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Still Canada has one of the world's highest rates of home ownership, which actually increased during the economic boom of the mid 2000s. In 2008, of the 12.4 million households in Canada, more than 8.5 million, over two-thirds (68.4%) owned their home, the highest rate since 1971.
While Canada's ten provinces and three territories exhibit high per capita GDPs, there is wide variation among them. Ontario , the country's most populous province, is a major manufacturing and trade hub with extensive linkages to the northeastern and midwestern United States .
The tables below list Canada's 117 census agglomerations at the 2016 Census, [1] as determined by Statistics Canada, up from 113 in the 2011 Census. [ 2 ] 2016 changes
Such is the case with the Greater Toronto Area, where its metro population is notably higher than its CMA population due to its inclusion of the neighbouring Oshawa CMA to the east and the Burlington portion of the neighbouring Hamilton CMA to the west. [2] In 2021, 27,465,137 people (71.9% of Canada's population) lived in a CMA, while ...
For the 2011 census, urban area was renamed "population centre". [14] [15] In 2011, Statistics Canada identified 942 population centres in Canada. Some population centres cross municipal boundaries and not all municipalities contain a population centre while others have more than one.
Although home prices have rapidly increased, homeownership rates have also slightly increased in the U.S. over the past five years. In 2018, the median home list price in the U.S. was $255,200 and ...
A house number plaque marking state property in Riga, Latvia. State ownership, also called public ownership or government ownership, is the ownership of an industry, asset, property, or enterprise by the national government of a country or state, or a public body representing a community, as opposed to an individual or private party. [1]
The GST applies nationally. The HST includes the provincial portion of the sales tax but is administered by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) and is applied under the same legislation as the GST. The HST is in effect in Ontario, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.