Collective dwelling

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

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.

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.