Stats Canada Says Canada’s Homeownership Rate Fell in Latest 2021 Census Release

Stats Canada Says Canada’s Homeownership Rate Fell in Latest 2021 Census Release
A person walks by a row of houses in Toronto on July 12, 2022. The Canadian Press/Cole Burston
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Canada’s homeownership rate is on the decline, with young adults in particular less likely to own a home in 2021 than they were in 2011, says Statistics Canada.

According to the latest census release, two-thirds of Canadians owned a home in 2021, down from a peak of 69 percent a decade earlier.