Assisted living is a term for a type of housing that provides additional support and assistance to adults. The additional services are typically a package of services including some or all meals, 24-hour emergency response, housekeeping, with personal care and help with medications if needed. Assisted living may be run on a for-profit or not for profit basis. In most Canadian jurisdictions, they are private pay and not publicly funded.

In many jurisdictions in terms of services, assisted living facilities lie between independent rental housing and licensed skilled nursing facilities.

In general, assisted living facilities have less professional staff and fewer regulatory requirements than do licensed nursing homes. However there is considerable variation across Canada.

Until very recently, some provinces have had few if any standards for these facilities. Other provinces treat these as similar to licensed, skilled nursing facilities, with similar standards and oversight.

British Columbia is the only province to specifically use the term "assisted living" for certain registered facilities. Below are some very rough equivalents in other jurisdictions.

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