Population living in slums in Canada
Canada: Population living in slums was 1.1% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Population living in slums in Canada, 2000–2022
Source: Urban Indicators Database, UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat). Measured in % of urban population.
Analysis
In 2022, population living in slums in Canada stood at 1.1%. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 37.0% on the previous year and up 99.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population living in slums in Canada peaked at 1.1% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2000.
That places Canada 129th out of 174 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Population living in slums in Canada, year by year
| Year | % of urban population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.2% | — |
| 2002 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.3% | +20.0% |
| 2008 | 0.5% | +50.0% |
| 2010 | 0.5% | +11.1% |
| 2012 | 0.6% | +10.0% |
| 2014 | 0.7% | +18.2% |
| 2016 | 0.7% | +7.7% |
| 2018 | 0.8% | +14.3% |
| 2020 | 0.8% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1.1% | +37.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.8% | 5 |
| 2020s | 0.9% | 0.8% | 1.1% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Canada
More poverty & inequality data for Canada
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 7 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.35 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 3,695 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -9.41 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 34.78 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 34.8% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is population living in slums in Canada?
- Population living in slums in Canada was 1.1% in 2022, according to Urban Indicators Database, UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat).
- What is the highest population living in slums recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 1.1% in 2022.
- What is the lowest population living in slums recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2000.
- How does Canada rank for population living in slums?
- Canada ranks 129th out of 174 countries with data for 2022.
- Is population living in slums rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 99.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Canada data come from?
- The figures come from Urban Indicators Database, UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), published as part of Population living in slums (% of urban population). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Population living in slums is the proportion of the urban population living in slum households. A slum household is defined as a group of individuals living under the same roof lacking one or more of the following conditions: access to improved water, access to improved sanitation, sufficient living area, housing durability, and security of tenure, as adopted in the Millennium Development Goal Target 7.D. The successor, the Sustainable Development Goal 11.1.1, considers inadequate housing (housing affordability) to complement the above definition of slums/informal settlements.