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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 7,320 4,985 55 400 1,880 580 700 75 475 45
Family households 5,280 3,950 25 260 1,040 385 390 45 200 20
One family only households 3 4,505 3,330 20 235 925 335 335 40 185 25
Couple family households 4 3,520 2,695 20 190 615 215 225 25 140 15
Without children 1,210 805 0 85 305 85 105 10 90 0
With children 2,315 1,890 10 105 310 130 115 10 50 0
Lone-parent family households 990 635 0 45 305 125 115 15 50 10
Other family households 5 775 625 0 25 125 45 55 10 15 10
Non-family households 2,040 1,035 35 135 835 195 310 35 275 20
One person households 1,720 865 35 105 710 160 250 30 255 15
Two or more person households 325 170 0 35 120 35 55 10 25 0
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-554-XCB2006027 (X0E, CodeX0E)