Canadian Housing Survey

First-time home buyer status of household, status

First-time home buyer status refers to a situation where a person purchased a residential property during the reference period and did not own a residential property previously. It includes buyers who claimed the home buyers' amount and buyers whose spouse or common-law partner was a buyer in the same sale, and who claimed the amount.

Household refers to a person or group of persons who occupy the same dwelling and do not have a usual place of residence elsewhere in Canada or abroad. The dwelling may be either a collective dwelling or a private dwelling. The household may consist of a family group such as a census family, of two or more families sharing a dwelling, of a group of unrelated persons or of a person living alone. Household members who are temporarily absent on reference day are considered part of their usual household.

The data for this variable are reported using the following classifications and/or lists:

• First-time home buyer