Ottawa: Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities, has welcomed the latest release of data on the status of Canada’s culture, recreation and sports facilities, and social and affordable housing through Canada’s Core Public Infrastructure (CCPI) survey, for the reference year 2020.
“From hockey games to weddings and high school graduations, community buildings are where Canadians, especially in rural communities, gather to celebrate some of life’s biggest milestones. This survey provides information that decision-makers can use to guide their approach to building and maintaining community infrastructure and affordable housing. We will continue to be guided by the latest and best data available in building strong communities for all Canadians,” said Dominic LeBlanc.
This most recent data release is a snapshot of the stock, condition and performance of culture, recreation and sports facilities as well as social and affordable housing in Canada.
This latest release highlights that the average annual construction rate of culture, recreation and sports facilities – including arenas, aquatic centres, arts and culture centres, and sports fields – increased in 2019 and 2020 by 65% compared to the average annual rate from 2016 to 2018.
One-fifth of publicly-owned culture, recreation and sports facilities were owned by rural municipalities with less than 5,000 residents, where 6% of the population lives. Almost one-third (32%) of these assets were installed since 2010. In fact, close to two-fifths of all facilities (37%) and more than two-thirds of arts and culture facilities (68%) built in 2019 and 2020 were reported by small rural municipalities.
The CCPI survey is supported by Infrastructure Canada, which provides funding for data and research initiatives to better inform how federal infrastructure funding programs are designed, implemented, tracked and reported.
The survey aims to help all levels of government make informed decisions regarding public infrastructure to help develop healthier, safer and stronger communities.
By investing in infrastructure, the Government of Canada is growing our country’s economy, increasing the resiliency of our communities, and improving the lives of Canadians.
For more information on the CCPI survey, and to view the latest data, visit Statistics Canada’s website – https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/220927/dq220927a-eng.htm
• Larger share of dwellings are public social and affordable housing in the territories
• The three territories—Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut—have the largest proportion of dwellings that are publicly-owned social and affordable housing. Nunavut’s 5,438 public social and affordable housing units account for almost half (46%) of the 2021 Census dwelling counts in the territory.
The Northwest Territories (14%) and Yukon (5%) have the second and third highest ratios of dwellings classified as public social affordable housing units. In contrast, while Ontario governments owned 43% of all publicly-owned social and affordable housing in the country in 2020, these accounted for 2% of total 2021 dwellings in the province.
• Canada’s Core Public Infrastructure survey is an Infrastructure Canada initiative administered through Statistics Canada.
• The CCPI gathers information through a survey on asset management practices in nine public infrastructure categories: roads; bridges and tunnels; potable water; wastewater; stormwater; culture, recreation and sports facilities; social and affordable housing; public transit; and solid waste.
• Provincial, territorial, and municipal infrastructure owners completed the surveys and submitted them to Statistics Canada to be processed and analyzed.
• In all, the sample included approximately 2469 respondents, – a response rate of 89 percent.
• The results of this survey build on the data released for reference years 2016 and 2018 and highlight changes over the two-year period between releases. However, given changes in methodology and scope, it is not always possible to directly compare results between reference years.
