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Canada will change how it counts nonpermanent residents, the main statistics agency said on Thursday, after an economist said the current methodology may have overlooked about a
Statistics Canada’s change comes after The Globe reported that an economist warned undercounting on non-permanent residents means Ottawa is underestimating Canada’s growing housing needs.
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Statistics Canada’s change comes after The Globe reported that an economist warned undercounting on non-permanent residents means Ottawa is underestimating Canada’s growing housing needs
It would be a stretch to put too much blame for housing and infrastructure on an undercount of NPRs in Canada. Read more.
Canada has underestimated the number of non-permanent residents in the country by one million, adding to the housing demand in previous forecast, says a new report.