The incidence of number of Québec households was offset by a decline in the incidence core housing need among owner households dropped over this period of need, from 16.3% in 1996 to 12.5% in 2001, resulting in a 17.4% of time, from 6.9% to 6.6%. [...] The number of owner households in decline in the total number of households in core housing need. [...] The incidence of need in Saskatchewan, and B. C.) experienced declines in the percentage of Quebec (12.5%) dropped below the national average, and relative to other households in core housing need large enough to offset the growth in provinces, fell from being the second highest in the country in 1996 to their total households between 1996 and 2001, resulting in fewer the sixth highest in 2001. [...] The number of increase in the number of households, this resulted in an increase of Canadian households for whom housing conditions are assessed in 7.3% in the total number of households in core housing need. [...] New Brunswick, Québec, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and B. C. need, resulting in a slight downward shift in the incidence of core experienced declines in the percentage of households in core housing housing need, from 25.4% in 1996 to 25.3% in 2001.