The data for this variable are reported using the following classification(s) and/or list(s):

• Shelter cost to income ratio
• Variant of shelter cost to income ratio

'Shelter cost to income ratio' refers to the percentage of a household's average total monthly income which is spent on shelter-related expenses. Those expenses include the monthly rent (for tenants) or the mortgage payment, property taxes and condominium fees (for owners) and the costs of electricity, heat, municipal services, etc. The percentage is calculated by dividing the total shelter-related expenses by the household's total monthly income and multiplying the result by 100.

Note: In the National Household Survey 2011 shelter cost to income ratio is disseminated for private households in owner or tenant-occupied non-farm dwellings. Households who reported a loss in their total household income, or had no income in 2010 are excluded.

'Private household' refers to a person or group of persons who occupy the same dwelling and do not have a usual place of residence elsewhere in Canada or abroad. The household universe is divided into two sub-universes on the basis of whether the household is occupying a collective dwelling or a private dwelling. The latter is a private household.

The data for this variable are reported using the following classification(s) and/or list(s):

• Shelter cost

'Shelter cost' refers to the average monthly total of all shelter expenses paid by a private household.

For owner households, shelter cost includes, where applicable, the mortgage payment, the costs of electricity, heat, water and other municipal services, property taxes and condominium fees. For tenant households, shelter cost includes, where applicable, the monthly rent and the costs of electricity, heat, water and other municipal services.

'Private household' refers to a person or group of persons who occupy the same dwelling and do not have a usual place of residence elsewhere in Canada or abroad. The household universe is divided into two sub-universes on the basis of whether the household is occupying a collective dwelling or a private dwelling. The latter is a private household.

The data for this variable are reported using the following classification(s) and/or list(s):

• Number of earners

'Number of earners' refers to employment income recipients in an economic family. An earner is a person aged 15 years or over who received wages and salaries, net income from a non-farm unincorporated business and/or professional practice, and/or net farm self-employment income during the reference year.

'Economic family' refers to a group of two or more persons who live in the same dwelling and are related to each other by blood, marriage, common-law or adoption. A couple may be of opposite or same sex. Foster children are included.

By definition, all persons who are members of a census family are also members of an economic family. Examples of the broader concept of economic family include the following: two co-resident census families who are related to one another are considered one economic family; co-resident siblings who are not members of a census family are considered as one economic family; and, nieces or nephews living with aunts or uncles are considered one economic family.

The data for this variable are reported using the following classification(s) and/or list(s):

• Presence and number of children under 18 years

'Presence and number of children under 18 years' refers to whether or not children under 18 years old are present and if so how many.

Note: In the 2011 National Household Survey, ‘Presence and number of children under 18 years’ is referred to as 'Presence and number of children under 18'.

'Economic family' refers to a group of two or more persons who live in the same dwelling and are related to each other by blood, marriage, common-law or adoption. A couple may be of opposite or same sex. Foster children are included.

By definition, all persons who are members of a census family are also members of an economic family. Examples of the broader concept of economic family include the following: two co-resident census families who are related to one another are considered one economic family; co-resident siblings who are not members of a census family are considered as one economic family; and, nieces or nephews living with aunts or uncles are considered one economic family.

The data for this variable are reported using the following classification(s) and/or list(s):

• After-tax income of persons

'After-tax income' refers to total income from all sources minus federal, provincial and territorial income taxes paid for the reference year.

'Person' refers to an individual and is the unit of analysis for most social statistics programmes.

See also:

• Total income of person

The data for this variable are reported using the following classification(s) and/or list(s):

• Income

'After-tax income' refers to total income from all sources minus federal, provincial and territorial income taxes paid for the reference year.

In the context of private households, after-tax income is the sum of the after-tax incomes of all members of that household.

'Private household' refers to a person or group of persons who occupy the same dwelling and do not have a usual place of residence elsewhere in Canada or abroad. The household universe is divided into two sub-universes on the basis of whether the household is occupying a collective dwelling or a private dwelling. The latter is a private household.

See also:

• After-tax income of person, range

The data for this variable are reported using the following classification(s) and/or list(s):

• Adjusted after-tax income, deciles

'Adjusted after-tax income' refers to after-tax income adjusted by a factor that accounts for family size. The adjustment factor takes into account the lower relative needs of additional family members, as compared to a single person living alone.

Note: In the context of economic families, adjusted after-tax income is computed as the economic family after-tax income divided by the square root of family size.

In the context of persons not in economic families, adjusted after-tax income is equal to after-tax income. This is equivalent to dividing by the square root of 1.0 for a person not in an economic family.

'Person not in economic family' refers to persons who do not live in an economic family. This includes persons who live with people none of whom are related to them either by blood, marriage, common-law or adoption or are their foster parent or child. Persons living alone are always included here.

See also:

• Economic family status of person
• Economic family

The data for this variable are reported using the following classification(s) and/or list(s):

• Living in family household

'Living in family household' refers to whether or not the person lives in a household that contains at least one census family.

'Person' refers to an individual and is the unit of analysis for most social statistics programmes.

The data for this variable are reported using the following classification(s) and/or list(s):

• Census family status
• Children in families
• Household living arrangements
• Living in family household

'Household living arrangements' refers to whether or not the person lives with another person or persons and, if so, whether or not he or she is related to that person or persons. This is a derived variable. It is derived from the responses to questions about the relationships among the people who live in the household.

'Person' refers to an individual and is the unit of analysis for most social statistics programmes.

Note: In the 2011 National Household Survey, household living arrangements also refers to whether or not the person is living in a household that contains at least one census family, and whether or not he or she is a member of a census family. Persons not in census families are further classified as living with relatives, living with non-relatives (only) or living alone.

See also:

• Census family status of person, category
• Living in family household of person, category
• Private household