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Topic-based tabulation: Household Type (11) and Household Size (9) for Private Households of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions, Census Subdivisions and Dissemination Areas, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data

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General information

Catalogue number :97-554-XCB2006009
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.

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.

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This table details household type and household size for private households in CanadaFootnote 1
Household type (11) Household size (9)
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 12,437,470 3,327,050 4,175,145 1,978,555 1,868,765 743,885 344,070 31,074,400 2.5
Family households 8,651,335 0 3,793,580 1,918,950 1,855,570 740,095 343,130 26,727,400 3.1
One family only householdsFootnote 3 7,920,410 0 3,793,580 1,727,845 1,668,330 559,350 171,295 23,330,985 2.9
Couple family householdsFootnote 4 6,806,185 0 3,122,715 1,401,870 1,579,350 537,760 164,480 20,503,770 3.0
Without children 3,122,715 0 3,122,715 0 0 0 0 6,245,435 2.0
With children 3,683,470 0 0 1,401,870 1,579,350 537,760 164,480 14,258,335 3.9
Lone-parent family households 1,114,225 0 670,865 325,975 88,975 21,590 6,815 2,827,215 2.5
Other family householdsFootnote 5 730,925 0 0 191,100 187,240 180,745 171,835 3,396,410 4.6
Non-family households 3,786,135 3,327,050 381,560 59,600 13,195 3,790 935 4,347,000 1.1
One person households 3,327,050 3,327,050 0 0 0 0 0 3,327,050 1.0
Two or more person households 459,085 0 381,560 59,600 13,195 3,785 940 1,019,955 2.2

Footnotes

Footnote 1

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

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Footnote 2

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 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.

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Footnote 4

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

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Footnote 5

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-XCB2006009.

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Footnote d

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