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National Housing Strategy Solutions Lab
Developing easy-to-use community decision-making tools to
help achieve National Housing Strategy goals
Report of a Stakeholder Survey
March 26, 2021
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Contents
PART 1 OVERVIEW ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2
1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 2
2. SURVEY METHODOLOGY.................................................................................................................................................................................... 2
3. WHO RESPONDED TO THE SURVEY?.................................................................................................................................................................. 3
4. PROCESSING OF SURVEY FINDINGS ................................................................................................................................................................... 3
PART 2 SURVEY FINDINGS .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 4
1. HIGHLIGHTS OF FINDINGS ................................................................................................................................................................................. 4
2. SURVEY CHARTS ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 6
3. COMPILATION OF COMMENTS ........................................................................................................................................................................ 15
Question 6. How is your organization involved in resolving Housing issues? ......................................................................................................... 15
Question 7. Would you like to engage more in resolving housing issues in your community? .............................................................................. 18
Question 9. What are your sources of data relating to housing issues, if any? ...................................................................................................... 28
Question 10. What are the housing topics about which you wish you had more data, especially at the neighbourhood level? .......................... 33
Question 11. How open to change is your community to resolving housing issues? ............................................................................................. 40
Question 12. What techniques for presenting evidence work best for your community?..................................................................................... 44
Question 13. What local sources of data can your organization contribute? ......................................................................................................... 46
ANNEXES ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 50
Annex 1 – CDP Solutions Lab Survey questionnaire (English version) ..................................................................................................................... 51
Annex 2 – CDP Solutions Lab Survey questionnaire (French version) ..................................................................................................................... 64
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PART 1 OVERVIEW
1. INTRODUCTION
With the financial support of the Canada Mortgage & Housing Corporation (CMHC), the Community Data Program (CDP) of the Canadian
Community Economic Development Network (CCEDNet) has launched a Solutions Lab project called “Developing easy-to-use community
decision-making tools to help achieve National Housing Strategy goals”. This project is helping organizations find the best way to measure and
respond to local housing and housing-related issues through relevant data, visualization and reporting tools. These organizations include, but are
not limited to, municipal governments and local authorities, community-based non-profit organizations, and private sector industry associations.
More information on the CDP Solutions Lab is available from the Housing Solutions Lab Portal on the Community Data Program website:
https://communitydata.ca/content/solutions-lab-community-decision-making-tools-housing-issues
2. SURVEY METHODOLOGY
The CDP team has asked individuals working for organizations or departments of organizations with either a direct or indirect role in the housing
field and offering their own professional perspective to participate in an online survey, launched in November 2020. The resulting survey data
will be of substantial value as the Solutions Lab project progresses and will benefit organizations that are part of a housing system being
delivered at a local level.
The Solutions Lab survey was created using an online platform called Google Form. It comprised 14 housing related questions and 4 contact
information questions (See Annex 1). The question types include:
• Short answer
• Paragraph (Long-answer text)
• Multiple choices
• Checkboxes
• Drop-down
• Tick box grid
• Multiple-choice grid
Checkboxes and Tick box grid types are applied for Check-All-That-Apply (CATA) questions.
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3. WHO RESPONDED TO THE SURVEY?
The survey was open from the end of November 2020 until the end of February 2021. It was shared with six different groups of respondents in
English and French languages using separated survey links for better analysis. The groups of audiences are listed below:
1. Canadian Community Economic Development Network (CCEDN) members (English and French versions)
2. Community Data Program members (English and French versions)
3. Expert Community on Housing (ECOH) (English and French versions)
4. Solutions Lab (English and French versions)
5. Canadian Housing Policy Roundtable (CHPR), Canadian Housing Evidence Collaborative and the UBC-led Housing Research
Collaborative (English version)
6. Québec members (French version)
In total, 174 responses were received as of March 15, 2021. The Quebec members survey remains open until the end of March 2021.
4. PROCESSING OF SURVEY FINDINGS
The responses were converted to tabular data in CSV format. Tableau Prep was used to combine the data of different groups using Join and
Union functions. In addition, the data cleaning steps were completed in Tableau Prep.
In the next step, data visualization, several survey charts were produced using imported data in Tableau Desktop. Survey results are represented
in this report as a series of charts.
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PART 2 SURVEY FINDINGS
1. HIGHLIGHTS OF FINDINGS
While it will take some time to absorb and reflect in depth on the survey findings -- aided by completion of the Quebec responses and a
presentation of results to interested CDP members on April 8 -- a number of highlights are evident:
• Just under 90% of all CDP community data consortia (26 out of 29) sent in at least one response, and more than half sent in multiple
responses (16).
• The survey clearly achieved its objective of sparking interest in this Solutions Lab project and related processes among the activist core of
the CDP.
• Most participation in the survey occurred by municipal governments and municipal agencies (over 48%) and by non-profit organizations
(over 42%).
• Private sector companies and associations, Indigenous organizations, and neighbourhood organizations were not polled extensively in the
survey and thus did not respond in substantial numbers. The CDP team along with its Solutions Lab consultant are discussing how best to
address this opportunity in the future, and at a minimum to supplement the survey findings with additional research and with in-person
interviews.
• Neither federal nor provincial departments and agencies took much part in the survey, although an invitation to respond was issued to a
network involving substantial numbers of both users and producers of housing data. This again, will be a matter for further strategic
reflection by the CDP team and Solutions Lab consultant.
• From a geographic representation perspective, Central Canada and the West had the greatest strength, with both urban and smaller and
rural areas reasonably well represented. Atlantic Canada and the North had less extensive representation in responses, with none from
Newfoundland and Labrador. This is a matter for specific remedial action recognized by the Solutions Lab management team and their
consultant.
