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Topic-based tabulation: Household Type (11), Structural Type of Dwelling (10) and Housing Tenure (4) for Private Households of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions, Census Subdivisions and Dissemination Areas, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data

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Catalogue number :97-554-XCB2006024
Release date :February 19, 2008
Topic :Housing and shelter costs
Data dimensions :

Note

Note: Dissemination of suppressed census subdivisions (CSDs) - 20% sample data

To facilitate the publication of data for 19 dissemination areas for which the 'parent' CSDs have been suppressed due to a high non-response rate, the parent CSDs were given a value of 'null'. This 'null' value appears as a zero (0) in Beyond 20/20.

The list of suppressed CSDs set to 'null' are:

The CSD of Division No. 5, Subd. E (1005007)
The CSD of Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier (2422025)
The CSD of Fort Albany (Part) 67 (3556093)
The CSD of Moosonee (3556106)
The CSD of Nekaneet Cree Nation (4704802)
The CSD of Irricana (4806022)
The CSD of Stony Plain 135 (4811804)
The CSD of Smoky River No. 130 (4819041)
The CSD of New Songhees 1A (5917812)
The CSD of Thompson-Nicola I (Blue Sky Country) (5933037)
The CSD of Columbia-Shuswap F (5939044)

For additional information, please refer to the 2006 Census Dictionary, catalogue number 92-566-XWE or 92-566-XPE.

Note: Household universe

The household universe pertains to the person or the group of persons (other than temporary or foreign residents) who occupy a dwelling. Household variables are distinct from dwelling variables, in that the latter ones pertain to dwelling characteristics, not to persons occupying dwellings. For additional information, please refer to the 2006 Census Dictionary, catalogue number 92-566-XWE or 92-566-XPE.

Note: Impact of municipal restructuring

The boundaries and names of municipalities (census subdivisions) can change from one census to the next because of annexations, dissolutions and incorporations. To bridge the impact of these municipal changes on data dissemination, the 2006 Census team is producing a profile for dissolved census subdivisions. For additional information, please refer to the 2006 Census Dictionary, catalogue number 92-566-XWE or 92-566-XPE.

Data table

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This table details household type , structural type of dwelling and housing tenure for private households in CanadaFootnote 1
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 dwellingFootnote 2 Other dwelling Semi-detached house Row house Apartment, duplex Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys Other single-attached house
Total - Household typeFootnote 3 12,437,470 6,879,965 1,112,965 162,535 4,282,000 595,615 695,145 665,200 2,288,300 37,735
Family households 8,651,335 5,638,175 484,695 105,920 2,422,540 459,550 502,520 426,775 1,011,435 22,260
One family only householdsFootnote 4 7,920,405 5,181,580 450,135 98,830 2,189,855 410,580 452,890 368,220 937,605 20,560
Couple family householdsFootnote 5 6,806,185 4,691,005 360,000 83,720 1,671,460 334,330 330,885 295,055 693,990 17,195
Without children 3,122,720 2,012,965 219,090 48,550 842,105 136,875 140,315 135,170 420,595 9,150
With children 3,683,470 2,678,040 140,910 35,170 829,355 197,455 190,575 159,880 273,395 8,045
Lone-parent family households 1,114,220 490,570 90,135 15,115 518,400 76,245 122,010 73,170 243,610 3,365
Other family householdsFootnote 6 730,925 456,600 34,560 7,085 232,685 48,970 49,630 58,550 73,830 1,700
Non-family households 3,786,135 1,241,790 628,270 56,615 1,859,460 136,070 192,620 238,430 1,276,865 15,480
One person households 3,327,050 1,092,715 568,360 50,675 1,615,305 114,725 162,595 200,700 1,123,835 13,445
Two or more person households 459,085 149,080 59,910 5,935 244,155 21,340 30,030 37,725 153,025 2,030

Footnotes

Footnote 1

Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.

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Footnote 2

Includes mobile homes and other movable dwellings such as houseboats and railroad cars.

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Footnote 3

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.

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Footnote 4

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.

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Footnote 5

Refers to households with opposite-sex or same-sex couples.

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Footnote 6

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.

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 97-554-XCB2006024.

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Footnotes

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Footnote c

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Footnote d

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