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Population, Occupied Private Dwellings, Private Households, Average Number of Persons per Private Household, Collective Dwellings and Population in Collective Dwellings of Canada, Provinces and Territories, 1971 to 2006 Censuses - 100% Data
About this variable: Population, dwellings and households (6)
Definition
Collective dwelling
Part A - Plain language 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 a census representative 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, missions, group homes, and so on. Collective dwellings may be occupied by usual residents or solely by foreign and/or temporary residents.
Dwelling, private, occupied by usual residents
Part A - Plain language definition
A separate set of living quarters which has a private entrance either directly from outside or from a common hall, lobby, vestibule or stairway leading to the outside, and in which a person or a group of persons live permanently.
Part B - Detailed definition
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.
Household, private
Part A - Plain language definition
Person or group of persons occupying the same dwelling.
Part B - Detailed definition
Refers to a person or a group of persons (other than foreign residents) who occupy a private dwelling and do not have a usual place of residence elsewhere in Canada.
Values
- Population
- Occupied private dwellings Footnote 2
- Private households Footnote 3
- Average number of persons per private household
- Collective dwellings Footnote 5
- Population in collective dwellings Footnote 6
Footnotes
- Footnote 2
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In 1971, the difference between counts for occupied private dwellings and private households is due to the exclusion of dwellings occupied by households outside Canada from the occupied private dwellings count and their inclusion in the private households count. However, in 1976, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001 and 2006, households outside Canada and their dwellings are excluded from both counts.
- Footnote 3
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In 1971, the difference between counts for occupied private dwellings and private households is due to the exclusion of dwellings occupied by households outside Canada from the occupied private dwellings count and their inclusion in the private households count. However, in 1976, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001 and 2006, households outside Canada and their dwellings are excluded from both counts.
- Footnote 5
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In 1971, data for collective dwellings and population in collective dwellings are aggregated for the Yukon and the Northwest Territories and shown for the Northwest Territories only.
- Footnote 6
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In 1971, data for collective dwellings and population in collective dwellings are aggregated for the Yukon and the Northwest Territories and shown for the Northwest Territories only.