• One of the highest response rates to this survey occurred from those organizations that had previously received CMHC Solutions Lab
funding. As a result, the CDP team is reaching out to engage these organizations in contributing insights about their data use and gaps they
are identifying.
• Three quarters of survey respondents plan to engage more in housing issues but state that they are limited by capacity or resources, or lack
of both. Only about 15% are comfortable with their current level of engagement.
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• Eighty-eight respondents claimed to produce their own housing data, surveys, and information. The CDP team will be reaching out to these
over the coming months to determine the extent to which these organizations are using widely available data to develop their own versions
of specific local data products or are indeed are generating unique datasets.
• Almost three quarters of respondents expressed an interest in staying engaged in the Solutions Lab project in the future, which is welcome
but not very surprising given the survey sample of those already engaged in the data business in some way. A majority of the remainder left
the door open to future contacts. Among these, the CDP team is likely to concentrate its efforts on federal and provincial producers and
users of housing data.
• In line with the above patterns of responses, answers to the question of whether the respondents have “the capacity and resources to
engage in housing issues”, the overwhelming majority said that they had more than enough “passion and commitment” to engage, only a
minority said they had enough dedicated staff time, budget, and data. Almost a third identified skills and training as matters to be
addressed.
• While Statistics Canada and CMHC ranked first and second as sources of housing data, 61% of respondents said their own surveys and
administrative data were major sources of information for housing applications. The CDP has a special interest in seeing what administrative
data could be mobilized more fully and effectively in the future and will pursue this topic over the remainder of this project.
• Between 49 and 55% of respondents are engaged in housing policy, housing advocacy, or housing program service delivery. That appears to
confirm that the survey is finding out the views on data of decision-making organizations, or at least decision-engaged organizations. More
specialized housing-related engagement proportions of respondents, such as housing construction are also significant.
• Looking at which presentation techniques “work best” from the standpoint of respondents, “hard facts” and “critical statements“ were
currently in use and deemed to work best while “personal stories” and “visuals” were also favoured by a majority of respondents.
• While there was widespread agreement about the level of interest in housing issues among respondents, there was also substantial support
for the view that efforts are currently fragmented and hampered by lack of consensus on what is to be done. In brief, the degree of
openness to change in housing matters is a matter of debate.
• Finally, the single specific topic drawing the largest amount of interest in having more information is market analysis of supply and demand.
Newcomers and homeless people all draw interest in more information from 90+ respondents as well. In the mid-range are those with
mental health and addiction issues, seniors, racialized groups, people with disabilities, and Indigenous people. Attracting lower numbers
seeking more information are young adults, victims of family violence and veterans.
The survey also invited and received a rich array of substantive comments which will be mined over the coming weeks, with contacts to follow
up on particularly interesting opportunities raised to help further innovation in this field.
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2. SURVEY CHARTS
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Do you have the capacity and
resources to engage in housing
issues?
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3. COMPILATION OF COMMENTS
The comments of questions 6 to 13 are extracted and displayed in the following tables for more in-depth analysis.
Question 6. How is your organization involved in resolving Housing issues?
Word clouds of question 6 comments are created using https://www.wordclouds.com/. A word cloud is a visual representation of the most
common words. The size of words shows the frequency of the words. In this case, Community, Housing, Research, Services, logement, Policy and
homelessness respectively are most-used words in the comments.
Page 15Organization Comments (Question 6):
Affordable Housing
One of Inclusion Canada's strategic priorities is inclusive and affordable Housing for people with
Inclusion Canada developmental disabilities. We have significant Research, demonstration initiatives, policy reform
experience, etc. in this area.
Big Hill Haven Women's Supporting women and children fleeing domestic violence to find safe, suitable, and affordable Housing
Emergency Shelter within the community.
City of Vancouver Affordable Housing Strategies
The City of Regina regulates Housing construction through land use policies, supports affordable Housing
City of Regina development through incentive programs and advocates to the Province/Federal Government on Housing
related matters.
We develop and implement policy to encourage and secure a range of Housing in new development,
City of Toronto
especially rental and affordable Housing.
City of Coquitlam Assisting with the creation of affordable Housing is part of our business plan
Fundamental Inc is a social enterprise consultancy providing services around climate change action. We
are part of a Solutions Lab that is looking to create a financially and environmentally sustainable business
Fundamental Inc
model which provides affordable Housing + social supports and benefits by leveraging the mechanisms of
incorporation.
LIke many healthcare delivery organizations, we are looking to enter the affordable Housing space, as a
SE Health
new line of work for our 112 year old organization.
Research
Happy City Design of Housing, Engagement for inclusive Housing, Housing Research & innovation
Refocus Housing Strategies Research
McGill University Research
Wellesley Institute Research
City of Toronto Research
PEIANC Research in, advocating, and hoping others will soon decide Housing needs to be our main priority.
Selkirk College Research to support Housing initiatives
University of Ottawa Research (and I am personally involved in advocacy)
Homelessness
Page 16Organization Comments (Question 6):
We act as the Community Based Organization and Community Entity for Provincial and Federal funding
City of Red Deer through which funding flows through to service providers who support those in our community
experiencing homelessness.
Region of Durham The Region of Durham is the municipal service manger for Housing and homelessness in Durham Region.
My department is involved in providing data collection and analysis on Housing and homelessness in
City of Windsor
Windsor-Essex; Data and reporting related to Housing initiatives.
