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Bonfield, East Ferris and Temagami display 20-year tenure trends whereby the
percentage of renters is decreasing while the percentage of owners is increasing.
Mattawa’s general tenure trend is opposite to the above: the percentage of renters is
increasing while the percentage of owners is decreasing.
All of Nipissing’s municipalities and Areas have a significantly higher percentage of
owners and a smaller percentage of renters, in comparison to the urban areas of
Mattawa, West Nipissing and North Bay. In absolute terms, they each have less than
100 renter households (excluding North Bay, West Nipissing and Mattawa).
The municipalities closest to North Bay – East Ferris, Chisholm and Bonfield – have
the largest share of owners (90%-94%) and the smallest share of renters (6%-10%).
Regarding the structural types of housing that households are living in, North Bay
generally has the same trends as those of Nipissing District (see pages VIII –IX). A
significant percentage of North Bay renters (42%) appear to live in non-conventional
rental housing.
This rate is higher than Ontario’s, where 30% of the renters live in non-conventional
rental housing. Subsequently, 12% fewer renters in North Bay, live in apartment
buildings (conventional, or purpose-built, rental housing).
West Nipissing also has similar housing- type trends, although the secondary rental
market does not appear to play as large a role as in North Bay.
West Nipissing’s average vacancy rate for private apartments is 4% which indicates
excess rental supply. This is in contrast to North Bay’s vacancy rate of 1% which
indicates excess rental demand. The two centres have very different housing
markets, based upon this key indicator.
Mattawa, South Algonquin and Temagami have the largest percentage of
households (42.5% - 46.5%) living in the oldest housing, i.e., housing that was built
prior to 1960 (48 years or older).
Nipissing First Nation, East Ferris and Calvin have the smallest percentage of
households (5.5% - 16%) living in the oldest (above) housing.
Mattawa and North Bay have significantly smaller shares of households (under 2%)
living in new housing that was built since 2000, when compared with Ontario and the
rest of the District.
Nipissng First Nation has the largest percentage of housing in the District, that is in
need of major repair (23%). This is an anomaly, given the fact that Nipissing First
Nation also has the largest percentage of households in the District that live in newer
housing.
The incidence of needing major repair is twice the rate or more of the provincial rate,
in many of the District’s municipalities.
Nipissing District Housing Needs, Supply & Affordability Study, May 2008.
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