Private dwelling: Refers to a separate set of living quarters with a private entrance either from outside or from a hallway or other common area inside the building.

An occupied private dwelling is occupied by usual residents as opposed to foreign or temporary residents. The category for owner-occupied private dwellings does not include dwellings situated on farms. Owner-occupied dwellings could be situated on rented or leased land or be part of a condominium.

Value of dwelling: Refers to the dollar amount expected by the owner if the dwelling were to be sold.

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