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Census Families in Private Households by Selected Household and Dwelling Characteristics, Showing Family Structure, for Canada, 1996 Census (20% Sample Data)

Selected household
and dwelling
characteristics
Total -
Family
structure
Families
of
now-
married
couples
Families
of
common-
law
couples
Lone-
parent
families
Male
parent
Female
parent
             
Canada            
Total - Selected
household and
dwelling
characteristics
7,837,865 5,779,720 920,635 1,137,505 192,275 945,230
  Average government
  transfer payments $
6,530 6,649 5,041 7,134 6,065 7,351
  Average employment
  income $
42,649 47,116 42,703 19,909 31,902 17,469
  Average income - All
  sources $
54,583 60,159 49,996 29,962 40,974 27,721
  Living in owned non-farm,
  non-reserve dwellings
5,567,815 4,578,740 485,930 503,145 110,725 392,425
    With mortgage 3,163,465 2,499,200 373,970 290,300 66,425 223,880
      Average owner's major
      payments (monthly) $
1,157 1,187 1,039 1,048 1,071 1,041
    Without mortgage 2,404,350 2,079,585 111,960 212,845 44,305 168,540
      Average owner's major
      payments (monthly) $
344 348 301 332 324 335
    Living in condominium
    dwellings
312,400 234,230 33,785 44,380 6,410 37,975
  Living in rented non-farm,
  non-reserve dwellings
2,040,785 1,016,635 411,630 612,520 75,325 537,195
    Average gross rent
    (monthly) $
657 697 621 614 643 610
  Living in band housing 32,690 15,445 9,035 8,205 1,825 6,385


This table contains data selected from Catalogue No. 93F0030XDB96002 in the Nation Series.

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