Bridge Street United Church Point-in-Time homelessness count lead; Systems coordination relating to Housing and homelessness
We undertake homelessness surveys and Social Housing inventories in addition to developing regional
Fraser Valley Regional District
growth management strategy policies related to Housing, per the Local Government Act (BC) requirements
Social Planning and Research
Housing and homelessness is one of our 4 Priority Areas
Council of Hamilton
Regional Municipality of
The Region is Service System Manager for Housing and Homelessness.
Waterloo
WoodGreen Community
We are a full service Housing corporation and homelessness Housing help centre
Housing
Page 17Question 7. Would you like to engage more in resolving housing issues in your community?
A. We are comfortable with our current level of engagement
Organization Comments (Question 7):
Priority Decision Data Inc. We see housing as a vital element of a systems view of urbanization, not just as a topic on its own.
City of Coquitlam The goal is to see more affordable housing units, not provide ongoing subsidies or services.
District of Nipissing Social While we are comfortable in our current level of engagement we still need to secure resources to
Services Administration Board implement our housing plan and strategies.
Moose Jaw Multicultural Council Housing is one of our Settlement programs for our clients.
Region of Durham We are always looking for opportunities to engage with others in resolving housing issues.
City of Red Deer The City acts as a funder, convener and coordinator as it relates to housing.
Housing isn't our primary mandate, but we work with other community orgs to find housing for individuals
Moose Jaw Pride and families who require it, particularly 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals and families who face increased risk of
housing insecurity
Le principal frein est l'impossibilité de faire mettre le logement social et les droits des locataires à l'agenda
CCCQSS en tant que priorité, et ce, auprès de toutes les administrations (municipales, provinciales et fédérale).
Notre niveau d'engagement n'y changera pas grand chose.
B. We wish to engage more, but are limited by capacity and resources
Organization Comments (Question 7):
United Way Greater Toronto As a non-profit, our engagement is in part dictated by fundraising and donations.
HRM Council voted to ask for housing back. Short of that, there are many ways the municipality could be
Halifax Regional Municipality
more involved in delivering services.
Workforce Planning and
Housing is an ongoing issue impacting workforce across our region.
Development Board (EMO)
Parkdale Neighbourhood Land
Housing is the near exclusive focus of the organization, for now at least.
Trust
Canadian Mental Health We would like to expand our housing programs for youth to include a Shared Living long-term home and
Association, Elgin-Middlesex more opportunities for community living.
Page 18Organization Comments (Question 7):
City of Toronto We are limited by provincial regulation and the municipal budget
Social Planning and Research
Very interested in this Solutions Lab - glad to see that you are starting this.
Council of Hamilton
As a City we are initiating a housing strategy. However, we plan to engage more and will identify at that
City of Burlington
time the resources to do so.
There are political challenges regarding the role of a municipality in facilitating creation of non-market
Township of Langley
housing.
we provide data to support efforts of our member municipalities - we do not have a stand-alone housing
Fraser Valley Regional District
function.
There is not recognition within the structure of CMHC programs regarding the difference in mandate
between organizations registered with a mandate of being poverty alleviating versus other charitable
purposes - mixed market housing doesn't work for us because serving individuals over the poverty line can
Elizabeth Fry Society risk our charitable status. Secondly there is not recognition of the additional financial burden created by us
having to provide 100% very low rents - 30% below the MMB. Nor is there recognition of the limited
market that women only organizations operate in and our limited ability to raise funds, earn equity or take
on large projects due to the size of our organizations
OMHQ sommes aussi limités par notre mandat d'organisme para-municipal.
Comité Maison de chambres de
Nous travaillons présentement à pérenniser notre financement.
Québec
C. We plan to engage more in housing issues and still need to secure resources
Organization Comments (Question 7):
Region of Peel Above is speaking only as an employee within RPGM - other areas of the org may answer differently
City of Calgary We are interested in engaging more in housing issues, but lack funding.
Several agencies/ organizations in our community are interested in engaging further in regards to housing,
Prairie Skies Integration Network
but we are severly limited by lack of capacity & resources
We are undertaking a Housing Action Plan at this time, but the implementation of that plan may require
CIty of Delta
additional resources, as would becoming further involved in housing advocacy or provision.
Page 19Organization Comments (Question 7):
Home Suite Hope we have some money now but not the kind that a build needs
Je vais envoyer le sondage à un de mes collègue de travail afin d'avoir une autre vision sur les réponses de
Comtés unis Prescott-Russell
cette question.
intérêt très marqué à agir comme partenaire des mesures comprises dans la Stratégie nationale sur le
Desjardins
logement
Ruche Vanier Nous sommes en train d'identifier les enjeux prioritaires sur lesquels mobiliser les bonnes ressources.
D. We plan to engage more in housing issues and we have secured resources
Organization Comments (Question 7):
Organisme communautaire (Clés Nous sommes en constant développement avec l'ensemble des acteurs concernée par notre mission.
en main ) PECH fiduciaire Notre Programme fait l'object d'un étude de transfert des connaissance
E. Other
Organization Comments (Question 7):
We plan to engage more in housing issues, and have secured some resources but are actively seeking
Inclusion Canada
more.
Regional Municipality of
I'm not sure how to answer this question.
Waterloo
Personally, I'm interested in being involved at my community level. I have a strong sense that the company
RDH Building Science Inc
would support the right type of work/project (would need to align with our skillset/area of expertise).
Eastern Ontario Leadership Private housing and affordable housing are significant issues across our region and relate directly to the
Council economic and labour market components of our mandate.
Canadian Mental Health
me personally or my agency ?, I cannot speak for them
Association, Elgin-Middlesex
County of Simcoe Yes, through providing actionable data
Unsure - In my position, I am working on a housing-related research project. I cannot speak to the broader
Wellesley Institute
mandate/vision of the organization.
