Accommodation type of collective dwelling

Status: This was the recommended standard from March 20, 2017 to September 23, 2021.

Definition

Accommodation type refers to the lodging service provided in a dwelling where a person may reside temporarily or permanently.

Collective dwelling refers to a dwelling of a commercial, institutional or communal nature. It may be identified by a sign on the premises or by an enumerator speaking with the person in charge, a resident, a neighbour, etc. Included are lodging or rooming houses, hotels, motels, tourist establishments, nursing homes, hospitals, staff residences, military bases, work camps, jails, group homes, and so on.

Classifications

Relation to previous version

  • Accommodation type of collective dwelling June 09, 2026 to current

    The definition of the statistical unit has been modified.

  • Accommodation type of collective dwelling September 24, 2021 to June 08, 2026

    April 20, 2022 - The Classification of accommodations of collective dwellings has been modified to add more detail.

    September 24, 2021 - The definition of the statistical unit has been modified.

  • Accommodation type of collective dwelling March 20, 2017 to September 23, 2021

    This was the recommended standard from March 20, 2017 to September 23, 2021.

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