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Numbers of buildings, dwellings, households and families, and average numbers of persons per dwelling, per household and per family, by province, 1941

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Numbers of buildings, dwellings, households and families, and average numbers of persons per dwelling, per household and per family, by province, 1941
  Population Buildings1 Dwellings
occupied2
Dwellings
vacant
House-
holds
Families
  number
Prince Edward Island 95,047 19,719 20,236 753 20,432 19,590
Nova Scotia 577,902 114,451 124,396 3,840 128,641 123,561
New Brunswick 457,401 83,429 92,703 2,922 94,599 93,479
Quebec 3,331,882 436,012 650,838 14,321 663,426 647,946
Ontario 3,787,655 779,751 916,122 21,464 969,267 909,210
Manitoba 729,744 149,206 164,985 2,342 176,942 166,249
Saskatchewan 895,992 206,291 209,820 6,465 214,939 190,137
Alberta 796,169 185,585 195,574 4,040 201,796 175,744
British Columbia 817,861 207,120 223,295 5,861 236,047 199,383
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1947.