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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: Selected Collective Dwelling and Population Characteristics (52) and Type of Collective Dwelling (17) for the Population in Collective Dwellings of Canada, Provinces and Territories, 2011 Census

About this variable: Type of collective dwelling (17)

Definition

Collective dwelling

Part A - Short definition
Dwelling used for commercial, institutional or communal purposes, such as a hotel, a hospital or a work camp.

Part B - Detailed definition
Refers to a dwelling of a commercial, institutional or communal nature. It may be identified by a sign on the premises or by an enumerator speaking with the person in charge, a resident, a neighbour, etc. Included are lodging or rooming houses, hotels, motels, tourist homes, nursing homes, hospitals, staff residences, communal quarters (military bases), work camps, jails, group homes, and so on. Collective dwellings may be occupied by usual residents or solely by foreign and/or temporary present persons.

Values

Total - Type of collective dwelling
Health care and related facilities ^{Footnote 2}
General and speciality hospitals
Nursing homes, chronic care and long-term care hospitals
Residences for senior citizens
Group homes or institutions for the physically handicapped and treatment centres
Group homes or institutions for people with psychiatric disorders or developmental disabilities
Correctional and penal institutions ^{Footnote 8}
Shelters ^{Footnote 9}
Group homes for children and youth
Service collective dwellings ^{Footnote 11}
Lodging and rooming houses
Hotels, motels and other establishments with temporary accommodation services
Other service collective dwellings ^{Footnote 14}
Religious establishments
Hutterite colonies
Other ^{Footnote 17}

Footnotes

Footnote 2

The category 'Health care and related facilities' is a subtotal of the following categories: general and speciality hospitals, nursing homes, chronic care and long-term care hospitals, residences for senior citizens, group homes or institution for the physically handicapped and treatment centres and group homes or institutions for people with psychiatric disorders or developmental disabilities.

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Footnote 8

Refers to federal correctional institutions, provincial and territorial custodial facilities, young offenders' facilities, jails and police lock-up facilities.

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Footnote 9

Refers to shelters for persons lacking a fixed address, shelters for abused women and children, and other shelters and lodging with assistance.

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Footnote 11

The category 'Service collective dwellings' is a subtotal of the following categories: lodging and rooming houses, hotels, motels and other establishments with temporary accommodation services and other service collective dwellings.

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Footnote 14