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Topic-based tabulation: Structural Type of Dwelling (10) and Housing Tenure and Presence of Mortgage (8) for the Occupied Non-farm, Non-reserve Private Dwellings of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data

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Catalogue number :97-554-XCB2006047
Release date :May 1, 2008
Topic :Housing and shelter costs
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Note

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.

Note: Non-permanent residents and the census universe

In the 2006 Census, non-permanent residents are defined as people from another country who, at the time of the census, held a Work or Study Permit, or who were refugee claimants, as well as family members living in Canada with them. In the 1991, 1996 and 2001 censuses, non-permanent residents also included persons who held a Minister's permit; this was discontinued by Citizenship and Immigration Canada prior to the 2006 Census.

From 1991 on, the Census of Population has enumerated both permanent and non-permanent residents of Canada. Prior to 1991, only permanent residents of Canada were included in the census. (The only exception to this occurred in 1941.) Non-permanent residents were considered foreign residents and were not enumerated.

Total population counts, as well as counts for all variables, are affected by this change in the census universe. Users should be especially careful when comparing data from 1991, 1996, 2001 or 2006 with data from previous censuses in geographic areas where there is a concentration of non-permanent residents.

Today in Canada, non-permanent residents make up a significant segment of the population, especially in several census metropolitan areas. Their presence can affect the demand for such government services as health care, schooling, employment programs and language training. The inclusion of non-permanent residents in the census facilitates comparisons with provincial and territorial statistics (marriages, divorces, births and deaths) which include this population. In addition, this inclusion of non-permanent residents brings Canadian practice closer to the United Nations (UN) recommendation that long-term residents (persons living in a country for one year or longer) be enumerated in the census.

Although every attempt has been made to enumerate non-permanent residents, factors such as language difficulties, the reluctance to complete a government form or to understand the need to participate may have affected the enumeration of this population.

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

For counts of the non-permanent resident population in 1991, 2001 and 2006, please refer to the 2006 Census table 97-557-XCB2006006.


Note: Occupied private dwelling

Refers to a private dwelling in which a person or a group of persons is permanently residing. Also included are private dwellings whose usual residents are temporarily absent on Census Day. Unless otherwise specified, all data in housing products are for occupied private dwellings, rather than for unoccupied private dwellings or dwellings occupied solely by foreign and/or temporary residents. 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 structural type of dwelling and housing tenure and presence of mortgage for the occupied non-farm, non-reserve private dwellings in CanadaFootnote 1
Structural type of dwelling (10) Housing tenure and presence of mortgage (8)
Total - Housing tenure and presence of mortgageFootnote 2 Owned - With mortgage Part of a condominium Not part of a condominium Owned - Without mortgage Part of a condominium Not part of a condominium Rented
Total - Structural type of dwelling 12,242,280 4,850,325 555,305 4,295,025 3,530,800 357,800 3,173,005 3,861,155
Single-detached house 6,706,225 3,462,260 17,420 3,444,835 2,749,585 17,485 2,732,100 494,380
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 1,111,695 152,495 152,495 0 135,810 135,815 0 823,390
Movable dwellingFootnote 3 152,060 67,165 2,745 64,420 62,295 2,085 60,210 22,600
Other dwelling 4,272,300 1,168,400 382,640 785,760 583,105 202,415 380,695 2,520,790
Semi-detached house 592,140 305,100 18,440 286,660 146,495 18,380 128,120 140,545
Row house 692,215 316,980 174,110 142,875 121,815 76,355 45,460 253,410
Apartment, duplex 663,895 215,265 8,455 206,805 119,760 4,235 115,520 328,880
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 2,286,625 320,675 181,025 139,650 186,760 103,020 83,745 1,779,185
Other single-attached house 37,420 10,380 610 9,770 8,270 420 7,845 18,770

Footnotes

Footnote 1

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

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Footnote 2

Housing tenure

Refers to whether some member of the household owns or rents the dwelling, or whether the dwelling is band housing (on an Indian reserve or settlement). For owned dwellings, also indicates if the dwelling is part of a condominium development.

Presence of mortgage

Indicates whether or not household members who own their dwelling have paid off the mortgage or are still making payments.

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Footnote 3

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

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 97-554-XCB2006047.

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