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Census Families in Private Households by Family Structure, Showing Structural Type of Dwelling, for Canada, 1996 Census (20% Sample Data)
| Family structure |
Total -
Structural
type of
dwelling |
Single-
detached
house |
Apartment,
five or
more
storeys |
Movable
dwelling
(1) |
Other
dwelling
(2) |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Canada |
|
|
|
|
|
| Total - Family structure |
7,837,865 |
5,206,850 |
430,365 |
113,485 |
2,087,165 |
Total families of now-married
couples |
5,779,715 |
4,234,575 |
287,005 |
75,190 |
1,182,950 |
Without never-married sons
and/or daughters at home |
2,244,090 |
1,548,355 |
166,395 |
35,705 |
493,630 |
With never-married sons and/or
daughters at home |
3,535,635 |
2,686,220 |
120,610 |
39,490 |
689,315 |
Total families of common-law
couples |
920,635 |
476,415 |
49,115 |
22,315 |
372,790 |
Without never-married sons
and/or daughters at home |
485,685 |
220,035 |
38,595 |
11,435 |
215,620 |
With never-married sons and/or
daughters at home |
434,950 |
256,380 |
10,525 |
10,880 |
157,165 |
| Total lone-parent families |
1,137,510 |
495,860 |
94,240 |
15,975 |
531,425 |
| Male parent |
192,275 |
108,370 |
11,780 |
3,385 |
68,735 |
One never-married son
or daughter at home |
126,895 |
67,360 |
8,925 |
2,360 |
48,250 |
Two or more never-married sons
and/or daughters at home |
65,380 |
41,010 |
2,855 |
1,025 |
20,490 |
| Female parent |
945,235 |
387,485 |
82,460 |
12,595 |
462,695 |
One never-married son
or daughter at home |
547,680 |
211,520 |
54,620 |
7,235 |
274,300 |
Two or more never-married sons
and/or daughters at home |
397,560 |
175,965 |
27,835 |
5,360 |
188,395 |
| (1) |
Includes mobile homes and other movable dwellings
such as houseboats and railroad cars. |
| (2) |
Includes semi-detached houses, row houses, other
single-attached houses, apartments or flats in a detached duplex and apartments
in a building that has less than five storeys. |
This table contains data selected from Catalogue
No. 93F0030XDB96001 in the Nation Series.
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