Residency participation. With the addition of this new classification, the rate of non-resident ownership can be compared to the rate of non-resident participation. Prior to March 12, 2019, the residency ownership classification was named residency status. The categories of that classification have also been renamed to resident owned and non-resident owned, from resident and non-resident respectively.

On December 11, 2018, Statistics Canada published data for Nova Scotia for the first time, as well as new annual data for Ontario and British Columbia. The 2018 property assessment roll is used as the source for each province, and it serves as the basis of a new annual series. Previous releases for Ontario and British Columbia reflected property stocks from mid-2017 and are not fully representative of the annual property assessment roll.

Reference period of change - 2017

On December 19, 2017, Statistics Canada disseminated preliminary results for the Toronto and Vancouver metropolitan areas. Analytical results were made available in the Daily and the Economic Insights publication. Five database tables were produced (CANSIM) and two infographics illustrated the results.

On June 25, 2018, Statistics Canada published its second series of data, covering all census subdivisions in Ontario and British Columbia. The preliminary data for the Toronto and Vancouver metropolitan areas were revised. New variables were also introduced, including: ownership type and owner-level demographic indicators (age and sex). An additional seven tables (New Dissemination Model) were created, presenting more information about the property and the owner.