CHBA Home Buyer Preference Survey 2024: 18,000+ Canadian buyers across 6 provinces; aging-in-place + secondary-suite demand

Claim: CHBA Home Buyer Preference Survey 2024 (n=18,000+ across 6 Canadian provinces): 57% prefer a legal secondary suite; 35% expect to need aging-in-place features in 5–10 years (54.8% for Boomers); 56%+ looking for aging-in-place features now.

Source: https://www.chba.ca/2024/10/23/2024-chba-home-buyer-preference-survey-results/

Confidence: Verified.

Caveat: Reflects new-home buyers only. Renovation customers — the bulk of $1M–$5M residential GC work — are not represented in these numbers.