Table 2.3
Dwelling type and construction period by census metropolitan area, 2011

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Table 2.3
Dwelling type and construction period by census metropolitan area, 2011
Table summary
This table displays the results of Dwelling type and construction period by census metropolitan area, 2011. Single detached and movable dwellings, Apartments with five or more storeys, Other dwellings, Type of dwelling – Total dwellings, Construction period – before 1971, Construction period – 1971 to 2011, Construction period – Total dwellings and Growth rate – 1971 to 2011, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  Single detached and movable dwellingsNote 1 Apartments with five or more storeys Other dwellingsNote 2 Type of dwelling – Total dwellings
Construction period – before 1971 Construction period – 1971 to 2011 Construction period – before 1971 Construction period – 1971 to 2011 Construction period – before 1971 Construction period – 1971 to 2011 Construction period – before 1971 Construction period – 1971 to 2011 Construction period – Total dwellings Growth rate – 1971 to 2011
number percent
Large CMAs  
Toronto 295,130 525,895 160,195 387,185 256,895 364,370 712,235 1,277,460 1,989,695 179
Montréal 178,960 350,170 46,735 88,085 518,585 430,730 744,295 868,990 1,613,290 117
Edmonton 77,345 194,350 6,715 19,090 37,295 115,990 121,390 329,410 450,795 271
Vancouver 104,515 201,760 22,665 106,145 114,750 341,475 241,945 649,375 891,305 268
Calgary 59,790 223,920 6,130 23,070 34,130 116,940 100,070 363,935 464,000 364
Ottawa–Gatineau (Ont.) 59,015 104,695 20,525 45,085 43,005 94,830 122,565 244,605 367,170 200
Mid-size and small CMAs  
Winnipeg 99,300 85,505 14,070 21,800 33,945 36,700 147,320 144,020 291,340 98
Québec 44,635 101,565 5,125 15,560 75,475 103,525 125,255 220,635 345,885 176
Halifax 31,240 56,805 4,030 13,400 22,410 37,255 57,690 107,450 165,150 186
Hamilton 85,100 76,165 21,280 23,115 28,670 47,800 135,065 147,125 282,185 109
London 51,865 59,400 9,390 22,305 21,610 30,475 82,880 112,180 195,055 135
St. Catharines–Niagara 63,820 45,430 4,210 5,390 18,115 23,455 86,175 74,270 160,445 86
Ottawa–Gatineau (Que.) 19,205 44,420 1,610 4,985 15,635 45,680 36,500 95,115 131,615 261
Saskatoon 24,660 39,700 1,555 3,485 10,805 24,070 37,040 67,255 104,290 182
Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo 37,865 63,600 4,470 14,355 21,170 39,990 63,530 117,960 181,495 186
Greater Sudbury 22,705 20,000 1,900 2,570 10,955 9,505 35,620 32,145 67,770 90
Windsor 47,085 41,705 4,555 7,915 12,155 13,435 63,795 63,080 126,870 99
Saint John 12,255 20,435 775 925 10,315 7,390 23,360 28,775 52,130 123
Oshawa 25,285 60,550 3,330 6,365 10,875 23,280 39,510 90,195 129,700 228
Victoria 29,545 36,795 1,815 6,815 27,570 50,850 58,930 94,455 153,395 160
Regina 26,835 33,085 1,410 2,380 8,430 13,770 36,695 49,240 85,935 134
Thunder Bay 21,910 14,340 830 1,795 6,325 6,810 29,100 22,970 52,060 79
Saguenay 12,900 22,580 210 780 16,275 16,690 29,420 40,070 69,485 136
St. John's 11,760 33,180 65 355 10,995 22,605 22,835 56,195 79,020 246
Newer CMAs  
Kingston 16,285 21,815 1,965 6,095 8,375 11,420 26,630 39,335 65,965 148
Sherbrooke 12,250 28,835 305 1,820 19,230 28,635 31,790 59,295 91,085 187
Kelowna 7,345 38,555 60 1,165 3,750 24,075 11,170 63,780 74,950 571
Moncton 11,905 24,190 355 830 6,225 14,765 18,535 39,780 58,315 215
Peterborough 17,710 16,675 965 1,560 5,710 6,225 24,370 24,470 48,850 100
Barrie 10,115 38,485 530 3,035 3,350 12,935 14,015 54,480 68,495 389
Brantford 18,865 17,615 1,675 2,165 6,235 6,175 26,765 25,945 52,725 97
Trois-Rivières 12,110 21,170 345 945 16,085 19,430 28,570 41,565 70,135 145
Abbotsford–Mission 6,090 23,605 110 1,020 2,025 26,445 8,240 51,075 59,320 620
Guelph 12,035 20,555 1,650 3,610 5,655 11,320 19,340 35,515 54,870 184
Note 1.

Movable dwellings includes mobile homes and other movable dwellings such as house boats and railroad cars.

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Note 2.

Other dwellings includes the following categories: semi-detached house, row house, apartment or flat in a duplex, apartment in a building that has fewer than five storeys and other single-attached house.

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Notes: Due to random rounding, total dwellings may not equal the sum of the sub-categories. CMAs were classified as large, mid-size or small based on the 2011 built-up area using geometric intervals. Newer CMAs—those not populated to qualify as CMAs in 1971—were then grouped separately.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Environment, Energy and Transportation Statistics Division, 2016, special tabulation of data from Statistics Canada, 2013, 2011 National Household Survey: Data Tables, Catalogue no. 99-014-X2011026.


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