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Originally Posted by opendoor
Those percentages are of households though, not of the population. So if you combined 3 roommates renting a house and 1 person owning a condo, that would show a 50% home ownership rate, whereas only 25% of the people in that sample own a home.
A 20 year old living with their parents would also be categorized within a household that owns their home, as would someone renting a room from an owner. And I believe, some illegal suites would also be counted under the home ownership umbrella of the main unit, in cases where they didn't receive separate census forms and no one verified whether there was a separate rented unit.
The population % of homeowners is probably more in the 50-55% range, rather than the 65-70% range of household % of homeowners. So in the under 45 demographic, it's likely that non-owners make up a significant majority in many places. Though I'm skeptical it's enough to create renter-majority voting populations in any province.
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The bolded, they would be considered a dependent and treated the same way as a child under 18. They are neither owner or renter.
https://www23.statcan.gc.ca/imdb/p3V...=DEC&Id=251053
https://www23.statcan.gc.ca/imdb/p3V...=Unit&Id=32746
Census differentiates between non-census-family households (i.e. roommates) and census family households. Each roommate would be counted separately.
In your scenario, the 3 roommates would be counted as 3 separate census families as they are not related or in a common law relationship.
You can see the released preliminary data here.
https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-r...2021A000011124
Census is as accurate as it gets and accounts for different household definitions. If someone comes out and says 60% of voters are renters, they are statistically incorrect.
Most Canadians own, with 60% of owners having a mortgage. Governments will dictate policies on who gets them in power, which is why we had such dangerous policies for so long.