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Year  Total Households
# 		Households living in Single Detached Homes
% 		Households Living in Single Attached Dwellings
% 		Households Living in Apartments
% 		Households Living in Other Types of Dwellings
% 		Average New Home Size (Calgary)
square feet 		Average New Home Size (Edmonton)
square feet
 
 
1994                  1,747   
1995                  1,718   
1996                  1,691   
19971,027,055                 1,695   
19981,053,214  65.40  10.50  19.40  4.60     1,743   
19991,077,069  66.80  10.50  18.00  4.70     1,747   
20001,103,534  62.20  11.80  20.20  5.90     1,727   
20011,130,476  63.80  10.50  20.90  4.80     1,728   
20021,153,562  64.70  10.80  19.10  5.40  1,453  1,724   
20031,175,682  65.50  11.70  18.40  4.30  1,461  1,752   
20041,198,684  66.00  11.70  19.20  3.10  1,487  1,802   
20051,231,352  64.50  9.30  21.40  4.70  1,510  1,823   
20061,256,190  63.60  10.90  21.20  4.30  1,474      
2007   64.60  8.90  22.10  4.40  1,520      
2008   64.60  10.70  19.80  5.00  1,555      
2009               1,573      
 

References and Related Online Materials

Total Households:

Statistics Canada (2005). Text table 2: Revised estimated number of full and part-year households, based on 2001 Census weights. Weighting, re-weighting, and Census historical revision of Survey of Household Spending. Spending Patterns in Canada (Catalogue no. 62-202-XWE). http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/62-202-x/2004000/4084469-eng.htm (accessed July 7, 2010).

Households living in Single Detached Homes:

Statistics Canada (1998-2008). Dwelling characteristics at the time of interview, Canada, provinces and territories, recent years (table). Spending Patterns in Canada (Catalogue no. 62-202-XWE, Editions 1998-2008). http://www.statcan.gc.ca/bsolc/olc-cel/olc-cel?catno=62-202-XWE&lang=eng (accessed July 7, 2010).

Note: Values starting with 2001 were calculated using reweignted population data, and may not be comparable to values prior data. 

Households Living in Single Attached Dwellings:See reference for "Households Living in Single Detached Homes."
Households Living in Apartments:See reference for "Households Living in Single Detached Homes."
Households Living in Other Types of Dwellings:See reference for "Households Living in Single Detached Homes."
Average New Home Size (Calgary):This unofficial data is compiled from a realtor database.
Average New Home Size (Edmonton):This unofficial data is compiled from a realtor database.