56% of Canadians who don't own a home don't expect to ever own one, the highest of 22 countries in Habitat for Humanity's 2026 survey. Globally it's 23%.
The bigger shift is among the young. Ownership among Canadians aged 25 to 29 fell from 44.1% in 2011 to 36.5% in the 2021 Census. Statistics Canada found that, not counting those living with their parents, millennials owned at a lower rate at ages 25 to 39 than baby boomers or Gen X did at the same age: 49.9%, against 55.9% and 56.2%. And 55% of Canadians aged 18 to 29 lived with a parent in 2024.
I’m sure a few more decades of voting for the uniparty will fix this…
The bigger shift is among the young. Ownership among Canadians aged 25 to 29 fell from 44.1% in 2011 to 36.5% in the 2021 Census. Statistics Canada found that, not counting those living with their parents, millennials owned at a lower rate at ages 25 to 39 than baby boomers or Gen X did at the same age: 49.9%, against 55.9% and 56.2%. And 55% of Canadians aged 18 to 29 lived with a parent in 2024.
I’m sure a few more decades of voting for the uniparty will fix this…