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----------------------------------------------------------------------------                                BACKGROUNDER                          CANADIAN HOUSING OBSERVER----------------------------------------------------------------------------                          Household Growth Summary   Canada, Provinces, Territories and Census Metropolitan Areas, 2006-2011----------------------------------------------------------------------------                                                         Growth  Avg. Annual                                 2006         2011   (per cent)       Growth--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Yukon                          12,615       14,117         11.9          300----------------------------------------------------------------------------Alberta                     1,256,192    1,390,275         10.7       26,817----------------------------------------------------------------------------Nunavut                         7,855        8,661         10.3          161----------------------------------------------------------------------------British Columbia            1,642,715    1,764,637          7.4       24,384----------------------------------------------------------------------------Ontario                     4,554,251    4,887,508          7.3       66,651----------------------------------------------------------------------------Canada                     12,435,520   13,320,614          7.1      177,019----------------------------------------------------------------------------Quebec                      3,188,713    3,395,343          6.5       41,326----------------------------------------------------------------------------Prince Edward Island           53,084       56,462          6.4          676----------------------------------------------------------------------------New Brunswick                 295,871      314,007          6.1        3,627----------------------------------------------------------------------------Newfoundland and Labrador                     197,245      208,842          5.9        2,319----------------------------------------------------------------------------Saskatchewan                  387,160      409,645          5.8        4,497----------------------------------------------------------------------------Manitoba                      448,766      466,138          3.9        3,474----------------------------------------------------------------------------Nova Scotia                   376,829      390,279          3.6        2,690----------------------------------------------------------------------------Northwest Territories          14,224       14,700          3.3           95------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Census Metropolitan Areas----------------------------------------------------------------------------Moncton                        51,593       58,294         13.0        1,340----------------------------------------------------------------------------Kelowna                        66,925       74,942         12.0        1,603----------------------------------------------------------------------------St. John's                     70,663       78,960         11.7        1,659----------------------------------------------------------------------------Calgary                       415,592      464,001         11.6        9,682----------------------------------------------------------------------------Edmonton                      405,311      450,786         11.2        9,095----------------------------------------------------------------------------Ottawa-Gatineau               450,333      498,636         10.7        9,661----------------------------------------------------------------------------Toronto                     1,801,071    1,989,705         10.5       37,727----------------------------------------------------------------------------Brantford                      47,847       52,726         10.2          976----------------------------------------------------------------------------Saskatoon                      95,257      104,237          9.4        1,796----------------------------------------------------------------------------Vancouver                     817,033      891,336          9.1       14,861----------------------------------------------------------------------------Oshawa                        119,028      129,698          9.0        2,134----------------------------------------------------------------------------Quebec                        318,001      345,892          8.8        5,578----------------------------------------------------------------------------Sherbrooke                     84,605       91,099          7.7        1,299----------------------------------------------------------------------------Trois-Rivieres                 65,153       70,138          7.7          997----------------------------------------------------------------------------Kitchener-Cambridge- Waterloo                     169,063      181,493          7.4        2,486----------------------------------------------------------------------------Guelph                         51,116       54,868          7.3          750----------------------------------------------------------------------------Barrie                         63,877       68,495          7.2          924----------------------------------------------------------------------------Regina                         80,323       85,731          6.7        1,082----------------------------------------------------------------------------Saint John                     49,107       52,281          6.5          635----------------------------------------------------------------------------Halifax                       155,138      165,153          6.5        2,003----------------------------------------------------------------------------Kingston                       61,978       65,965          6.4          797----------------------------------------------------------------------------Abbotsford-Mission             55,948       59,317          6.0          674----------------------------------------------------------------------------Hamilton                      266,377      282,186          5.9        3,162----------------------------------------------------------------------------Montreal                    1,525,625    1,613,260          5.7       17,527----------------------------------------------------------------------------London                        184,946      195,056          5.5        2,022----------------------------------------------------------------------------Victoria                      145,388      153,328          5.5        1,588----------------------------------------------------------------------------Saguenay                       66,251       69,507          4.9          651----------------------------------------------------------------------------Peterborough                   46,667       48,848          4.7          436----------------------------------------------------------------------------Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury                       65,076       67,767          4.1          538----------------------------------------------------------------------------Winnipeg                      281,745      291,316          3.4        1,914----------------------------------------------------------------------------St. Catharines-Niagara        156,386      160,455          2.6          814----------------------------------------------------------------------------Thunder Bay                    51,426       52,062          1.2          127----------------------------------------------------------------------------Windsor                       125,848      126,843          0.8          199----------------------------------------------------------------------------Data for 2006 are based on 2011 Census Metropolitan Area boundaries. Between 2006 and 2011, CMA boundaries changed in Saguenay, Quebec, Sherbrooke, Trois-Rivieres, Montreal, Ottawa-Gatineau, and Guelph.Data are census-based estimates of dwellings occupied by usual residents, which were released by Statistics Canada on February 8, 2012.Source: CMHC, adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Canada)----------------------------------------------------------------------------Last updated: April 2012----------------------------------------------------------------------------© 2012 Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation----------------------------------------------------------------------------