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Private households by structural type of dwelling, by census metropolitan areas (2001 Census)


Definitions

Household: Refers to a person or a group of persons (other than foreign residents) who occupy the same dwelling. The household may consist of a family group (census family) with or without other non-family persons; of two or more families sharing a dwelling; of a group of unrelated persons; or of one person living alone. A private household is a household occupying a private dwelling.

Single-detached house: A single dwelling not attached to any other dwelling or structure (except its own garage or shed). A single-detached house has open space on all sides, and has no dwellings either above or below it.

Movable dwelling: A single dwelling used as a place of residence but capable of being moved on short notice. Examples include mobile homes, tents, recreational vehicles, travel trailers or houseboats.

Other dwelling: Includes semi-detached houses, row houses, apartments or flats in a detached duplex, apartments in a building with fewer than five storeys, and other single attached houses.

Census metropolitain area: Area consisting of one or more adjacent municipalities situated around a major urban core. To form a census metropolitan area, the urban core must have a population of at least 100,000.

View definitions for 2001 Census Metropolitan Areas: St. John's, Halifax, Saint John, Saguenay, Québec, Sherbrooke, Trois-Rivières, Montréal, OttawaGatineau 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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