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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.
Total - Household type 2 21,795 16,690 110 20 4,975 1,120 1,635 140 2,075 0
Family households 17,800 14,985 45 10 2,760 835 1,045 90 780 0
One family only households 3 16,790 14,145 45 0 2,595 785 960 85 760 0
Couple family households 4 15,040 13,090 35 10 1,900 540 685 60 605 0
Without children 6,005 4,715 35 10 1,245 345 395 20 490 0
With children 9,035 8,375 0 0 655 195 295 40 125 0
Lone-parent family households 1,755 1,055 10 0 690 245 275 20 150 0
Other family households 5 1,005 835 0 0 165 50 90 10 25 0
Non-family households 3,995 1,705 65 10 2,215 285 590 55 1,290 0
One person households 3,490 1,410 65 0 2,010 270 525 45 1,170 0
Two or more person households 505 295 10 10 200 15 65 10 115 0
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-554-XCB2006027 (T8N, CodeT8N)