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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 12,390 6,985 575 110 4,715 785 830 180 2,795 135
Family households 8,255 5,565 135 60 2,500 550 535 85 1,285 40
One family only households 3 7,745 5,185 130 55 2,375 525 525 85 1,210 35
Couple family households 4 6,470 4,660 125 55 1,635 410 350 55 790 25
Without children 3,530 2,380 125 60 970 165 170 35 580 15
With children 2,940 2,275 0 0 665 245 180 15 210 10
Lone-parent family households 1,275 525 0 0 745 115 170 35 420 0
Other family households 5 510 380 10 0 120 25 15 0 75 10
Non-family households 4,130 1,420 440 50 2,220 235 290 95 1,515 90
One person households 3,860 1,310 440 40 2,070 190 275 80 1,430 85
Two or more person households 275 110 0 10 155 40 15 10 80 0
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-554-XCB2006027 (K6V, CodeK6V)