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Data tables, 2016 Census

Type of Collective Dwelling (16), Age (20) and Sex (3) for the Population in Collective Dwellings of Canada, Provinces and Territories, 2016 Census - 100% Data

About this variable: Type of collective dwelling (16)

Definition

Collective dwelling

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 establishments, nursing homes, hospitals, staff residences, military bases, work camps, jails, group homes, and so on.

Values

Total - Type of collective dwelling
Health care and related facilities
Hospitals
Nursing homes
Residences for senior citizens
Facilities that are a mix of both a nursing home and a residence for senior citizens ^{Footnote 6}
Residential care facilities such as group homes for persons with disabilities and addictions
Correctional and custodial facilities
Shelters
Service collective dwellings
Lodging and rooming houses
Hotels, motels and other establishments with temporary accommodation services
Other service collective dwellings ^{Footnote 13}
Religious establishments
Hutterite colonies
Other collective dwellings ^{Footnote 16}

Footnotes

Footnote 6

Facilities for elderly residents that provide health care services to some residents (i.e., to residents that are not independent in most activities of daily living), but only support services / assisted services to other residents (i.e., to residents that are independent in most activities of daily living).

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Footnote 13

Refers to school residences, training centre residences, campgrounds and parks.

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Footnote 16