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2006 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Household Type (11), Structural Type of Dwelling (10) and Housing Tenure (4) for Private Households of Canada, Provinces, Territories and Forward Sortation Areas, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data

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Household type (11) Structural type of dwelling (10)
Total - Structural type of dwelling Single-detached house Apartment, building that has five or more storeys Movable dwelling 1 Other dwelling Semi-detached house Row house Apartment, duplex Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys Other single-attached house
Note(s) :
  1. MOVABLE DWELLING
    Includes mobile homes and other movable dwellings such as houseboats and railroad cars.
  2. TOTAL - HOUSEHOLD TYPE
    Household type
    Part A - Plain language definition
    Category to which a person living alone or a group of persons occupying the same dwelling belong. There are two categories: non-family households and family households.
    A non-family household consists either of one person living alone or of two or more persons who share a dwelling, but do not constitute a family.
    Family households are divided into two subcategories: one-family households and multiple-family households.
    A one-family household consists of a single family (e.g., a couple with or without children). A multiple-family household is made up of two or more families occupying the same dwelling.
    Part B - Detailed definition
    Refers to the basic division of private households into family and non-family households. Family household refers to a household that contains at least one census family, that is, a married couple with or without children, or a couple living common-law with or without children, or a lone parent living with one or more children (lone-parent family). One-family household refers to a single census family (with or without other persons) that occupies a private dwelling. Multiple-family household refers to a household in which two or more census families (with or without additional persons) occupy the same private dwelling.
    Non-family household refers to either one person living alone in a private dwelling or to a group of two or more people who share a private dwelling, but who do not constitute a census family.
  3. ONE FAMILY ONLY HOUSEHOLDS
    Refers to households that consist solely of one census family without additional persons. In 2001, this category was called 'One-family households' and also included census families with additional persons.
  4. COUPLE FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS
    Refers to households with opposite-sex or same-sex couples.
  5. OTHER FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS
    Refers to one-census family households with additional persons and to multiple-census family households, with or without additional persons. In 2001, this category was called 'Multiple-family households' and did not include one-family households with additional persons.
Warning Data quality note(s)
  • Data quality index showing, for the long census questionnaire (20% sample data), a global non response rate higher than or equal to 5% but lower than 10%.
Total - Household type 2 12,340 5,220 2,230 0 4,895 1,535 385 560 2,390 20
Family households 8,135 4,080 1,135 0 2,925 1,180 295 370 1,060 20
One family only households 3 7,625 3,830 1,035 0 2,760 1,125 255 355 1,010 15
Couple family households 4 6,355 3,350 720 0 2,285 1,010 160 295 805 15
Without children 2,775 1,270 405 0 1,095 335 85 165 500 15
With children 3,575 2,075 315 0 1,190 675 70 125 310 0
Lone-parent family households 1,270 485 315 0 475 110 95 65 205 0
Other family households 5 510 245 95 0 160 55 40 10 55 0
Non-family households 4,205 1,140 1,095 0 1,965 355 95 185 1,325 0
One person households 3,790 1,005 1,060 0 1,720 305 85 140 1,185 0
Two or more person households 415 130 40 0 240 50 0 45 140 0
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-554-XCB2006027 (M6S, CodeM6S)
Date Modified: 2011-07-04

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