Page 20Organization Comments (Question 7):
Metro Vancouver All of the above - we would love to do even more with more resources
We plan on working in partnership with our housing and planning departments to address housing issues
County of Simcoe
as they relate to talent attraction and retention and economic development in general.
We plan to engage more in providing statistics on housing and homelessness indicators to share across
City of Windsor
departments.
Association des groupes de
ressources techniques du Il s'agit de notre mission
Québec
Nous sommes déjà engagés dans les enjeux liés au logement et nous prévoyons de nous engager
Vivre en Ville davantage encore. Nous mobilisons actuellement des ressources et nous prévoyons en mobilier davantage
encore.
Page 21Question 8. Do you have the following capacity and resources to address housing issues?
Passion & Data & Skills & Dedicated
Organization commitment
Budget
information training staff
Comments (Question 8):
While we generally have enough
District of Nipissing Social More than Not administrative and public (open) data we are
Enough Enough Enough
Services Administration Board enough enough short client/ customer survey data (tenant
satisfaction, needs, etc.).
We have enough staff and resources to
More maintain our current level of service. We
More than
City of Red Deer enough
Enough Not enough than Enough would be more to get more regular and timely
enough data reporting, and eventually to get to
predictive analytics.
More We have an adequate amount of data that we
Not
City of Red Deer Enough
enough
Not enough than Enough gather locally, however not enough staff
enough dedicated to analyze on a more frequent basis
We have a continuous challenge in setting
priorities among interesting and paid
assignments in fields to which we feel we can
More than Not contribute. At times, topics we believe to be
Priority Decision Data Inc. enough enough
Not enough Enough Enough
most urgent to address are simply not funded
for consulting work, so we undertake them on
a voluntary basis and/or include them as
sidelights in other projects.
Page 22Passion & Data & Skills & Dedicated
Organization commitment
Budget
information training staff
Comments (Question 8):
We could always use more data! But we
Social Planning and Research Not Not definitely don't use as much data as we have
Enough Enough Enough
Council of Hamilton enough enough access to, so I guess we have enough data for
now.
Not Not Not There is often not enough time to dedicate to
City of Vancouver Enough
enough
Not enough
enough enough ongoing training and education
Not Not Not There are very few 'urban' and housing
University of Ottawa Enough
enough
Not enough
enough enough scholars. I am an adjunct.
The QLIP is more of a collaborative initiative to
support newcomer developments in the
Not
Quinte Immigration Services Enough
enough
Not enough Enough Enough community. There area a lot of issues to be
focusing on and housing is definitely one, but
some other issues have taken precedence
The currency, granularity and
comprehensiveness of housing data is a real
challenge. Actual recent selling prices of
Not
Eastern Ontario Leadership Not Not housing as well as rentals is sadly lacking. This
Enough Not enough applica
Council enough enough information is vital to understanding
ble
affordability of housing for disadvantaged
members of our communities as well as
average citizens.
Page 23Passion & Data & Skills & Dedicated
Organization commitment
Budget
information training staff
Comments (Question 8):
Rural and smaller community housing
Not Not Not information is an issue - some areas not
Fraser Valley Regional District Enough
enough
Enough
enough enough included in CMHC surveys - eg District of
Hope, pop 6,000+
More than plusieurs changements de personnels obligent
Desjardins enough
Enough Enough Enough Enough
une augmentation de la formation
Not
Not Not Not
Moose Jaw Pride Not applicable
applicable applicable
applica
applicable
Not central to our mandate
ble
My department is not directly involved in
addressing housing issues, but provides
Not support with data collection, analysis and
Not Not
City of Windsor Not applicable
applicable
Not enough applica
applicable
reporting for the housing department. Access
ble to additional data, measurement, and
reporting tools would be helpful in these
efforts.
Not
City of Calgary Enough
enough
Not enough Enough Enough My best guess at our organization's situation.
More funding and more data would be very
More than Not helpful. Would love to see disaggregated data
Metro Vancouver enough enough
Not enough Enough Enough
to better understand specific housing needs
and priorities.
Page 24Passion & Data & Skills & Dedicated
Organization commitment
Budget
information training staff
Comments (Question 8):
Organisme communautaire (Clés Not Not Not Le pérennisation du financement est un enjeu
Enough Not enough
en main ) PECH fiduciaire enough enough enough important
Le dossier logement nécessite beaucoup de
formation dans notre établissement car il ne
Not Not Not fait pas partie de l'expertise de la plupart des
CIUSSS de la Capitale-Nationale Enough
enough
Enough
enough enough intervenant.es en santé et services sociaux. De
même il y a très peu de financement pour
supporter les interventions du
La passion et l'engagement sur les enjeux de
logement sont partagés par les
travailleurs.euses de l'organisme. Lorsqu'on
parle avec les citoyen.nes de la communauté
on constate que les problèmes sont nombreux
More than Not
Ruche Vanier enough
Enough Enough
enough
Enough et d'ordre différents (gentrification, incapacité
financière, problèmes d'insalubrité, problèmes
avec les propriétaires, mauvaises
connaissances des droits, etc.): il nous faut
maintenant travailler à collectiviser les enjeux
avec les citoyen.nes.
In my opinion, the organization would greatly
More than Not Not benefit from at least 1 housing planner.
Township of Langley enough enough
Enough Enough
enough Housing work is currently shared between
multiple planners
Page 25Passion & Data & Skills & Dedicated
Organization commitment
Budget
information training staff
Comments (Question 8):
I'm speaking on my behalf and on behalf of
Prairie Skies Integration More than Not Not
enough enough
Not enough Enough
enough
several of my partners with whom I observe
Network
the same circumstances
I don't think I'm in the best position to make a
judgement on how much capacity and
Metro Vancouver resources we have, as the organization is quite
large, but I have sent this survey to others in
my organization as well.
