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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 short census questionnaire (100% data), a global non response rate higher than or equal to 5% but lower than 10%.
  • 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 6,380 3,420 0 120 2,840 145 75 510 2,055 55
Family households 4,295 2,780 0 120 1,395 120 55 285 915 25
One family only households 3 4,130 2,645 0 120 1,370 110 50 290 900 15
Couple family households 4 3,505 2,390 0 100 1,010 95 35 225 635 15
Without children 1,935 1,235 0 80 615 50 25 115 410 15
With children 1,565 1,150 0 20 395 45 10 105 225 0
Lone-parent family households 630 250 0 15 360 20 15 60 260 0
Other family households 5 165 135 0 0 25 0 10 0 10 0
Non-family households 2,085 640 0 10 1,440 30 25 225 1,140 30
One person households 1,920 605 0 0 1,310 20 15 185 1,055 30
Two or more person households 165 30 0 0 130 0 10 35 80 0
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-554-XCB2006027 (J2K, CodeJ2K)
Date Modified: 2011-07-04

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