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Census Families in Private Households by Family Structure, Showing Structural Type of Dwelling, for Northwest Territories, 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)
           
Northwest Territories          
Total - Family structure 14,955 9,420 255 1,170 4,110
  Total families of now-married
  couples
8,340 5,740 130 780 1,700
    Without never-married sons
    and/or daughters at home
1,870 1,000 80 230 570
    With never-married sons and/or
    daughters at home
6,475 4,740 45 555 1,130
  Total families of common-law
  couples
4,050 2,265 65 285 1,430
    Without never-married sons
    and/or daughters at home
1,310 590 50 140 530
    With never-married sons and/or
    daughters at home
2,740 1,675 15 150 900
  Total lone-parent families 2,565 1,420 60 105 975
    Male parent 585 375 10 35 160
      One never-married son
      or daughter at home
305 175 - 25 100
      Two or more never-married sons
      and/or daughters at home
280 205 - 15 65
    Female parent 1,980 1,040 50 65 820
      One never-married son
      or daughter at home
935 400 45 35 465
      Two or more never-married sons
      and/or daughters at home
1,035 645 - 30 350


(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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