I answer this as a sole, full time
More than Not Not Housing(Social) Planner in a City with a
City of Coquitlam enough enough
Not enough Enough
enough population over 130,000. What is an
appropriate level of resources for a City?
Not I am a one-person company so my resources
Goatcher Consulting Enough
enough
Enough Enough Enough
are limited.
Housing falls under part of our strategic plan,
Not but we have to work in partnership with other
County of Simcoe Enough Enough Not enough
enough
Enough
departments in order to effectively make
changes
Given there is always more to do, we can
More
More than Not Not always use more resources. We have good
Inclusion Canada enough enough
Not enough than
enough
enough access to data and information but there is
always new and more information to capture.
Page 26Passion & Data & Skills & Dedicated
Organization commitment
Budget
information training staff
Comments (Question 8):
Could always benefit from more staff time,
More than Not Not Not skills and training, data and information and
County of Simcoe enough enough
Not enough
enough enough
budget.
Canadian Mental Health More than Not
More
Association, Elgin-Middlesex enough enough
Enough Enough than Budget is our biggest issue by far.
enough
Not Not Not As a lower tier municipality, Halton Region is
City of Burlington Enough
applicable
Not enough
enough enough our housing services provider.
Again, I can't speak to this from the
organizational perspective, but my impression
Wellesley Institute is that there is always a need for greater
capacity and resources to address systemic
and structural issues related to housing.
A lot of great data and information but need
More than Not Not more people and money to help pull it
City of Kingston enough
Enough
enough enough together to start to look at impact and
outcomes
Page 27Question 9. What are your sources of data relating to housing issues, if any?
Organization 9. What are your sources of data relating to housing Comments (Question 9):
issues, if any?
Regional data source
City of Markham Community Data Program;Statistics Canada (apart from York Region publish an annual report on housing
CDP);Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (apart from affordability data at the regional and local level.
CDP);Other data and information (please comment below)
Town of Newmarket Community Data Program;Statistics Canada (apart from Regional Municipality of York information
CDP);Provincial Government statistical sources of data and
information;Private sector housing data such as Environics
Analytics or Altus Group Data Solutions
Township of Langley Community Data Program;Statistics Canada (apart from The Regional District of Metro Vancouver provides
CDP);Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (apart from considerable amounts of data and statistics to
CDP);Provincial Government statistical sources of data and
information;Our own housing-related surveys and administrative member municipalities. We hired a consultant for our
data;Other data and information (please comment below) 5-year Housing Needs Report, accepted by Council
fall 2020.
Wellesley Institute Our own housing-related surveys and administrative data; Other Provincial housing waitlists
local organizations; Other data and information (please comment
below)
Halton Region Community Data Program;Statistics Canada (apart from Province of Ontario
CDP);Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (apart from
CDP);Provincial Government statistical sources of data and
information;Other local organizations;Other data and information
(please comment below)
Social Planning and Community Data Program;Statistics Canada (apart from Ontario goverment Landlord Tenant Board individual
Research Council of CDP);Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (apart from case data has been a new source of useful data for us
CDP);Provincial Government statistical sources of data and
Hamilton information;Other local organizations
Issues regarding data collection
Catholic Health Alliance of Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (apart from CDP) We greatly need more knowledge about what data
Canada sources are even available to us.
Prairie Skies Integration Other data and information (please comment below) Some of the above may be available to us, but we
Network struggle with the resources to be able to access and
analyze it.
Page 28Organization 9. What are your sources of data relating to housing Comments (Question 9):
issues, if any?
City of Burlington Statistics Canada (apart from CDP);Canada Mortgage and Housing Other data relied upon is Halton Region's annual
Corporation (apart from CDP);Other data and information (please State of Housing report. While we are a member of
comment below)
the Community Data Program, there isn't staff within
Community Planning comfortable with using the
statistical software.
City of Red Deer Statistics Canada (apart from CDP);Canada Mortgage and Housing We don't receive private sector data unless it's rolled
Corporation (apart from CDP);Provincial Government statistical
sources of data and information;Our own housing-related surveys
and administrative data;Other local organizations
Elizabeth Fry Society Community Data Program;Statistics Canada (apart from data related to institutionalization is needed - most is
CDP);Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (apart from American. Disaggregated data is an issue for every
CDP);Provincial Government statistical sources of data and
information;Private sector housing data such as Environics data source other than our own.
Analytics or Altus Group Data Solutions;Our own housing-related
surveys and administrative data;Other data and information
(please comment below)
Data Source = Universities
City of Calgary Community Data Program;Statistics Canada (apart from Universities
CDP);Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (apart from
CDP);Provincial Government statistical sources of data and
information;Private sector housing data such as Environics
Analytics or Altus Group Data Solutions;Our own housing-related
surveys and administrative data;Other data and information
(please comment below)
Generation Squeeze Statistics Canada (apart from CDP);Canada Mortgage and Housing Also: Academic sources
Corporation (apart from CDP);Provincial Government statistical
sources of data and information;Our own housing-related surveys
and administrative data;Other local organizations;Other data and
information (please comment below)
Local data source
Workforce Planning and Community Data Program;Statistics Canada (apart from Local real estate board information
Development Board (EMO) CDP);Private sector housing data such as Environics Analytics or
Altus Group Data Solutions;Other local organizations
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issues, if any?
