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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations
Topic-based tabulation: Household Type (17), Household Size (9) and Structural Type of Dwelling (10) for Private Households of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2011 Census
Data table
Household type (17) | Household size (9) | ||||||||
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Total - Private households | 1 person | 2 persons | 3 persons | 4 persons | 5 persons | 6 or more persons | Number of persons in private households | Average number of persons in private households | |
Total - Household typeFootnote 2 | 13,320,615 | 3,673,310 | 4,544,815 | 2,081,895 | 1,903,300 | 724,405 | 392,885 | 32,856,980.0 | 2.5 |
Census family households | 9,103,965 | 0 | 4,103,520 | 2,007,190 | 1,884,175 | 719,035 | 390,045 | 27,954,525.0 | 3.1 |
One-family only householdsFootnote 3 | 8,263,885 | 0 | 4,103,515 | 1,789,510 | 1,671,430 | 525,810 | 173,610 | 24,001,605.0 | 2.9 |
Couple family householdsFootnote 4 | 7,070,680 | 0 | 3,394,480 | 1,435,980 | 1,573,270 | 501,830 | 165,120 | 20,955,530.0 | 3.0 |
Without children | 3,394,480 | 0 | 3,394,480 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6,788,960.0 | 2.0 |
With children | 3,676,195 | 0 | 0 | 1,435,980 | 1,573,270 | 501,830 | 165,120 | 14,166,570.0 | 3.9 |
Lone-parent family households | 1,193,210 | 0 | 709,040 | 353,535 | 98,160 | 23,985 | 8,495 | 3,046,080.0 | 2.6 |
Other family householdsFootnote 5 | 840,080 | 0 | 0 | 217,680 | 212,745 | 193,225 | 216,430 | 3,952,915.0 | 4.7 |
One-family households with persons not in a census family | 572,015 | 0 | 0 | 217,675 | 149,905 | 125,475 | 78,965 | 2,396,110.0 | 4.2 |
Couple family householdsFootnote 6 | 389,775 | 0 | 0 | 121,415 | 94,135 | 105,380 | 68,850 | 1,717,535.0 | 4.4 |
Without children | 144,245 | 0 | 0 | 121,415 | 16,325 | 4,015 | 2,485 | 466,155.0 | 3.2 |
With children | 245,535 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77,810 | 101,365 | 66,360 | 1,251,375.0 | 5.1 |
Lone-parent family households | 182,235 | 0 | 0 | 96,265 | 55,770 | 20,090 | 10,110 | 678,575.0 | 3.7 |
Two-or-more-family households | 268,060 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62,840 | 67,745 | 137,470 | 1,556,810.0 | 5.8 |
Non-census family households | 4,216,650 | 3,673,310 | 441,300 | 74,710 | 19,120 | 5,375 | 2,840 | 4,902,455.0 | 1.2 |
One-person households | 3,673,310 | 3,673,305 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,673,305.0 | 1.0 |
Two-or-more-person households | 543,340 | 0 | 441,300 | 74,710 | 19,120 | 5,370 | 2,840 | 1,229,145.0 | 2.3 |
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not applicable
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suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
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too unreliable to be published
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Footnote(s)
- Footnote 1
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Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.
- Footnote 2
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Household type
Part A - Short definition
Not applicable
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. Family households may also be divided based on the presence of persons not in a census family.
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. - Footnote 3
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Refers to households that consist solely of one census family without additional persons.
- Footnote 4
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Refers to households with opposite-sex or same-sex couples.
- Footnote 5
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Refers to one-census family households with additional persons and to multiple-census family households, with or without additional persons.
- Footnote 6
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Refers to households with opposite-sex or same-sex couples.
Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-313-XCB2011023.
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