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Census
family: A married or common-law couple living together, with or
without never-married sons or daughters; or a lone parent living with
at least one never-married son or daughter. Census families in private
households excludes families living in institutions or other types
of collective dwellings.
Family structure: Refers to the classification of census families
into:
Married couples and common-law couples, with or without
never-married sons or daughters living with them.
Lone-parent families: A lone parent, either male or female,
living with at least one never-married son or daughter.
Census metropolitan area (CMA):
a very large urban area (known as the urban core) together with adjacent
urban and rural areas that have a high degree of social and economic
integration with the urban core. A CMA has an urban core population
of at least 100,000, based on the previous census.
View definitions for 1996 Census Metropolitan Areas: St.
John's, Halifax,
Saint
John, Saguenay,
Québec,
Sherbrooke,
Trois-Rivières,
Montréal,
Ottawa–Gatineau
Ontario–Quebec, Ottawa-Gatineau
(Quebec part), Ottawa–Gatineau
(Ontario part), Kingston,
Oshawa,
Toronto,
Hamilton,
St.
Catharines–Niagara, Kitchener,
London,
Windsor,
Sudbury,
Thunder
Bay, Winnipeg,
Regina,
Saskatoon,
Calgary,
Edmonton,
Abbotsford,
Vancouver,
Victoria
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