Research Highlight 2006 Census Housing Series Issue: 7—The Housing Conditions of Immigrant Households Table 1. Households by period of immigration, Canada, 2001 and 2006 Number of Distribution households (%) 2001 2006 2001 2006 All households 11,562,975 12,437,470 100.0 100.0. [...] Some 35% of immigrant households in CMAs (and 37% of recent immigrant households) lived in the Toronto CMA, compared to about 8% of non-immigrant About 89% of immigrant households lived in Canada’s households. [...] Renters 39,782 795 33.0 22,723 796 47.7 Source: CMHC (Census-based housing indicators and data) Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation 7 Research Highlight 2006 Census Housing Series Issue: 7—The Housing Conditions of Immigrant Households SUMMARY In 2006, about 23% of all households in Canada were immigrant households. [...] Recent immigrant households had relatively lower incomes, lower home ownership rates, and higher incidences of core housing need than non-immigrant households and than immigrant households who had been in Canada longer. [...] Immigrant households 1,360 50.4 2.48 5.6 2.5 Lived in Canada 5 years or less 355 15.5 2.69 4.2 1.9 Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation 9 Research Highlight 2006 Census Housing Series Issue: 7—The Housing Conditions of Immigrant Households Appendix Table 1 (cont’d) N umber of households and household statistics by household immigrant status, Canada, the Provinces, Territories and Census Metropo