As Canadians, we're unique in the industrialized world in that the housing bill is the first bill we pay. We don't typically get behind on mortgage or rent and things like that if we can avoid it.
Unfortunately, the impact is that everything else suffers. The grocery bill suffers, buying medication suffers and that sort of thing.
If you're a caregiver, on average you're about $5,000 to $6,000 a year out of pocket already because of your care responsibilities. If you stack increasing housing costs on top of the second bill that you probably pay the most, which is supporting the person you love, everything else gets pinched all that much more.