The two most common and unpublished Canadian statistics on the frameworks for defining rural in Canada topic of housing needs in rural areas, with an are the Statistics Canada definition, and the emphasis on core housing need; and a series Organisation for Economic Co-operation and of case studies in 12 diverse rural communities Development (OECD) definition, each of and small towns. [...] The Census is the most • A suitable dwelling has enough bedrooms complete data vehicle for the assessment of to provide the household with the housing conditions and the estimation of required amount of space and privacy, housing need using the core housing need taking into account the age and gender methodology. [...] The first included the preparation of a generic An initial proposed list of case study "priority" list of the types of individuals and communities was submitted with the representatives of organizations with knowledge proposal to complete this project, and this about local housing and related issues, who list was subsequently refined and revised in should be interviewed in all case study consultat [...] In bedroom Kingston-Greenwood, suggested that the communities, where higher income households number of disabled persons in rural are moving into the community, the result is communities is on the rise due to a number that the working poor and single parents of factors, including de-institutionalization typically find themselves in low-income of mentally disabled persons, and an aging situations,