Across Canada, some 2,100 non-profit housing co-ops are home to about a quarter of a million people in 90,000 households. There are housing co-operatives in every province and territory.

Region	Number of Co-ops	Number of Units
British Columbia	264	14,698
Prairies	127	6,892
Ontario	557	44,287
Quebec	1,129	22,445
Atlantic Provinces	138	3,362
Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut	5	162
	2,220	91,846

Housing co-ops cost less to operate – about 14 percent less than municipal or private non-profit housing, according to a CMHC study of co-op housing programs published in September 2003.

About half of all co-op households pay a monthly charge geared to their income. Government funds cover the difference between this payment and the co-op’s full charge.