Table 1.1b – General Characteristics By Dwelling Type
Number of households by type of dwelling | ||||||||||||
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Single detached houses | Double / Row or Terrace / Duplex | Low-rise apartments | High-rise apartments | Mobile homes | Don’t know / Not stated | |||||||
Number of households | 8,933,259 | A | 1,987,309 | A | 1,850,538 | A | 1,444,978 | A | 171,775 | A | 567,076 | A |
Dwelling construction date | ||||||||||||
Before 1946 | 988,340 | A | 263,444 | M | 173,046 | M | - | U | - | - | - | U |
1946 – 1960 | 1,147,022 | A | 192,450 | A | 199,590 | A | - | U | - | U | - | U |
1961 – 1977 | 2,069,199 | A | 330,218 | A | 381,401 | A | 545,764 | M | 46,075 | M | 64,212 | M |
1978 – 1983 | 819,116 | A | 157,369 | M | 236,653 | A | 227,804 | M | - | U | - | U |
1984 – 1995 | 1,436,073 | A | 283,162 | A | 296,228 | A | 170,979 | M | - | U | 95,873 | M |
1996 – 2000 | 536,671 | A | 156,290 | M | 100,111 | M | 34,145 | U | - | U | - | U |
2001 – 2010 | 1,216,104 | A | 347,832 | A | 159,045 | A | 95,107 | M | - | U | 87,276 | M |
2011 or later | 628,063 | A | 213,518 | M | 134,462 | M | 150,971 | M | - | U | 70,231 | M |
Not stated | 92,671 | M | - | U | 170,001 | M | - | U | - | U | - | U |
Occupation Mode | ||||||||||||
Own | 8,456,211 | A | 1,518,491 | A | 390,983 | A | 365,616 | M | 159,271 | A | 347,996 | A |
Rent | 476,438 | A | 468,818 | A | 1,459,555 | A | 1,079,362 | A | - | U | 219,080 | M |
Not stated | - | U | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Number of people in the household | ||||||||||||
1 member | 1,785,793 | A | 518,667 | A | 1,128,963 | A | 892,948 | A | 87,997 | M | 255,359 | M |
2 members | 3,467,714 | A | 649,648 | A | 475,315 | A | 384,802 | A | 60,721 | M | 170,479 | M |
3 members | 1,395,243 | A | 286,259 | A | 106,585 | M | - | U | - | U | - | U |
4 or more members | 2,284,509 | A | 532,735 | A | 139,674 | M | - | U | - | U | - | U |
Occupant demographics | ||||||||||||
Households with only 18 to 24 year old members | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | U |
Households with only 25 to 44 year old members | - | U | - | U | - | U | - | U | - | - | - | - |
Households with only 45 to 64 year old members | 507,869 | A | 204,581 | M | 324,061 | M | 328,209 | M | - | U | - | U |
Households with only 65 + year old members | 1,654,718 | A | 306,858 | A | 494,366 | A | 398,728 | M | 55,541 | M | 124,340 | M |
Households with adults and children 0 to 12 only | 2,299,768 | A | 464,303 | A | 570,777 | A | 479,682 | A | 79,525 | M | 209,073 | M |
Households with adults and teens 13 to 19 only | 1,396,627 | A | 404,467 | A | 120,476 | M | - | U | - | U | - | U |
Households with adults and members 0 to 12 and 13 to 19 | 951,998 | A | 220,985 | M | - | U | - | U | - | U | - | U |
Other compositions | 469,599 | A | 96,601 | M | - | U | - | U | - | - | - | U |
Not stated | 1,628,456 | A | 284,645 | A | 177,029 | M | - | U | - | U | - | U |
Dwelling part of a condominium | ||||||||||||
Yes | - | - | 401,254 | A | 549,476 | A | 545,510 | A | - | - | - | - |
No | - | - | 433,216 | M | 1,293,282 | A | 899,469 | A | - | - | - | - |
Valid skip Footnote 1 | 8,933,259 | A | 1,146,633 | A | - | - | - | - | 171,775 | A | 567,076 | A |