University of Ottawa Statistics Canada (apart from CDP);Canada Mortgage and Housing Local government is a good source of information
Corporation (apart from CDP);Provincial Government statistical and ideas. We also rely on CCPA , Maytree, CERA, etc.
sources of data and information;Other data and information
(please comment below)
Homelessness counts
Regional Municipality of Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (apart from Homeless Individuals and Families Information
Waterloo CDP);Provincial Government statistical sources of data and System (HIFIS)
information;Our own housing-related surveys and administrative
data;Other data and information (please comment below)
Fraser Valley Regional Community Data Program;Statistics Canada (apart from undertake homeless count every three years
District CDP);Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (apart from
CDP);Provincial Government statistical sources of data and
information;Private sector housing data such as Environics
Analytics or Altus Group Data Solutions;Our own housing-related
surveys and administrative data
Bridge Street United Church Community Data Program;Canada Mortgage and Housing Point in Time Homelessness Count
Corporation (apart from CDP);Other data and information (please
comment below)
United Way Greater Toronto Statistics Canada (apart from CDP);Canada Mortgage and Housing Municipal point-in-time homelessness counts,
Corporation (apart from CDP);Other local organizations consultant reports on local housing market issues
Municipal data source
Union: Sustainable Statistics Canada (apart from CDP);Canada Mortgage and Housing Municipal housing reports
Development Co-operative Corporation (apart from CDP);Private sector housing data such as
Environics Analytics or Altus Group Data Solutions;Other data and
information (please comment below)
City of St. Albert Community Data Program;Statistics Canada (apart from Municipal census, Rental Housing Index
CDP);Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (apart from
CDP);Provincial Government statistical sources of data and
information;Our own housing-related surveys and administrative
data;Other local organizations;Other data and information (please
comment below)
Social Planning Toronto Community Data Program;Statistics Canada (apart from City of Toronto administrative data
CDP);Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (apart from
CDP);Other data and information (please comment below)
Page 30Organization 9. What are your sources of data relating to housing Comments (Question 9):
issues, if any?
Social Planning Toronto Community Data Program;Statistics Canada (apart from City of Toronto administrative data
CDP);Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (apart from
CDP);Other data and information (please comment below)
Other
Canadian Mental Health Our own housing-related surveys and administrative data;Other Unsure where the rest of our data and information
Association, Elgin-Middlesex local organizations;Other data and information (please comment comes from.
below)
Unité de travail pour La Société canadienne d’hypothèques et de logement (autre que le Nous effectuons notre propre sondage sur les
l'implantation de logement PDC);Sources de données et d’informations statistiques d’un conditions de logement étudiantes : Nous avons trois
gouvernement provincial;Données sur le logement provenant du
étudiant (UTILE) secteur privé, telles que celles d’Environics Analytics ou du Groupe bases de données (2014, 2017, 2019) de plus de 10
Altus;Nos propres sondages et données administratives sur le 000 répondants et sondons présentement plus de
logement 500 000 étudiants à la grandeur du Canada.
SE Health Statistics Canada (apart from CDP);Canada Mortgage and Housing many reports that are secondary sources of data - ie
Corporation (apart from CDP);Provincial Government statistical they crunch primary sources and we use the
sources of data and information;Our own housing-related surveys
and administrative data;Other local organizations;Other data and synthesized/analyzed data
information (please comment below)
OMHQ Statistique Canada (autre que le PDC);La Société canadienne Les données du Registre partagé pour le logement
d’hypothèques et de logement (autre que le PDC);Sources de subventionné à Québec guide beaucoup de nos
données et d’informations statistiques d’un gouvernement
provincial; Données sur le logement provenant du secteur privé, actions en logement à Québec. Les données du bilan
telles que celles d’Environics Analytics ou du Groupe Altus; Nos de santé de nos immeubles également.
propres sondages et données administratives sur le logement;
Autres organismes locaux
Parkdale Neighbourhood Our own housing-related surveys and administrative data; Other Just want to be clear that I can only answer for the
Land Trust local organizations project I work on... The broader organization would
likely have different answers.
Priority Decision Data Inc. Statistics Canada (apart from CDP); Canada Mortgage and Housing International reports with data, information and
Corporation (apart from CDP); Provincial Government statistical relevant evidence; academic journal articles
sources of data and information; Private sector housing data such
as Environics Analytics or Altus Group Data Solutions; Other data
and information (please comment below)
Page 31Organization 9. What are your sources of data relating to housing Comments (Question 9):
issues, if any?
Organisme communautaire Programme de données communautaires (PDC); Statistique Étude de transfert des connaissances et sondage
(Clés en main ) PECH Canada (autre que le PDC); La Société canadienne d’hypothèques interne auprès de nos locataires
et de logement (autre que le PDC); Sources de données et
fiduciaire d’informations statistiques d’un gouvernement provincial; Nos
propres sondages et données administratives sur le logement
Regroupement des groupes Statistique Canada (autre que le PDC); La Société canadienne Données des OMH sur les listes d'attentes, etc. Il
de femmes de la région de d’hypothèques et de logement (autre que le PDC); Sources de nous manque des donneés différenciées (selon le
données et d’informations statistiques d’un gouvernement
la Capitale-Nationale provincial; Autres organismes locaux; Autres données et genre, l'âge, la situation familiale. etc.)
informations (veuillez commenter ci-dessous)
PEIANC Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (apart from CDP); CREA
Provincial Government statistical sources of data and information;
Our own housing-related surveys and administrative data; Other
data and information (please comment below)
CCCQSS Statistique Canada (autre que le PDC); La Société canadienne Commandes spéciales à StatCan
d’hypothèques et de logement (autre que le PDC); Nos propres
sondages et données administratives sur le logement;Autres
organismes locaux
City of Coquitlam Community Data Program;Statistics Canada (apart from BC is mandating a Housing Needs Assessment Report
CDP);Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (apart from every 5 years, starting 2021.
