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Who really owns homes in Canada? New data challenges common immigration myths

Posted on: January 8, 2026

New data from Statistics Canada is offering a clearer look at who actually owns homes in Canada — and it challenges some common assumptions in the national housing debate.

While immigration is often linked to rising housing costs in public discussions, the data shows that non-permanent residents make up only a tiny fraction of homeowners across the country. According to figures from the Canadian Housing Statistics Program, fewer than one per cent of homeowners nationwide were non-permanent residents at the beginning of 2022

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