Housing Needs Assessment

The Housing Needs Assessment dashboard visualizes data included in the 2024 Housing Needs Assessment (HNA) report. This report is mandated under federal and provincial funding programs and legislation, and provides an in-depth, data-driven analysis of current conditions, projected trends as well as descriptions of the city’s evolving housing needs.

The data on this dashboard is divided into seven sections: demographics, housing pressures, housing supply, experiences of homelessness, shelter demand and occupancy, housing solutions, and the Centralized Wait List. 
Data for this dashboard was collected from a number of sources, including administrative data from the City of Ottawa, and publicly available data from Statistics Canada and the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation, among other public data sources.
Date Created: June 27th 2025  Update Frequency: Annually  Last Reviewed: June 27th 2025 Accuracy, Completeness, and Known Issues: 
The Housing Needs Assessment dashboard relies on data from Statistics Canada (Census), Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), municipal administrative datasets, and local housing market information. Many data points include disaggregation by various demographic characteristics, including household characteristics, housing core need, the Point-in-Time count of people experiencing homelessness, shelter system capacity and demand sourced from the Homeless Individuals and Families Information System (HIFIS), and the Centralized Wait List. Some data points, such as average rent prices and housing stock amounts cannot be further aggregated using demographic characteristics.   More information regarding data quality and methodology can be found within the full Housing Needs Assessment report.
Attributes: The following data tables have been provided for the dataset, and are organized into themes.
Demographics:
  • Population by Age Group
  • Households
  • Immigrant Population
  • Income
Housing Pressures:
  • Housing Costs
  • Consumer Price Index
  • Vacancy Rate
Housing Supply:
  • Housing Development
  • Housing Stock
Experiences of Homelessness:
  • Experiences of Homelessness
Shelter Demand and Occupancy:
  • Shelter Demand and Capacity
  • Shelter Average Length of Stay
Housing Solutions:
  • Affordable and Supportive Units Built
  • Rent-Geared-to-Income and Housing Benefits
Centralized Wait List:
  • Clients on Centralized Wait List
  • New Centralized Wait List Applications
  • Housed from Centralized Waitlist
Data Steward: Liam McGuire Data Steward Email: [email protected] Department or Agency: Community and Social Services Branch/Unit: Housing Data, Research and Analytics Unit

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Title
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Housing Needs Assessment
Description
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The Housing Needs Assessment dashboard visualizes data included in the 2024 Housing Needs Assessment (HNA) report. This report is mandated under federal and provincial funding programs and legislation, and provides an in-depth, data-driven analysis of current conditions, projected trends as well as descriptions of the city’s evolving housing needs.

The data on this dashboard is divided into seven sections: demographics, housing pressures, housing supply, experiences of homelessness, shelter demand and occupancy, housing solutions, and the Centralized Wait List. 
Data for this dashboard was collected from a number of sources, including administrative data from the City of Ottawa, and publicly available data from Statistics Canada and the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation, among other public data sources.
Date Created: June 27th 2025  Update Frequency: Annually  Last Reviewed: June 27th 2025 Accuracy, Completeness, and Known Issues: 
The Housing Needs Assessment dashboard relies on data from Statistics Canada (Census), Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), municipal administrative datasets, and local housing market information. Many data points include disaggregation by various demographic characteristics, including household characteristics, housing core need, the Point-in-Time count of people experiencing homelessness, shelter system capacity and demand sourced from the Homeless Individuals and Families Information System (HIFIS), and the Centralized Wait List. Some data points, such as average rent prices and housing stock amounts cannot be further aggregated using demographic characteristics.   More information regarding data quality and methodology can be found within the full Housing Needs Assessment report.
Attributes: The following data tables have been provided for the dataset, and are organized into themes.
Demographics:
  • Population by Age Group
  • Households
  • Immigrant Population
  • Income
Housing Pressures:
  • Housing Costs
  • Consumer Price Index
  • Vacancy Rate
Housing Supply:
  • Housing Development
  • Housing Stock
Experiences of Homelessness:
  • Experiences of Homelessness
Shelter Demand and Occupancy:
  • Shelter Demand and Capacity
  • Shelter Average Length of Stay
Housing Solutions:
  • Affordable and Supportive Units Built
  • Rent-Geared-to-Income and Housing Benefits
Centralized Wait List:
  • Clients on Centralized Wait List
  • New Centralized Wait List Applications
  • Housed from Centralized Waitlist
Data Steward: Liam McGuire Data Steward Email: [email protected] Department or Agency: Community and Social Services Branch/Unit: Housing Data, Research and Analytics Unit
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12.08
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2025-06-18
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Open Data | City of Ottawa
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https://od-dev2-ottawa.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/ottawa::housing-needs-assessment
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[email protected]
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City of Ottawa
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[email protected]
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City of Ottawa
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[email protected]
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2025-08-11
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4a9aa5f7835646ada78b435a6474dd83
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English
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https://od-dev2-ottawa.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/ottawa::housing-needs-assessment
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City of Ottawa
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