Dwellings in Canada

C E N S U S

In Canada, most dwellings are

single-detached houses
5.0 % 1.3% 0.3 %
Movable
Semi- dwellings
Store
Other single-

53.6
detached attached houses
% houses

5.6% 6.3% 9.9%

Apartments or Row
Apartments in a
Single-detached flats in a
houses
building that has
2 0 1 6

duplex five or more storeys

houses
18.0%
Apartments in
a building that
has fewer than
five storeys

Apartments Duplex
5+ stories apartments

In the three largest metropolitan centres, apartments are more common

than single-detached houses
Apartments Single-detached houses
58% Vancouver 29 %
58% Montral 33 %
44% Toronto 40 %
31% Ottawa-Gatineau 45 %
27 % Edmonton 57 %
25 % Calgary 58 %

Catalogue number: 11-627-M

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population ISBN: 978-0-660-08374-2

www.statcan.gc.ca/census