Not stated | - | - | - | U | - | U | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Household income | ||||||||||||
Less than $20,000 | 366,883 | A | 93,824 | M | 308,913 | A | 170,124 | M | - | U | - | U |
$20,000 to less than $40,000 | 1,032,206 | A | 298,434 | M | 543,188 | A | 433,716 | M | 62,799 | M | 117,066 | M |
$40,000 to less than $60,000 | 1,159,516 | A | 341,948 | A | 398,544 | A | 202,061 | M | 36,561 | M | 81,268 | M |
$60,000 to less than $80,000 | 1,207,561 | A | 264,090 | A | 223,443 | A | 161,277 | M | - | U | 73,246 | M |
$80,000 to less than $100,000 | 1,138,043 | A | 246,794 | M | 179,900 | M | 200,269 | M | - | U | - | U |
$100,000 to less than $150,000 | 1,855,180 | A | 478,971 | A | 139,701 | M | 162,373 | M | - | U | 102,404 | M |
$150,000 and over | 2,173,869 | A | 263,248 | M | - | U | - | U | - | U | - | U |
Highest level of education ever completed by any member of the household | ||||||||||||
0 to 8 years or some secondary | 483,070 | A | - | U | 238,969 | A | - | U | - | U | - | U |
Grade 11 to 13, graduate | 1,197,516 | A | 252,393 | A | 413,079 | A | 239,871 | M | 55,666 | M | 99,427 | M |
Some postsecondary or postsecondary certificate or diploma | 686,106 | A | 118,299 | M | 129,699 | M | - | U | - | U | - | U |
University | 1,549,419 | A | 335,701 | A | 336,423 | A | 204,140 | M | - | U | 98,802 | M |
University certificate, diploma, degree above the bachelor’s level | 378,756 | A | 85,959 | M | 80,429 | M | 86,452 | M | - | U | - | U |
Don’t know/Not stated | 4,638,392 | A | 1,090,890 | A | 651,939 | A | 629,042 | A | - | U | 239,143 | M |
Households with someone home all day on an average weekday | ||||||||||||
Yes | 6,115,594 | A | 1,244,387 | A | 811,532 | A | 503,847 | M | 128,445 | M | 336,923 | A |
No | 1,930,564 | A | 479,004 | A | 483,853 | A | 249,920 | M | - | U | 109,844 | M |
Don’t know/Not stated | 887,101 | A | 263,918 | A | 555,154 | A | 691,211 | A | - | U | 120,309 | M |
Complete weeks with no one home | ||||||||||||
Zero | 4,553,007 | A | 863,241 | A | 664,519 | A | 274,808 | M | 93,956 | M | 263,607 | M |
One to two | 1,381,442 | A | 428,388 | A | 232,089 | A | 123,855 | M | - | U | - | U |
Three to four | 955,133 | A | 184,602 | M | 129,758 | M | 161,444 | M | - | U | - | U |
More than four | 759,192 | A | 162,614 | M | 168,347 | M | 94,555 | M | - | U | - | U |
Don’t know/Not stated | 1,284,487 | A | 348,464 | A | 655,826 | A | 790,315 | A | 41,739 | M | 156,474 | M |
How long have you lived in the dwelling? | ||||||||||||
5 years or less | 2,050,797 | A | 659,053 | A | 789,771 | A | 626,299 | A | 35,738 | M | 221,160 | M |
6 to 10 years | 1,477,586 | A | 390,038 | A | 429,067 | A | 288,010 | M | - | U | 137,194 | M |
11 to 20 years | 2,326,220 | A | 550,317 | A | 400,650 | A | 295,412 | M | 42,326 | M | 124,586 | M |
21 to 30 years | 1,251,789 | A | 237,270 | A | 146,143 | M | - | U | - | U | - | U |
More than 30 years | 1,823,532 | A | 150,632 | M | 82,345 | M | - | U | - | U | 48,794 | M |
Not stated | - | U | - | - | - | U | - | - | - | U | - | - |
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The letter beside each estimate classifies its quality as follows: A–Acceptable, M–Use with caution, U–Too unreliable to be published.
Notes:Due to rounding, the numbers may not add up and may differ slightly among tables.
Source:2019 Survey of Household Energy Use