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2006 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Household size (4)

No definition is available for this variable.

  1. Total - Private households
  2. One-person households
  3. One-family households
  4. All other households
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1. Household size - Refers to the number of persons in a private household.

Private household - Refers to a person or a group of persons (other than foreign residents) who occupy a private dwelling and do not have a usual place of residence elsewhere in Canada.
3. 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.