Multiple-Property Holders Own Upwards of 41% of Housing in Some Provinces: StatCan

Multiple-Property Holders Own Upwards of 41% of Housing in Some Provinces: StatCan
An aerial view of houses in Oshawa, Ont. is shown on Nov. 11, 2017. The Canadian Press/Lars Hagberg
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New data from Statistics Canada shows multiple-property owners held between 29 and 41 percent of the housing stock in Ontario, British Columbia, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick in 2019 and 2020.

The data from the Canadian Housing Statistics Program, which includes both residential and recreational holdings, reveals multiple-property ownership accounted for 41 percent of Nova Scotia’s housing stock, 39 percent of New Brunswick’s, 31 percent of Ontario’s and 29 percent of British Columbia’s.