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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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Alberta 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 1,256,165 796,150 55,255 37,780 366,980 59,875 88,025 33,000 184,410 1,670
Family households 881,115 653,115 16,685 26,205 185,110 42,485 56,725 16,795 68,105 1,000
One family only households 3 800,680 594,895 15,925 23,695 166,160 37,620 50,730 14,265 62,640 900
Couple family households 4 704,470 542,125 13,920 20,335 128,090 30,240 35,770 11,425 49,830 825
Without children 319,180 223,525 10,965 10,285 74,405 16,320 17,050 5,975 34,615 445
With children 385,285 318,595 2,950 10,045 53,685 13,915 18,720 5,450 15,220 375
Lone-parent family households 96,210 52,775 2,005 3,365 38,070 7,385 14,960 2,840 12,805 75
Other family households 5 80,435 58,215 760 2,515 18,950 4,860 5,990 2,530 5,465 100
Non-family households 375,050 143,035 38,570 11,570 181,875 17,390 31,300 16,205 116,300 670
One person households 308,685 116,780 33,145 9,810 148,950 13,420 24,420 12,140 98,360 610
Two or more person households 66,365 26,255 5,425 1,760 32,920 3,975 6,880 4,065 17,945 60
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-554-XCB2006027 (Alberta, Code48)
Date Modified: 2011-04-07

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