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First-time home buyer status of household, status

First-time home buyer status refers to a situation where a person purchased a residential property during the reference period and did not own a residential property previously. It includes buyers who claimed the home buyers' amount and buyers whose spouse or common-law partner was a buyer in the same sale, and who claimed the amount.

Household refers to a person or group of persons who occupy the same dwelling and do not have a usual place of residence elsewhere in Canada or abroad. The dwelling may be either a collective dwelling or a private dwelling. The household may consist of a family group such as a census family, of two or more families sharing a dwelling, of a group of unrelated persons or of a person living alone. Household members who are temporarily absent on reference day are considered part of their usual household.