Do international students and temporary foreign workers pay more than Canadian-born individuals in the rental market?
Amid growing concerns in Canada over housing affordability, questions have arisen about non-permanent residents’ experience in the Canadian rental market. Some media sources have indicated that non-permanent residents are disproportionately affected by the ongoing housing crisis. This study uses dat...
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| description | Amid growing concerns in Canada over housing affordability, questions have arisen about non-permanent residents’ experience in the Canadian rental market. Some media sources have indicated that non-permanent residents are disproportionately affected by the ongoing housing crisis. This study uses data from the 2021 Census of Population to examine whether international students and temporary foreign workers face higher rental costs than the Canadian-born population (non-immigrants) and longer-term immigrants (those who were admitted more than five years preceding the census year). It also explores the factors contributing to disparities in rental expenses among these groups.
The study shows that, on average, international students paid 10% more in monthly rental costs per rental unit, while temporary foreign workers paid 21% more, compared with Canadian-born individuals living in the same urban area before adjusting for neighbourhood, dwelling and household characteristics. The differences in rental costs observed for temporary foreign workers relative to Canadian-born individuals dropped to 5% when comparing renters with similar household characteristics living in the same neighbourhood and in similar dwellings. The higher rental costs paid by international students within a given urban area (or neighbourhood) can be entirely accounted for by differences in dwelling characteristics, as international students were less likely than Canadian-born individuals to reside in subsidized housing and more likely to live in condominiums and newer buildings. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-bae62b23616745aaa130ccce89342e5f2025-02-11T14:00:30ZengStatistics CanadaEconomic and Social Reports2563-89552024-10-01410https://doi.org/10.25318/36280001202401000004-engDo international students and temporary foreign workers pay more than Canadian-born individuals in the rental market?Feng Hou0Wendy Kei1Haozhen Zhang2Statistics CanadaStatistics CanadaImmigration, Refugees and Citizenship CanadaAmid growing concerns in Canada over housing affordability, questions have arisen about non-permanent residents’ experience in the Canadian rental market. Some media sources have indicated that non-permanent residents are disproportionately affected by the ongoing housing crisis. This study uses data from the 2021 Census of Population to examine whether international students and temporary foreign workers face higher rental costs than the Canadian-born population (non-immigrants) and longer-term immigrants (those who were admitted more than five years preceding the census year). It also explores the factors contributing to disparities in rental expenses among these groups. The study shows that, on average, international students paid 10% more in monthly rental costs per rental unit, while temporary foreign workers paid 21% more, compared with Canadian-born individuals living in the same urban area before adjusting for neighbourhood, dwelling and household characteristics. The differences in rental costs observed for temporary foreign workers relative to Canadian-born individuals dropped to 5% when comparing renters with similar household characteristics living in the same neighbourhood and in similar dwellings. The higher rental costs paid by international students within a given urban area (or neighbourhood) can be entirely accounted for by differences in dwelling characteristics, as international students were less likely than Canadian-born individuals to reside in subsidized housing and more likely to live in condominiums and newer buildings.https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/36-28-0001/2024010/article/00004-eng.htminternational studentstemporary foreign workersrental costneighbourhood |
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| title | Do international students and temporary foreign workers pay more than Canadian-born individuals in the rental market? |
| title_full | Do international students and temporary foreign workers pay more than Canadian-born individuals in the rental market? |
| title_fullStr | Do international students and temporary foreign workers pay more than Canadian-born individuals in the rental market? |
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| title_short | Do international students and temporary foreign workers pay more than Canadian-born individuals in the rental market? |
| title_sort | do international students and temporary foreign workers pay more than canadian born individuals in the rental market |
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