Median rent on a one-bedroom runs from CA$1,050 to CA$2,800 a month. The index weighs that against local median income, riding by riding.
Every riding placed by its median one-bedroom rent. Most cluster well below the headline maximum - the median riding pays CA$0.
National averages flatten regional difference. These three figures are the ones the index is built from.
The national median monthly individual income in Canada, per current Statistics Canada benchmarks.
Rent as a share of local median income. The national household average sits near a third; for one person renting a 1BR it runs considerably higher.
What's left of the riding's median paycheck after 1BR rent and progressive federal and provincial tax.
Rent burden is 1BR rent divided by local median wage. These are the eight ridings at each end.
Ridings further right spend more of their local salary on housing. Ridings higher up keep more of it. Each dot is coloured by the party holding the seat.
Local median income, marginal tax brackets, and housing costs across all 343 federal ridings.
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