Submitted by Jacky Durrie
Here is a link for a general piece on some facts and figures of affordable housing of information from CMHC.
“CMHC commissioned a research project to assess affordability of housing in Canada’s ten largest census metropolitan areas (CMAs): St. John’s, Halifax, Québec, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Winnipeg, Regina, Calgary and Vancouver. The project was undertaken to provide insight on national and international indicators of shelter affordability as well as paint an illustrative picture of housing affordability across those CMAs using two different methods. “
Read the full paper here: Defining the Affordability of Housing in Canada