CDP);Provincial Government statistical sources of data and
information;Other local organizations
We deliver meals to the unhoused in encampments
at 8 locations in Greater Victoria daily as part of our
Red Cedar Cafe Other data and information (please comment below) outreach effort and are able to provide data on
numbers of unhoused and fluctuations in those
numbers.
FROHMCQ - Fédération Statistique Canada (autre que le PDC);Sources de données et
d’informations statistiques d’un gouvernement provincial;Nos
régionale des OSBL
propres sondages et données administratives sur le RQOH Réseau québécois des OSBL d'habitation
d'habitation Mauricie- logement;Autres organismes locaux;Autres données et
Centre-du-Québec informations (veuillez commenter ci-dessous)
Page 32Question 10. What are the housing topics about which you wish you had more data, especially at the neighbourhood level?
10. What are the housing topics about which you wish you had
Organization more data and information, especially at the neighbourhood level?
Comments (Question 10):
In general, we tend to stop at the CMA and CA level
and not delve into neighbourhood-scale dynamics,
though we recognize the value of the latter to
Priority Decision Data Inc. Seniors;Newcomers
illuminate local dynamics. Our primary aim is to look
at comparative patterns across and array of urban
centres and regions.
Anything related to housing;Housing market trends in demand and We are desperate for information related to the
Ecobatiment supply composition and state of the existing building stock
Also: dispersion rates; how federal NHS dollars are
being spent locally and how these decisions are being
Inclusion Canada People with disabilities
made; # people moving from congregate living to
inclusive housing and vice versa; etc.
Anything related to housing;Housing market trends in demand and We are desperate for information related to the
Ecobatiment supply composition and state of the existing building stock
Reena People with disabilities;Mental health/addiction New resources
Fleeing Domestic Violence;Indigenous peoples;Homeless
Happy City people;People with disabilities;Mental health/addiction;Young Desegregated data in general, longitudinal data
adults
We are working on projects specific to all of these
Seniors;Indigenous peoples;Homeless people;People with
groups and often find it difficult to find data on
SHS Consulting disabilities;Mental health/addiction;Young adults;Racialized
groups;Newcomers experiences, challenges, as well as quantitative data
on these populations.
Anything related to housing;Fleeing Domestic
Violence;Seniors;Indigenous peoples;Homeless people;People with
We would like to receive all the information
Factor 5 Group disabilities;Mental health/addiction;Veterans;Young
adults;Racialized groups;Newcomers;Housing market trends in regarding housing.
demand and supply
Family structure & no of persons in hh in relation to
City of St. Albert Anything related to housing
housing costs for the above groups.
Page 3310. What are the housing topics about which you wish you had
Organization more data and information, especially at the neighbourhood level?
Comments (Question 10):
Anything related to housing;Fleeing Domestic
Violence;Seniors;Indigenous peoples;Homeless people;People with
SHS Consulting disabilities;Mental health/addiction;Veterans;Young more and more accurate data --> better outcomes
adults;Racialized groups;Newcomers;Housing market trends in
demand and supply
CMHC data on absorbed condo row & apartment unit
Goatcher Consulting Housing market trends in demand and supply
prices by CMA
It would be helpful if our community was able to
provide info to frontline outreach to ensure we are
Red Cedar Cafe Anything related to housing
aware of all the pathways to housing and the process
to accessing these and could share.
Durham Family Resources People with disabilities;Housing market trends in demand and availability, effective models, non-congregated
and Support supply models, separation of housing and support
Anything related to housing;Seniors;Indigenous peoples;Homeless
Any and all of this information would be useful at the
City of Calgary people;People with disabilities;Mental health/addiction;Racialized
groups;Newcomers;Housing market trends in demand and supply neighbourhood level.
Fleeing Domestic Violence;Seniors;Indigenous peoples;Homeless Disaggregated race based and other social data,
people;People with disabilities;Mental eviction data, rents registry to see if landlords are
Social Planning Toronto health/addiction;Veterans;Young adults;Racialized breaking law on increase guidelines, better quality
groups;Newcomers;Housing market trends in demand and supply Indigenous data
CMHC data for our CSD's with populations as low as
County of Simcoe Homeless people;Housing market trends in demand and supply 8,000 people. 17/18 municipalities have a population
under 40,000.
Seniors;Indigenous peoples;Homeless people;People with
We have the infrastructure side of things but need to
City of Kingston disabilities;Mental health/addiction;Veterans;Young
adults;Racialized groups;Newcomers understand the human side of the story more
- Future demand projects/modelling for what type of
Anything related to housing;Fleeing Domestic housing and for whom should we be building.
Violence;Seniors;Indigenous peoples;Homeless people;People with
Halton Region disabilities;Mental health/addiction;Veterans;Young
adults;Racialized groups;Newcomers;Housing market trends in - How to make connections to other ministries to
demand and supply work together (Veterans).
Page 3410. What are the housing topics about which you wish you had
Organization more data and information, especially at the neighbourhood level?
Comments (Question 10):
- All of this data at a more granular level then what is
available now.
Anything related to housing;Fleeing Domestic We have robust data with regards to those
Violence;Seniors;Indigenous peoples;People with experiencing homelessness in our community.
City of Red Deer disabilities;Mental health/addiction;Veterans;Young Therefore, I would like to see more data on other
adults;Racialized groups;Newcomers;Housing market trends in subpopulations to create a richer understanding of
demand and supply
our community.
