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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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British Columbia / Colombie-Britannique Warning
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)
  • Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.
  • 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 1,643,150 807,940 117,385 43,265 674,555 51,000 112,675 163,730 343,745 3,400
Family households 1,116,365 655,115 46,415 25,730 389,095 36,485 81,895 119,145 149,505 2,060
One family only households 3 997,460 587,665 44,145 24,265 341,390 32,770 75,540 94,545 136,670 1,860
Couple family households 4 862,810 531,880 38,270 20,740 271,920 26,975 56,960 79,065 107,310 1,600
Without children 424,895 247,990 26,375 13,795 136,735 14,025 26,100 28,250 67,435 925
With children 437,915 283,890 11,895 6,945 135,180 12,950 30,860 50,810 39,875 680
Lone-parent family households 134,655 55,780 5,870 3,525 69,470 5,790 18,575 15,480 29,360 255
Other family households 5 118,900 67,450 2,275 1,465 47,710 3,720 6,360 24,595 12,830 205
Non-family households 526,785 152,820 70,975 17,530 285,460 14,510 30,785 44,585 194,240 1,335
One person households 460,580 132,680 63,540 16,050 248,305 12,295 26,910 35,655 172,315 1,125
Two or more person households 66,210 20,140 7,435 1,475 37,155 2,215 3,875 8,930 21,925 210
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-554-XCB2006027 (British Columbia / Colombie-Britannique, Code59)
Date Modified: 2011-04-07

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