Collective dwelling

Status: This standard was approved as a departmental standard on June 9, 2026.

Definition

Collective dwelling refers to a dwelling of a commercial, institutional, or communal nature in which a person or group of persons reside or could reside. It must provide care or services, or have certain common facilities, such as a kitchen, dining room or bathroom, which are shared by the occupants. Examples include long-term care homes, residences for older adults, lodging or rooming houses, correctional facilities, group homes, hotels, motels, tourist establishments, hospitals, staff residences, military bases and work camps.

Relation to previous version

• Collective dwelling June 09, 2026 to current

  The definition of "collective dwelling" has been modified but the meaning is unchanged.

• Collective dwelling September 24, 2021 to June 08, 2026

  This was the departmental standard from September 24, 2021 to June 08, 2026.

• Collective dwelling March 20, 2017 to September 23, 2021

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