Detailed definition
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.
Values (English)
Total - Type of collective dwelling
Health care and related facilities
Hospitals
Nursing homes
Residences for senior citizens
Facilities that are a mix of both a nursing home and a residence for senior citizens
Residential care facilities such as group homes for persons with disabilities and addictions
Correctional and custodial facilities
Shelters
Service collective dwellings
Lodging and rooming houses
Hotels, motels and other establishments with temporary accommodation services
Other service collective dwellings
Religious establishments
Hutterite colonies
Others collective dwellings