Anything related to housing;Fleeing Domestic
Violence;Seniors;Indigenous peoples;Homeless people;People with Housing and community related data is always
City of Red Deer disabilities;Mental health/addiction;Young adults;Racialized appreciated.
groups;Newcomers;Housing market trends in demand and supply
Centre de géographie Les peuples autochtones;Les personnes handicapées;La santé
mentale/la dépendance;Les nouveaux arrivants
Les flux migratoires inter-régionaux
populaire
Tout ce qui concerne le logement;La fuite de la violence
familiale;Les aînés;Les peuples autochtones;Les sans-abri;Les Nous cherchons toujours des données concernant les
Comité Maison de personnes handicapées;La santé mentale/la dépendance;Les
anciens combattants;Les jeunes adultes;Les groupes racialisés;Les
maisons de chambres et le profil des gens y habitant
chambres de Québec
nouveaux arrivants;Les tendances de l’offre et de la demande sur le est très varié.
marché du logement
Nous n'avons pas vraiment d'enjeux important en ce
CCCQSS Tout ce qui concerne le logement qui concerne les données sur la situation du
logement dans SAint-Sauveur.
Tout ce qui concerne le logement;La fuite de la violence
Le nombre de logements sociaux, toutes tenures et
familiale;Les aînés;Les peuples autochtones;Les sans-abri;Les programmes confondus par quartier, municipalité et
CIUSSS de la Capitale- personnes handicapées;La santé mentale/la dépendance;Les MRC. Les taux d'effort au loyer pour les mêmes
Nationale anciens combattants;Les jeunes adultes;Les groupes racialisés;Les territoires.Cartographie des données. Production
nouveaux arrivants;Les tendances de l’offre et de la demande sur le d'un indice logement regroupant plusiuers
marché du logement
indicateurs.
+ Trajectoire résidentielle (Pourquoi on quitte un
quartier pour s'installer ailleurs? Qu'est-ce qui fait
Ruche Vanier Tout ce qui concerne le logement
qu'on choisi un quartier?) + Rapports avec le.la
propriétaire (Moyens communication; obligations
Page 3510. What are the housing topics about which you wish you had
Organization more data and information, especially at the neighbourhood level?
Comments (Question 10):
accomplies par le propriétaire; évictions
frauduleuses) + Connaissances des droits des
locataires et des propriétaires + Connaitre les besoins
des propriétaires de logements locatifs
Unité de travail pour
Les jeunes adultes;Les groupes racialisés;Les nouveaux arrivants;Les
l'implantation de logement tendances de l’offre et de la demande sur le marché du logement Le logement étudiant aussi
étudiant (UTILE)
Regroupement des groupes Tout ce qui concerne le logement;La fuite de la violence
familiale;Les aînés;Les peuples autochtones;Les sans-abri;Les
de femmes de la région de personnes handicapées;La santé mentale/la dépendance;Les jeunes
Il manque souvent des données différenciées
la Capitale-Nationale adultes;Les groupes racialisés;Les nouveaux arrivants
Secondary market / Rental data
It would be great if there was more
data/Visualizations that differentiated between
investment properties/secondary residences of all
types and primary residences/homes. With further
differentiation between different kinds of investment
ownership e.g. long-term rental, short-term rental,
empty unit. It would be also be great, though
Young adults;Racialized groups;Housing market trends in demand difficult, to have thorough data on the location and
Generation Squeeze and supply form of all secondary market rental (including un-
permitted suites).
It would also be great to have data/visualizations of
property value changes over time at the
neighbourhood level.
Anything related to housing;Fleeing Domestic
Second units/secondary market at the local municipal
Region of Peel Violence;Seniors;Indigenous peoples;Homeless people;People with
disabilities;Mental health/addiction;Veterans;Young and sub-municipal levels
Page 3610. What are the housing topics about which you wish you had
Organization more data and information, especially at the neighbourhood level?
Comments (Question 10):
adults;Racialized groups;Newcomers;Housing market trends in
demand and supply
Renters in general are difficult to reach, especially
City of Coquitlam Anything related to housing
during COVID.
We need data on asking rents for the secondary
Anything related to housing;Newcomers;Housing market trends in
City of Toronto demand and supply
rental market, especially non-condo secondary rental
market (i.e. not just CMHC and Urbanation data)
Anything related to housing;Indigenous peoples;Homeless Homelessness - particularly related to provisional
Region of Durham people;Mental health/addiction;Young adults;Housing market accommodation; housing market data related to
trends in demand and supply secondary market
One easy thing CMHC could do would be slice their
Social Planning and rental data (like Target group profiles) in more of
Research Council of Anything related to housing their tables by rent amounts so that we can see the
Hamilton different rental housing trends at the low and high
ends of the private market.
Fleeing Domestic Violence;Seniors;Indigenous peoples;Homeless We would really like to know more about the
people;People with disabilities;Mental
Township of Langley health/addiction;Veterans;Young adults;Racialized
secondary rental market. In particular, to determine
groups;Newcomers;Housing market trends in demand and supply the stock, units sizes, average rent, vacancy rate.
We wish we had a way to determine how people are
moving across the region as result of housing
pressures, without waiting for the census data every
Indigenous peoples;Racialized groups;Newcomers;Housing market
Metro Vancouver trends in demand and supply
5 years. For example, are people moving to more
rural areas as result of housing unaffordability? How
has Covid affected people and their housing choices?
Especially renters?
Affordable housing
Indigenous peoples;Racialized groups;Housing market trends in Need for affordable housing and affordable housing
City of Calgary demand and supply stock
Quinte Immigration Fleeing Domestic Violence;Homeless people;Racialized Affordable housing options - how to promote
Services groups;Newcomers affordable housing in the community
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