Rental market data from the 2011 National Household Survey

While the number of renters in Ontario increased overall, the number of low-income renters has declined and the number of middle and upper income renters has increased. [...] The exception was a three per cent increase in the number of owners over the age of 75 (72% to 75%). [...] The age distribution of renters has changed in the same ways as the distribution for all Ontario households over the past decade. [...] Affordability problems for owners in the $30,000 to $80,000 range are not typically a result of a lack of affordable housing options in the market but, instead, difficulty affording the high cost of homeownership in Ontario. [...] The most striking changes are the large increases in the number of units at the upper end of the rental market, with monthly rents above $1,200.